FlavorLab

MOLECULAR MATCHMAKING: TINDER FOR AROMAS

Cucumber and salmon? Bacon and cheese? Melted butter on fresh asparagus? The fact that we like to eat certain foods together isn’t just a matter of culinary tradition, it’s actually based on chemistry—on the overlap between certain aroma molecules.

As well as serving as an encyclopedia of ingredients FlavorLab uses a proprietory dataset and algorithm to match ingredients based on aroma and taste profiles.

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User Stories

As an anonymous user I can browse the 50 primary ingredients, get information on them, see their "top" pairs as well as some surprising pairs.

As a member of FlavorLab, I can have full access to all 223 ingredients, use the flavour matching algorithm again and again to create combinations (around 1.8 million) get recipe and wine pairing ideas based on my chosen combination, and save the ones I love to my profile page.

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React Router Routes

Route	Component	Permission	Purpose
/	homePage	Public	display the homepage
/signup	SignupPage	Anon	display signup form
/login	LoginPage	Anon	display login
/primary	Primary	Public	display ingredient encyclopedia page
/pairing	FlavourPairingPage	Private	display flavour pairing page
/result	Results	Private	display results page based on your selected pairing
/profile	ProfilePage	Private	display user profile with their saved combinations

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Main Components

• homePage
• LoginPage
• SignupPage
• PrimaryPage
• FlavourPairingPage
• ResultsPage
• ProfilePage

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Services

Auth service

auth.login(user)

auth.signup(user)

auth.logout()

auth.me()

Ingredients service

ingredients.getAll()

ingredients.getOne(id)

ingredients.getRecipe(combination)

ingredients.getWine(combination)

User service

user.getProfile(id)

user.deleteProfile(id)

user.editProfile(new user info, id)

user.addFavorite(user ID)

user.deleteFavorite(user id, favorite id)

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Database Models

const userSchema = new Schema({
  name: String,
  email: String,
  password: String,
  favorites: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Favorite" }],
});

const favoriteSchema = new Schema({
  combination: String,
  recipe: String,
  image: String,
  user: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User" }],
});

const ingredientSchema = new Schema({
  name: String,
  group: String,
  subGroup: String,
  description: String,
  image: String,
  substitutes: [String],
  bestPairs: [String],
  suprisePairs: [String],
  allPairs: [{ name: String, score: Number, group: String }],
});

API Routes

Authorization

Verb	Route	Body	Purpose	Success	Error
POST	/auth/signup	{name, email, password}	Add new user to database	201	400
POST	/auth/login	{email, password}	Log into application	200	401
GET	/auth/logout		Destroy Session	200	400
GET	/auth/me		Provide State for frontend	200	400

Ingredients

Verb	Route	Body	Purpose	Success	Error
GET	api/ingredients		display all the ingredients titles for lists and select menus	200	500
GET	api/ingredients/:id		display detailed information on single ingredient	200	404

User

Verb	Route	Body	Purpose	Success	Error
GET	api/user/:id	{id}	display a user profile	200	401/404
PUT	api/user/:id	{name, email}	Update a user profile information	201	401
DELETE	api/user/:id	{id}	Delete a user profile	204	401/500

Favorite

Verb	Route	Body	Purpose	Success	Error
POST	api/favorite	{Combination, Recipe, image URL}	Save a user favorite to their profile	201	500
DELETE	api/favorite/:id	{id}	Delete a favorite from your profile	204	401/500

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External API for recipe and wine pairing

https://api.spoonacular.com/recipes/

https://api.spoonacular.com/food/wine/pairing

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Links

WireFrames

Trello

Github-Client

Github-server

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Backlog

public page showing users created favorite combinations with function to "like"

Images for the secondary ingredients

push notification when someone likes your combination

generate a new random recipe based on saved combination

View that explains the science behind the pairing

FAQ/general info view

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