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davidhealey / waistline

Libre calorie counter app for Android. Built with Cordova.
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additional database sources #326

Closed prysm1 closed 3 years ago

prysm1 commented 3 years ago

maybe same approach as the usda db by using individual api key https://www.nutritionix.com/business/api https://platform.fatsecret.com/api/default.aspx?screen=rapih

davidhealey commented 3 years ago

I'm hesitant to promote fat secret, I'd rather people add to the OFF database.

What I gather from the first one is it would require me to buy a license rather than individual users getting a free license.

prysm1 commented 3 years ago

Ok. I agree lets just push to make OFF better and more complete. thanks

GeoffreyCoulaud commented 1 year ago

Hey, sorry to dig up old issues but not having integration with fatsecret is kind of a big deal in my opinion, I often find myself going to the website and just transcribing the data into Waistline.

Why not provide both for users and just favor OFF?

Thanks for the amazing app anyway!

davidhealey commented 1 year ago

Why not provide both for users and just favor OFF?

Each user would need an API key, because Waistline is open source I can't just get a key and embedded it in the app, otherwise anyone could use it. It doesn't look like they offer API keys to individuals.

You can use the USDA database with Waistline if you get an API key.