/nutrition_facts

Simple CLI gem written in Ruby using the Nutritionix API to return the nutritional information of food items.

Primary LanguageRubyMIT LicenseMIT

NutritionFacts

This gem can be used to find nutritional facts for a large variety of food items including brand names, specific restaurant items, and grocery foods.

Example searches:

  • mcdonalds french fries
  • chipotle burrito
  • almonds
  • blueberry pie
  • corned beef on rye
  • pecan crusted rainbow trout

The data is pulled from the Nutritionix API.

An accompanying blog post about building this gem: https://preiser.io/Nutrition-Facts-CLI.html

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

$ gem install nutrition_facts

Usage

Type nutrition-facts in your Terminal window and press enter.

Follow the on-screen prompts.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/preiser/nutrition_facts.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.