Create a User Recipe

Create your own recipe

Use the createMyRecipe mutation to create a new user recipe.

These recipes are associated with the user's profile and can only be seen and used by them. You can query for a user's recipes using myRecipes query.

You may add the recipe object to the mutation's response to geting additional data about the created recipe, such as its id.

User recipes cannot be added or used in the meal plan.

Prerequisites

• To have at least one common or branded food created.

Available Arguments

Name	Type	Required?	Description
name	String	Yes	Name of the recipe
courses	String	Yes	Tags representing the courses associated with the recipe. For example Main dishes, Side Dishes, Appetizers, Salads, etc.
cuisines	String	Yes	Tags representing the cuisines associated with the recipe.
ingredientLines	[String]	Yes	Description of the recipe ingredients. Separate them by using commas.
ingredients	IngredientAmount	Yes	An object that includes the ingredient amount for a given food.
instructions	String	Yes	An array of cooking instruction lines.
mealTimes	mealTimes	Yes	Description of the food
numberOfServings	Int	No	Original recipe number of servings
language	Language	No	Language code of the recipe. Possible Values: ES: Spanish EN: English
tags	String	No	Meal tags. Possible values: "VEGETARIAN", "Shake", "PLANT_BASED", "DAIRY_FREE", "VEGAN", "GLUTEN_FREE"
totalTime	String	No	Total preparation and cooking time in text format E.g., 5 minutes
totalTimeInSeconds	Int	No	Total preparation and cooking time in seconds
mainImage	String	No	Image URL
squareImage	String	No	Image URL

Available Fields

The following field will be part of the response.

Field name	Type	Description
sucess	String	True if the recipe has been created. Otherwise, it displays False
message	String	Description of the result
recipe	recipe	Recipe object which returns the information of the recipe.

Example

The following example create a recipe. As a part of the response, the id and name of the recipe are returned.

Mutation

mutation createMyRecipe {
  createMyRecipe(
    input: {
      name: "Fried Chicken"
      tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
      ingredientLines: ["Line1", "Line2"]
      ingredients: [
        { foodId: "QnJhbmRlZEZvb2ROb2RlOjE3NTgwNTM3LTQ0YTItNDdjOS05ODg1LWQ1YjIwNGM4NWRmZg==", grams: 10}
      ]
      numberOfServings: 2
      cuisines: "Mexican"
      mealTimes: [DINNER, LUNCH]
      courses: "Main Dish"
      instructions: "In a large bowl, beat the eggs. In another bowl, combine the salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika to make a seasoned salt. Add the flour to a third bowl."
    }
  ) {
    success
    message
     recipe { id name }
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "createMyRecipe": {
      "success": true,
      "message": "My recipe has been saved",
      "recipe": {
        "id": "VXNlclJlY2lwZTpQeDFSZTN3QlY0Q1V6aWdSV2VqcQ==",
        "name": "Fried Chicken"
      }
    }
  }
}