Logging using Text Search

To log a meal by text search requires the following steps.

  1. Search Items By Text
  2. Create a Meal
  3. Adding an Item to a Meal

Search Items By Text

Searching by text requires a query. The query parameter executes a full text search. For exact matching or brand search see the query parameters for search.

curl -X GET https://api-beta.bite.ai/items/search/?query=cheese

The response includes a list of items ranked.

{
  "count": 14846,
  "next": "https://api-beta.bite.ai/items/search/?limit=100&offset=100&query=cheese",
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "23c66800-5b53-443c-a464-2509d3bee813",
      "name": "Cheese",
      "brand": null,
      "details": null,
      "categorizations": {},
      "is_generic": true
    },
    {
      "id": "62a21113-689b-49ca-a349-37315292df87",
      "name": "Macaroni And Cheese",
      "brand": null,
      "details": null,
      "categorizations": {},
      "is_generic": true
    }
  ]
}

These results should be shown to the user. Nutrition facts and more specific subtypes about an item can be retrieved by looking up item details.

Adding an Item to a Meal

Using the meal_id from the Create a Meal operation and item_id an entry can be added using the meal_entries_create operation.

curl -X POST https://api-beta.bite.ai/meals/422d6199-c1b6-4037-866f-e28c1ea0b0ca/entries/ \
    -d '{
        "item": "23c66800-5b53-443c-a464-2509d3bee813",
        "serving_amount": 1,
        "nutrition_fact": "3599556d-fb5e-445b-b0fb-28842bc01e0d"
      }'

The item will be added to the meal.

{
  "id": "753b4dd1-e2f3-4521-a033-378a668c3482",
  "item": {},
  "serving_amount": 1,
  "nutrition_fact": "3599556d-fb5e-445b-b0fb-28842bc01e0d",
  "image": null,
  "time_created": "2018-03-27T05:12:51.019693Z",
  "time_modified": "2018-03-27T05:12:51.019963Z"
}