retriveRecipes.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def getRecipe(name_recipe):
    # URL GENERATED BY RECIPE NAME FOR GET REQUEST TO allrecipes.com
    name_recipe_parsed = name_recipe.split(" ")   
    url = "https://www.allrecipes.com/search/results/?wt="
    i = 0
    len_ = len(name_recipe_parsed)
    for s in name_recipe_parsed:
        if i != len_ - 1:
            url+=s+"%20"
        else:
            url += s
        i += 1
    url += "&sort=re"
    r = requests.get(url)
    
    # BUILD STRING FOR COMPARE
    string_comp = ""
    i = 0
    for s in name_recipe_parsed:
        if i != len_-1:
            string_comp += s.lower().replace("'","")+"-"
        else:
            string_comp += s.lower()
        i += 1

    # PARSER FOR FIND RECIPE PAGE
    soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')
    cards = soup.find_all(class_="fixed-recipe-card__h3")  
    for c in cards:
        url_recipe = c.find("a").get('href')
        if str(url_recipe).find(string_comp) != -1:
            break    
    r2 = requests.get(url_recipe)

    # PARSER FOR EXTRACT STEPS OF RECIPES
    soup = BeautifulSoup(r2.text, "html.parser")    
    box = soup.find(class_="directions--section__steps")  
    
    box_split = box.text.strip("\n").replace("\n"," ").split("  ")
    steps = []
    prep_time = "4"
    
    i=0
    for b in box_split:
        if b:
            steps.append(b)
            i+=1
       
    if steps[2]:
        prep_time = steps[2].replace(" Ready In","").replace(" m","")
    else:
        prep_time = "6"
        
    steps = steps[3:]
    
    if len(prep_time) > 2:
        prep_time = "4"
    calories = 0
        
    
    return steps, prep_time, calories