Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages
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{
"service_type": "platform",
"base_url": "http://choppingboard.recipes",
"auth_method": "api_key",
"auth_config": {},
"endpoints": [],
"pricing_model": {"type": "unknown", "details": {}},
"rate_limits": {},
"capabilities": ["web scraping", "recipe extraction", "structured recipe data"],
"raw_analysis": "Choppingboard.recipes is a developer-focused API service advertised on Hacker News as an API for scraping recipe web pages. It likely extracts recipe data (ingredients, instructions, metadata) from arbitrary URLs and returns structured JSON. Target users are developers building recipe apps, meal planners, or food-related tools. As a niche, early-stage service, maturity is low and documentation is not publicly detailed. No authentication details, endpoints, pricing, or rate limits are published. Potential integrations include webhooks to other services, but none are documented. The platform's main strength is automating recipe collection, but it relies on external site layouts and may face legal/ethical scraping considerations."
}0/3 tests passed
| Test | Endpoint | Status | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
| website_uptime | GET / | None | 65ms |
| robots_txt | GET /robots.txt | None | 85ms |
| llms_txt | GET /llms.txt | None | 94ms |
```json
{
"overall": 12,
"dimensions": {
"token_efficiency": 2.0,
"first_try_success": 1.0,
"response_parseability": 7.0,
"error_clarity": 2.0,
"doc_quality": 1.0,
"auth_simplicity": 2.0,
"latency": 1.0,
"consistency": 1.0
},
"pricing_normalized": {
"status": "unknown",
"notes": "No pricing information available; likely not a viable commercial platform"
},
"issues": [
"Website domain does not resolve (DNS error) - all 3 checks failed with 'Name or service not known'",
"No accessible web presence, robots.txt, or llms.txt - platform appears unreachable or decommissioned",
"Nothing available to evaluate for documentation, onboarding, or reliability",
"Capability claims (web scraping, recipe extraction) cannot be verified without a live endpoint"
],
"recommendations": [
"Verify the correct domain/URL - the provided hostname may be incorrect or typo'd",
"If the service is decommissioned, remove from agent recommendations entirely",
"Provide a working live endpoint or public API base URL for evaluation",
"If this is a proof-of-concept, publish at least a static landing page with API docs to be useful to agents"
]
}
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