🧠 Smart Pantry & AI-Based Recipe Recommendation System

🚀 Live Demo: https://smart-pantry-hcrj.onrender.com

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📌 Overview

Smart Pantry is a full-stack web application designed to help users efficiently manage their groceries, reduce food waste, and get intelligent recipe recommendations.

It allows users to:

• Track pantry items and expiry dates
• Get AI-powered recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
• Analyze usage patterns
• Optimize grocery planning

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✨ Features

🥫 Pantry Management

• Add, update, and delete pantry items
• Track quantities and expiry dates
• Organized dashboard view

🍳 AI Recipe Recommendations

• Suggest recipes based on available ingredients
• Fallback deterministic recipes if AI key not provided
• Smart ingredient matching system

📊 Analytics Dashboard

• Pantry usage insights
• Ingredient trends
• Data visualization using charts

🔐 Authentication System

• Secure user signup & login
• JWT-based authentication

☁️ Cloud Integration

• MongoDB Atlas (cloud database)
• Deployed on Render

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🏗️ Tech Stack

Backend

• Python (Flask)
• MongoDB (PyMongo)
• JWT Authentication

Frontend

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Chart.js

Deployment

• Render (Web Service)
• MongoDB Atlas (Database)

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⚙️ Project Structure

smart-pantry/
│
├── app.py
├── config.py
├── requirements.txt
├── runtime.txt
│
├── database/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── services/
│
├── templates/
├── static/
│
└── datasets/

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🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file locally:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
MONGO_DB_NAME=smart_pantry
SECRET_KEY=your_secret
JWT_SECRET_KEY=your_jwt_secret
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key (optional)

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🚀 Local Setup

1. Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/itsjayeshk/smart-pantry.git
cd smart-pantry

2. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run App

python app.py

4. Open in Browser

http://127.0.0.1:5000

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📡 API Endpoints

Auth

• POST /auth/signup
• POST /auth/login

Pantry

• POST /pantry/add
• GET /pantry/items

Recipes

• GET /recommendations

Analytics

• GET /analytics

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🧪 Example Request

POST /auth/signup

{
  "email": "test@example.com",
  "password": "123456"
}

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🎯 Future Improvements

• 🔔 Expiry notifications
• 🛒 Auto grocery list generation
• 📅 Weekly meal planning
• 🧠 Advanced AI recommendations
• 📷 Image-based ingredient detection

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📸 Screenshots

(Add your screenshots here)

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👨‍💻 Author

Jayesh Khandelwal GitHub: https://github.com/itsjayeshk

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⭐ Acknowledgements

• Flask Documentation
• MongoDB Atlas
• Render Deployment Platform

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