Any bored programmers out there?

[Landosnotasystem]

Alright, I'm new to DIY, and after browsing literally hundreds of pages worth of recipes, started wondering if there was a better way to find things I can try using what I have on hand. Then I remembered a website I used a lot during college, called 'The Webtender' (still not sure about outside link etiquette, so it's the first result in a google search.
So this site has a feature called 'In My Bar' that asks you to input the ingredients you have on hand, for instance, rum, gin, pineapple juice, lemon soda, champagne. It then searches a database of user-submitted recipes that either only use ingredients you have, or (if you choose the option), recipes using what you have plus one, two, or three more ingredients. To me, that sounds like a perfect resource. Say I have TFA Cherry, LA Peach, FA 555, and 10 other flavors; a program like this would kick out a dozen recipes I could make on the spot, and 30 more ideas about what I could pick up on my next order.

So, I have zero computer programming experience, and honestly, the time building the site would be a lot less than the time it would take to seed the thing with recipes and get people interested. Maybe with some crowdsourcing, it could happen.

Anyway, I just wanted to throw that out there in case anyone was wondering what to do this upcoming winter when it's too cold to head outside.

Thanks

 

[dannyv45]

Great idea and good project for an interested programmer. I myself am a software engineer in a major corporation's QA department. So I would be happy to test it.

 

[azdavid]

There is a site I use that has the features you are looking for diyRecipeBook
You create an account, enter your flavors into an inventory then you can do a search and it will come back with recipes that contain all or some of the flavors you have. Has about 80 recipes loaded into it now. It is a pretty handy site.

 

[KimchiMonger]

Keep us posted! Just a couple of months into DIY e-liquid recipes, I've spent hours online searching and testing recipes.

 

[Hoofhearted62]

I cant figure out where to enter my flavors.... Any help?

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

I'm working on my own version of a database which should be up and running soon. I've not finalized the design or way it's going to look, though it is a work in progress. If anyone has any specific suggestions, feel free to let me know or private message me. Already have a short & sweet domain which is easy to remember

 

[azdavid]

I cant figure out where to enter my flavors.... Any help?

You have to create an account before you will see the area to add Inventory. Then after you log in it will be at the top of the page

 

[dannyv45]

I'm working on my own version of a database which should be up and running soon. I've not finalized the design or way it's going to look, though it is a work in progress. If anyone has any specific suggestions, feel free to let me know or private message me. Already have a short & sweet domain which is easy to remember

I'd love to have a look at it when your ready.

 

[Hoofhearted62]

I have account logged in, when I type apple in the inventory it tries to give a drop down of all apple flavors but I cant pick one and am not even able to add it

You have to create an account before you will see the area to add Inventory. Then after you log in it will be at the top of the page

 

[glassgal]

There is a site I use that has the features you are looking for diyRecipeBook
You create an account, enter your flavors into an inventory then you can do a search and it will come back with recipes that contain all or some of the flavors you have. Has about 80 recipes loaded into it now. It is a pretty handy site.

It won't let you use anything on it without registering. You can't register because the link the email sends you doesn't work. There's a small note about google having problems with the email, and to email the guy directly, but it flashes and then is gone, so you can't get back to it. When you click on the contact button, it says "Server Error", so there's no way to see the email again.

How did you get registered to check it out?

 

[glassgal]

NM... he listed the email to send requests to on the main page, doh. Thanks for the link!!

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

I'd love to have a look at it when your ready.

Will do . I'll keep you updated as progress is made. There's a few plans for the site, but I don't want to leak too many details right now as I need to make sure it's doable before any promises are made. If all goes well, it'll be a nice opportunity for the site and for those that participate.

 

[retired1]

This is teetering on the fine edge of talking business and business related stuff which is not allowed on ECF. Closing this with a reminder to please refrain from discussing business related projects.