# Looking for advice for my school project **URL:** \ **Category:** Freelance / Paid Help Opportunities\ **Created:** [October 16, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/looking-for-advice-for-my-school-project/4107798 "2025-10-16T01:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![booyah.its.rain28mvg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@booyah.its.rain28mvg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/booyah.its.rain28mvg)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/looking-for-advice-for-my-school-project/4107798/1 "2025-10-16T01:30:08Z")
Good evening! I have a project that I’m working on for my college course. We are to develop a mobile application, something very simple yet functional of course. So my group and I decided to make an app that allows you to scan an item in your refrigerator and then it would recommend recipe’s. I don’t need it to do too too much, just something basic. I just want to be able to show a demo that says “hey the application works”. So far I’ve started a project but I’m not getting a precise description from the AI. So i’m totally lost on what to do. Any advice would help! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![22kifayatun8ne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/22kifayatun8ne/32/172121_2.png) [@22kifayatun8ne](https://community.thunkable.com/u/22kifayatun8ne)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/looking-for-advice-for-my-school-project/4107798/2 "2025-10-16T14:33:58Z")
Hi there 1st food recognition via camera and AI API 2nd get recipe via database filtration [ahmedgnisa@gmail.com](mailto:ahmedgnisa@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![maurizio.polverini89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maurizio.polverini89/32/145191_2.png) [@maurizio.polverini89](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maurizio.polverini89)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/looking-for-advice-for-my-school-project/4107798/3 "2025-10-16T20:36:35Z")
Hello! This project might be a bit challenging if you were hoping for something “simple” — working with AI is rarely easy, especially when you’re just getting started. