2024-03-02 - JSON-LD to MealMaster
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Someone sent me a link to a blog post about MOAR, a gopher accessible
recipe search that i worked on. Part of this post caught my attention:

While I was reading I discovered that a lot of modern recipe
websites include some structured data in the document head in the
form of JSON-LD (which is JSON with Linked Data). And consequently,
a lot of modern recipe software can import recipes directly from
the web if you provide it with a URL for a document that has that
kind of data.

Supervegan blog post
<https://supervegan.neocities.org/posts/mealmaster/>

Challenge accepted! I resolved to create a semi-automated process to
import recipes from the web into Meal-Master.

First, the toolset:

Curl (FreeDOS) <http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/ 1.3/net/curl/7_77_0.zip>
Gawk (DJGPP) <http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/awk/gawk/ gwk500b.zip>
jq
<gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/util/jq/jq171.zip>
jsontomm.awk <gopher://tilde.pink/0/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/json2mm/ jsontomm.awk>
Meal-Master <gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/mm806F.exe> Meal-Master Buster <gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/app/mealmaster/bustr20n.zip>

I unzipped all of the tools and made sure they were in my path.

Select a recipe to import:

Tofu Peanut Stir-Fry <https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729>

Download the document:

C:\>curl --insecure -o stirfry.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/
recipes/tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729

Convert to stirfry.txt:

C:\>gawk -f jsontomm.awk stirfry.htm stirfry

This process is SEMI-automated. Correct stirfry.txt as desired.

Convert to stirfry.mmf

C:\>mm_bustr
MealMaster Buster Version 2.0n
Press <CONTROL-BREAK> to abort this program!
Volume in drive C is FREEDOS2022
Volume Serial Number is 6969-6969
File not found.


Enter filename to convert: stirfry.txt


Enter any line you want to appear in each recipe below.
(such as where the recipes were found, etc.)

(Hit <RETURN> to leave blank and include no posting info)
Recipe FROM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
tofu_peanut_stir-fry_62729
Converted Recipe: Tofu Peanut Vegan Stir-Fry

Unformatted Recipes Converted

Total of 1 MealMaster Recipes in file STIRFRY.MMF

Press <RETURN> to continue (or <CONTROL-X> to end program)

At this point, press Ctrl-X or else Meal-Master Buster will delete
stirfry.mmf, yanking the tablecloth out from under you.

MealMaster Recipe Buster [Version 2.0n] (c) 1996-99, Glen G. Hosey
Report any problems/suggestions to hosey@erols.com

Load the resulting MMF file into Meal-Master:

mm

Meal-Master Splash Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm1.png>

Press any key to dismiss the splash screen and enter the Main Menu.

Meal-Master Main Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm2.png>

Press U to enter Utilities Menu.

Meal-Master Utilities Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm3.png>

Press I to open Import Recipe Screen.

Enter filename and press return, or filepath and F1 for list

Last File Imported: RECIPE6.MMF

Import From File:

Type STIRFRY.MMF and press Enter to open Recipe Import Menu.

Meal-Master Recipe Import Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm4.png>

Press S to begin importing recipe.

Meal-Master Import Recipe Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm5.png>

The Import Recipe Screen reports that 1 recipe was found and imported.

Press any key to dismiss Import Recipe Screen and return to the
Utilities Menu.

Press X to return to the Main Menu
Press S to open the Search Menu
Press T to search by Title
Type: Tofu Peanut Vegan
Press Enter

Meal-Master Search Menu
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm6.png>

Press S to search with the specified critera.

Meal-Master Search Results Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm7.png>

Because there is only one result, it is selected by default.
Otherwise, one can use the arrow keys to select the desired
recipe.

Press E to export the selected recipe
Press Enter 3 times to accept the defaults

Meal-Master Recipe Export Screen
<gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/mm8.png>

Press Enter for the 4th time to export TRANSFER.TXT
Press X to return to the Search Menu
Press X to return to the Main Menu
Press Q to quit Meal-Master
Press Y to confirm that you wish to quit Meal-Master

TRANSFER.TXT
<gopher://tilde.pink/0/~bencollver/log/ 2024-03-02-json-ld-to-mealmaster/transfer.txt>

The file TRANSFER.TXT will be in Meal-Master v8.06 format.
This can be shared anywhere that accepts plain text messages,
and imported into any Meal-Master compatible recipe manager.
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Ben Collver wrote to All <=-

Challenge accepted! I resolved to create a semi-automated process to import recipes from the web into Meal-Master.

Similar to what I used to do. Now I copy it into the windows clipboard
load accuchef, paste into the wizzard. Highlight a few things it asks
me too and hit import.

Can export it to MM format and import that way if I wanted but I stopped keeping my MM database up to date a few years ago.

Only thing I hate about accuchef is the stupid default comic-con font and trying to remember how the hell to change it every fresh install. LOL

Shawn

... Kettle, plug, fridge, milk, coffee. Yawn.
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Shawn Highfield to Ben Collver on Tue Mar 05 2024 06:26 am

Similar to what I used to do.

Did you write some code for what you used to do? If so, i am interested
in seeing it.

It sounds like you have an easy process using copy/paste into the accuchef wizard.

I plan to eventually write code to go the other direction too: taking a Meal-Master recipe as input, and writing JSON-LD data as output.

