🍏 Nutrition Scale App

Welcome to the Nutrition Scale App! This Flask web application allows users to search for food items, view their nutritional information, and keep track of their daily food consumption. 🍽️

🚀 Features

• Search for Food: Enter the name of a food item to find its nutritional details.
• Calculate Nutrition: Get nutritional information based on the weight of the selected food item.
• Daily Consumption Tracker: Keep track of all the foods consumed in a day and see total nutrition.
• Clear Daily Data: Easily reset your daily consumption data.
• User-Friendly Interface: Built with Bootstrap for a clean and responsive design.

📑 Roadmap

• User Login
• Phone app
• ESP Scale integration
• Data Tracking

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

🔧 Technologies Used

• Flask: A lightweight web framework for Python.
• Bootstrap: For responsive UI components.
• Requests: To make API calls to the FatSecret API for food data.
• dotenv: For managing environment variables.

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/GerasimosKan/nutrition-scale-app.git
   cd nutrition-scale-app

2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set Up Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the root directory with the following content:

   CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
   CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
   

4. Run the Application:

   python app.py

5. Access the App: Open your browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:5000.

🌟 Features

• Search for Foods: Easily search for food items using the FatSecret API.
• Nutrition Calculation: Input the weight of selected food items to calculate nutrition values.
• Daily Consumption Tracker: Keep track of daily food intake and total nutrition values.
• Clear Day Button: Reset your daily entries with a single click.
• User-Friendly Interface: Built with Bootstrap for a responsive design.

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Flask: A lightweight WSGI web application framework for Python.
• FatSecret API: Provides access to a comprehensive food database and nutritional information.
• HTML/CSS: For front-end development and user interface.
• Bootstrap: For responsive and modern UI components.

📝 How to Run the Project

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/nutrition-scale.git
   cd nutrition-scale

2. Install the required dependencies.

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up your environment variables in a .env file using the provided example.
4. Run the Flask application.

   python app.py

5. Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000/ to use the application.

👥 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to improve this project, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

🤝 Acknowledgements

• Thanks to FatSecret for providing the API for nutrition data.
• Inspired by community feedback and user needs.

Happy tracking! 🎉