feat(import): normalize parsed recipe into internal draft format

TODO.md

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ MVP is functionally complete (core app + docs + tests).
 
 ### Phase 1: URL Import Foundation
 - [x] Add backend import endpoint: `POST /api/import/url`
-- [ ] Implement Schema.org Recipe JSON-LD parser service
+- [x] Implement Schema.org Recipe JSON-LD parser service
-- [ ] Normalize parsed recipe into internal Recipe draft format
+- [x] Normalize parsed recipe into internal Recipe draft format
 - [ ] Add import endpoint tests (valid recipe page, non-recipe page, malformed JSON-LD)
 
 ### Phase 2: Import UI

src/backend/services/SchemaOrgRecipeParserService.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import type { CreateRecipeInput } from '../types/recipe.js';
 
+interface SchemaOrgHowToStep {
+  text?: string;
+}
+
+interface SchemaOrgRecipeCandidate {
+  '@type'?: string | string[];
+  name?: string;
+  description?: string | null;
+  recipeIngredient?: string[];
+  recipeInstructions?: string | string[] | SchemaOrgHowToStep[];
+  url?: string;
+  recipeYield?: string | number;
+  prepTime?: string;
+  cookTime?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses and normalizes Schema.org Recipe JSON-LD blocks.
  */
@@ -10,81 +26,98 @@ export class SchemaOrgRecipeParserService {
    * Returns null if no valid Recipe is found.
    */
   parseJsonLdBlock(json: string): CreateRecipeInput | null {
-    let obj: unknown;
+    let parsedJson: unknown;
     try {
-      obj = JSON.parse(json);
+      parsedJson = JSON.parse(json);
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch {
-      return null; // Malformed JSON block
+      return null;
     }
 
-    // If block is an array, look for Recipe type within
+    if (Array.isArray(parsedJson)) {
-    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+      for (const entry of parsedJson) {
-      for (const entry of obj) {
+        const parsedRecipe = this.tryParseRecipe(entry);
-        const parsed = this.tryParseRecipe(entry);
+        if (parsedRecipe) return parsedRecipe;
-        if (parsed) return parsed;
       }
       return null;
     }
 
-    // Single object
+    return this.tryParseRecipe(parsedJson);
-    return this.tryParseRecipe(obj);
   }
 
   /**
    * Internal: attempts to extract Recipe data from an object if @type matches.
    */
-  private tryParseRecipe(obj: any): CreateRecipeInput | null {
+  private tryParseRecipe(input: unknown): CreateRecipeInput | null {
-    // Match Schema.org Recipe by @type
+    const recipeSchema = z.object({
-    if (!obj || (obj['@type'] !== 'Recipe' && !(Array.isArray(obj['@type']) && obj['@type'].includes('Recipe')))) {
+      '@type': z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())]).optional(),
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    // Zod validation schema for supported fields
-    const RecipeSchema = z.object({
       name: z.string().min(1),
       description: z.string().optional().nullable(),
       recipeIngredient: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-      recipeInstructions: z.union([
+      recipeInstructions: z
-        z.array(z.string()),
+        .union([
-        z.string(),
+          z.array(z.string()),
-        z.array(z.object({ text: z.string() })),
+          z.string(),
-      ]).optional(),
+          z.array(z.object({ text: z.string().optional() })),
+        ])
+        .optional(),
       url: z.string().optional(),
-      // Optionals for MVP only
       recipeYield: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]).optional(),
       prepTime: z.string().optional(),
       cookTime: z.string().optional(),
     });
 
-    const parseResult = RecipeSchema.safeParse(obj);
+    const parseResult = recipeSchema.safeParse(input);
     if (!parseResult.success) return null;
-    const schemaRecipe = parseResult.data;
 
-    // Normalize instructions into string[]
+    const recipe = parseResult.data as SchemaOrgRecipeCandidate;
-    let instructions: string[] = [];
+    if (!this.isRecipeType(recipe['@type'])) {
-    if (schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions) {
+      return null;
-      if (typeof schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions === 'string') {
-        instructions = [schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions];
-      } else if (Array.isArray(schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions)) {
-        if (typeof schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions[0] === 'string') {
-          instructions = schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions.slice();
-        } else {
-          // Array of Step objects
-          instructions = (schemaRecipe.recipeInstructions as any[]).map((step) => step.text).filter(Boolean);
-        }
-      }
     }
 
-    // Normalize output to CreateRecipeInput shape
+    return {
-    const result: CreateRecipeInput = {
+      title: recipe.name!.trim(),
-      title: schemaRecipe.name.trim(),
+      description: this.normalizeOptionalText(recipe.description),
-      description: schemaRecipe.description?.trim() || undefined,
+      ingredients: this.normalizeTextList(recipe.recipeIngredient ?? []),
-      ingredients: schemaRecipe.recipeIngredient ?? [],
+      instructions: this.normalizeInstructions(recipe.recipeInstructions),
-      instructions,
+      source_url: this.normalizeOptionalText(recipe.url),
-      source_url: schemaRecipe.url,
-      // These could be parsed from recipeYield/prepTime/cookTime if desired
     };
+  }
 
-    return result;
+  private isRecipeType(type: string | string[] | undefined): boolean {
+    if (!type) return false;
+    if (typeof type === 'string') return type === 'Recipe';
+    return type.includes('Recipe');
+  }
+
+  private normalizeOptionalText(value: string | null | undefined): string | undefined {
+    if (!value) return undefined;
+    const trimmed = value.trim();
+    return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : undefined;
+  }
+
+  private normalizeTextList(values: string[]): string[] {
+    return values
+      .map((value) => value.trim())
+      .filter((value) => value.length > 0);
+  }
+
+  private normalizeInstructions(
+    instructions: string | string[] | SchemaOrgHowToStep[] | undefined,
+  ): string[] {
+    if (!instructions) return [];
+
+    if (typeof instructions === 'string') {
+      return this.normalizeTextList([instructions]);
+    }
+
+    if (instructions.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    if (typeof instructions[0] === 'string') {
+      return this.normalizeTextList(instructions as string[]);
+    }
+
+    return this.normalizeTextList((instructions as SchemaOrgHowToStep[]).map((step) => step.text ?? ''));
   }
 }

src/backend/tests/import.test.ts

@@ -55,8 +55,39 @@ describe('Import API', () => {
     ]);
     expect(response.body.data.draft_recipe).toMatchObject({
       title: 'Pancakes',
-      ingredients: ["Flour", "Eggs"],
+      ingredients: ['Flour', 'Eggs'],
-      instructions: ["Mix","Cook"]
+      instructions: ['Mix', 'Cook']
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should normalize whitespace and HowToStep instructions into draft format', async () => {
+    const html = `
+      <html>
+        <head>
+          <script type="application/ld+json">{"@type":["Thing","Recipe"],"name":"  Tomato Soup  ","description":"  Cozy weeknight soup.  ","recipeIngredient":[" Tomato ","","  Salt  "],"recipeInstructions":[{"text":"  Simmer tomatoes.  "},{"text":"  Blend and serve. "}],"url":"  https://example.com/soup  "}</script>
+        </head>
+      </html>
+    `;
+
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch').mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      headers: new Headers({ 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8' }),
+      text: async () => html,
+    } as Response);
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/import/url')
+      .send({ url: 'https://example.com/soup-page' })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    expect(response.body.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(response.body.data.draft_recipe).toEqual({
+      title: 'Tomato Soup',
+      description: 'Cozy weeknight soup.',
+      ingredients: ['Tomato', 'Salt'],
+      instructions: ['Simmer tomatoes.', 'Blend and serve.'],
+      source_url: 'https://example.com/soup'
     });
   });