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Importing a recipe from a URL

Import a recipe from any food blog by pasting its URL — Foodie Moiety pulls the title, ingredients, and step-by-step directions into a new recipe so you don't have to retype them.

How it works

On the recipe list view, click the Import button and choose Import from URL from the sub-menu. Paste the URL of the recipe page (it works on most major food blogs and recipe sites — there's a list of known-supported sites in the import dialog) and click Import.

A new recipe is created with:

  • Title from the page
  • Ingredients as one list under the intro step
  • Directions as numbered cooking steps

You can edit anything after import — it's just a normal recipe in your local library at that point.

What doesn't get imported

  • Images and videos — recipe images on most blogs don't match Foodie Moiety's 16:9 aspect ratio, and adding the wrong shape would look broken in the recipe viewer. Add your own photo if you'd like one.
  • Total time / serving size — these aren't carried over either. The fields are usually labeled inconsistently across blogs and we'd rather leave them blank than fill them in incorrectly. Add your own values when you save the recipe.

Imported recipes can't be published to the community

You'll see an Imported from {sitename} badge on any recipe brought in from a URL, and the Publish to Community button will be hidden. This is intentional — recipes are someone else's creative work, and republishing them on Foodie Moiety isn't something you'd have the right to do without their permission.

The badge links back to the original page so you can revisit the source while you cook.

If you'd like to share an imported recipe with the community, rewrite it as your own — change the wording of the directions, adjust ingredient quantities or technique, add your own notes — then create a fresh recipe from your version. That's a recipe you authored, and you can publish it like any other.

When import doesn't work

A handful of sites either don't expose a recipe in a format we can read, or block automated requests at the page level. If the import fails, you'll see a clear error message and can fall back to copy-paste.

The most common reasons:

  • The site has no structured recipe data. Many older or hand-built blogs just don't.
  • The page isn't a recipe page. Index pages, search results, and tag listings won't work — the URL needs to point directly at a single recipe.
  • The site is temporarily blocking us. Try again in a minute. If it keeps failing, copy-paste is always available.

Privacy note

When you click Import, the desktop app fetches the page directly from your computer — Foodie Moiety's servers don't see the URL or the page content. The import happens entirely on your device.

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