None of this is practical.. it's just for fun. :-)
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Ben Collver wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

Did you write some code for what you used to do? If so, i am
interested in seeing it.

No it was just a whole mess of a batch file using sed grep and
something else I can't even remember now.

It sounds like you have an easy process using copy/paste into the
accuchef wizard.

So much easier! However I'm using a windows computer not a dos based one
so my solution doesn't work for everyone.

None of this is practical.. it's just for fun. :-)

Exactly!

Shawn

... The English never forgive a man for being clever.
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Ben Collver to Shawn Highfield on Tue Mar 05 2024 07:59 am

Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Shawn Highfield to Ben Collver on Tue Mar 05 2024 06:26 am

Similar to what I used to do.

Did you write some code for what you used to do? If so, i am interested
in seeing it.

It sounds like you have an easy process using copy/paste into the accuchef wizard.

I plan to eventually write code to go the other direction too: taking a Meal-Master recipe as input, and writing JSON-LD data as output.

None of this is practical.. it's just for fun. :-)

I love the tear line! You don't want to imagine the kludge work to
operate from sea for 7 years as Z6C for 5 of it (LOL!). What's insane was it worked!

xxcarol
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Carol Shenkenberger to Ben Collver on Thu Mar 07 2024 12:17 pm

I remember using the phrase "tear line" to describe perforated paper for a tractor feed printer. What were you referring to when you wrote it?

I don't want to imagine being responsible to create and maintain 5 years
of kludge work at sea. I'd love to see it in retrospect, but lacking the institutional knowledge, i would probably need a lot of help before i
would comprehend it.

What does Z5C mean?

An older engineer friend of mine gave me some code to do the fast fourier transform in QBASIC.EXE. I know people who are too proud for QBASIC.EXE.
I'm inclined to write that it is just a tool and it can get the job done.
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Ben Collver to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri Mar 08 2024 08:51 am

Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Carol Shenkenberger to Ben Collver on Thu Mar 07 2024 12:17 pm

I remember using the phrase "tear line" to describe perforated paper for a tractor feed printer. What were you referring to when you wrote it?

I don't want to imagine being responsible to create and maintain 5 years
of kludge work at sea. I'd love to see it in retrospect, but lacking the institutional knowledge, i would probably need a lot of help before i
would comprehend it.

What does Z5C mean?

An older engineer friend of mine gave me some code to do the fast fourier transform in QBASIC.EXE. I know people who are too proud for QBASIC.EXE. I'm inclined to write that it is just a tool and it can get the job done.

Hi Ben. Tear line is a really *old* BBS term for tag line. Sorry, started my first BBS in 1986 or 87.

On the BBS at sea, it was wicked batch files that forked to multiple other batchfiles. Grin, write a zone segment for the nodelist in note pad then test on laptop makenl copy the if good, email to Janis who processed it for me.

Z6C. (Z5 is Africa and was run by Russel Teidt). Z6 is Asia and I ended up running the zone. 'Zone 6 coordinator'. Each geograpic region is in a 'zone'.
You are in zone 1 (USA/Canada). Mexico came in with South America and because of common language opted to be grouped with them (zone 4).

Chuckle, don't worry. It's sysop stuff.

xxcarol
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Carol Shenkenberger to Ben Collver on Fri Mar 08 2024 01:52 pm

Chuckle, don't worry. It's sysop stuff.

I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

Thanks! Helps me feel younger.
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Ben Collver to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat Mar 09 2024 08:33 am

Re: Re: Importing web recipes into Meal-Master
By: Carol Shenkenberger to Ben Collver on Fri Mar 08 2024 01:52 pm

Chuckle, don't worry. It's sysop stuff.

I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

Thanks! Helps me feel younger.

Grin! I love Gracie!

xxcarol
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Chuckle, don't worry. It's sysop stuff.

I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

As a COBOL developer, I can say there are far worse things you could feel.
;)

Mike

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Re: Re: Importing web recipes
By: Mike Powell to BEN COLLVER on Sun Mar 10 2024 09:26 am

Chuckle, don't worry. It's sysop stuff.

I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

As a COBOL developer, I can say there are far worse things you could feel.
;)

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * So far, so good, so what?

What projects do you work with? I was an Oracle SQL programmer for 10 years working reports for cutomers in the Navy manpower and manning needs.

xxcarol
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I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

As a COBOL developer, I can say there are far worse things you could feel.

What projects do you work with? I was an Oracle SQL programmer for 10 years working reports for cutomers in the Navy manpower and manning needs.

I worked on different gubbyment projects over the years, usually batch and usually IMS or VSAM. I did a little with DB2 SQL but not much. Most of it involved transaction processing and reporting on a mainframe.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Something Amiss? Hi, I'm Something Amister.
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Re: Re: Importing web recipes
By: Mike Powell to CAROL SHENKENBERGER on Mon Mar 11 2024 08:20 am

I feel like i got my hair scruffled by Grace Hopper.

As a COBOL developer, I can say there are far worse things you could fe

What projects do you work with? I was an Oracle SQL programmer for 10 yea working reports for cutomers in the Navy manpower and manning needs.

I worked on different gubbyment projects over the years, usually batch and usually IMS or VSAM. I did a little with DB2 SQL but not much. Most of it involved transaction processing and reporting on a mainframe.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Something Amiss? Hi, I'm Something Amister.

Cool stuff! I started in 1983 with mainframes.

xxcarol
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