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Overview

This page outlines the steps necessary to interact with the Genesis Foods API to export a file in CSV format. It utilizes Python, a common computer programming language, to interface with the Genesis Foods API - but users don’t need to know the details in order to work with the API.

Simply follow the instructions below (specifically for MacOS or Windows) to demonstrate how to export recipe information to CSV format.

Download the Files

You will need to download two files - the script that runs the export and a configuration file for the options. These can be downloaded from the Genesis Foods API Example repository (https://github.com/esha/genesis-foods-api-examples ) using the raw download option on the following pages.

export_to_csv.py	Download export_to_csv.py here
config.ini	Download config.ini here Info On Windows, you may need to force a download as the browser will potentially warn about downloading this file.

Take note of what directory you’ve downloaded those files to - that will be important in subsequent steps.

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1	Change to the directory you downloaded the 'export_to_csv.py' file above. For Windows, this will most likely be the Downloads directory. cd Downloads
2	Run the command python export_to_csv.py

You will see the script run, and the CSV file will be exported based on the configuration option you set in the output_csv variable.

Next Steps

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