2024-03-02 - JSON-LD to MealMaster
==================================

Someone sent me a link to a blog post about MOAR, a gopher accessible
recipe search that i worked on.  Part of this post caught my attention:

> While I was reading I discovered that a lot of modern recipe
> websites include some structured data in the document head in the
> form of JSON-LD (which is JSON with Linked Data). And consequently,
> a lot of modern recipe software can import recipes directly from
> the web if you provide it with a URL for a document that has that
> kind of data.

Supervegan blog post
<https://supervegan.neocities.org/posts/mealmaster/>

Challenge accepted!  I resolved to create a semi-automated process to
import recipes from the web into Meal-Master.

First, the toolset:

Curl (FreeDOS) (32-bit)
<http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/
1.3/net/curl/7_77_0.zip>
Gawk (DJGPP) (32-bit)
<http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/awk/gawk/
gwk500b.zip>
json2tsv (16-bit)
<gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/util/json2tsv/
json2tsv-20230525b.zip>
jsontomm.awk
<gopher://tilde.pink/0/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/json2mm/
jsontomm.awk>
Meal-Master
<gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/mm806F.exe>
Meal-Master Buster
<gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/bustr20n.zip>

I unzipped all of the tools and made sure they were in my path.

Select a recipe to import:

Tofu Peanut Stir-Fry
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729>

Download the document:

    C:\>curl --insecure -o stirfry.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/
    recipes/tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729

Convert to stirfry.txt:

    C:\>gawk -f jsontomm.awk stirfry.htm stirfry

This process is SEMI-automated.  Correct stirfry.txt as desired.

Convert to stirfry.mmf

    C:\>mm_bustr
    MealMaster Buster Version 2.0n
    Press <CONTROL-BREAK> to abort this program!
     Volume in drive C is FREEDOS2022
     Volume Serial Number is 6969-6969
    File not found.
    
    
    Enter filename to convert: stirfry.txt
    
    
    Enter any line you want to appear in each recipe below.
      (such as where the recipes were found, etc.)
    
    (Hit <RETURN> to leave blank and include no posting info)
    Recipe FROM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
    tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729
    Converted Recipe: Tofu Peanut Vegan Stir-Fry
    
    Unformatted Recipes Converted
    
    Total of 1 MealMaster Recipes in file STIRFRY.MMF
    
    Press <RETURN> to continue (or <CONTROL-X> to end program)

At this point, press Ctrl-X or else Meal-Master Buster will delete
stirfry.mmf, yanking the tablecloth out from under you.

    MealMaster Recipe Buster [Version 2.0n] (c) 1996-99, Glen G. Hosey
    Report any problems/suggestions to hosey@erols.com

Load the resulting MMF file into Meal-Master:

    mm

Meal-Master Splash Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm1.png>

Press any key to dismiss the splash screen and enter the Main Menu.

Meal-Master Main Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm2.png>

Press U to enter Utilities Menu.

Meal-Master Utilities Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm3.png>

Press I to open Import Recipe Screen.

    Enter filename and press return, or filepath and F1 for list
    
    Last File Imported: RECIPE6.MMF
    
    Import From File:

Type STIRFRY.MMF and press Enter to open Recipe Import Menu.

Meal-Master Recipe Import Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm4.png>

Press S to begin importing recipe.

Meal-Master Import Recipe Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm5.png>

The Import Recipe Screen reports that 1 recipe was found and imported.

Press any key to dismiss Import Recipe Screen and return to the
Utilities Menu.

Press X to return to the Main Menu
Press S to open the Search Menu
Press T to search by Title
Type: Tofu Peanut Vegan
Press Enter

Meal-Master Search Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm6.png>

Press S to search with the specified critera.

Meal-Master Search Results Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm7.png>

Because there is only one result, it is selected by default.
Otherwise, one can use the arrow keys to select the desired
recipe.

Press E to export the selected recipe
Press Enter 3 times to accept the defaults

Meal-Master Recipe Export Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm8.png>

Press Enter for the 4th time to export TRANSFER.TXT
Press X to return to the Search Menu
Press X to return to the Main Menu
Press Q to quit Meal-Master
Press Y to confirm that you wish to quit Meal-Master

TRANSFER.TXT
<gopher://tilde.pink/0/~bencollver/log/
2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/transfer.txt>

The file TRANSFER.TXT will be in Meal-Master v8.06 format.
This can be shared anywhere that accepts plain text messages,
and imported into any Meal-Master compatible recipe manager.

See also my post about how to pretty-print Meal-Master recipes to PDF
in DOS.

Print Quest Part 2
<gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/log/2022-12-24-print-quest-part2/>

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