RecipeHub 🍳

RecipeHub is a professional Python Backend API for managing and sharing recipes. Built with Flask, it features secure user authentication and image processing capabilities.

✨ Features

• Secure Authentication: User login and registration using JWT (JSON Web Tokens).
• Recipe CRUD: Full support for creating, reading, updating, and deleting recipes.
• Image Processing: Automatic generation of thumbnails, grayscale (BW), and blurred versions of recipe photos.
• Database Management: Structured data handling with SQLAlchemy models.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Framework: Flask
• Authentication: Flask-JWT-Extended
• Database: SQLite & SQLAlchemy
• Security: Bcrypt for password hashing
• Environment: Python 3.x

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Elky-S/RecipeHub.git

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server:

   python app.py

📂Project Structure

/routes - API endpoints (Auth, Recipes, General). /static/images - Uploaded and processed recipe images. models.py - Database schema and User/Recipe models. app.py - Main application entry point and configuration.

🔒 Security Note

This project uses python-dotenv to manage sensitive information.

• JWT Secret Key: Stored in a local .env file (not uploaded to GitHub) to prevent unauthorized token synthesis.
• Debug Mode: Hardcoded for development; should be disabled or managed via environment variables in a production environment.