Backend Recipe Calculation Feature

[HudsonGri]

Description

This feature will provide a more personalized and efficient experience for our users by taking their specific preferences and constraints into account during recipe calculation.

Implementation Details

For this feature I propose calculating the recipes and plans in Python as opposed to Go because of Python's superior data processing and storage libraries. I have contacted our TA to confirm that this is allowed and will update this issue regarding his response. Here are some features I plan to start working on.

• Scraping. First I will need to scrape and store many recipes and information on them such as: cuisine type, cost, time to prepare, etc.
• Storage. Then this data must be stored in either some sort of file (csv) or database for quick and easily access in Python. I am leaning towards using a csv.
• Calculation. This will be where we take into account all user preferences to calculate their weekly plan. For now I will use preliminary preferences such as cuisine type and time to prepare and we can add more as we go.

I plan to start working on the data collection and provide an example user in our database so the frontend team can prepare a graphical display of the results.

Related to user stories in #2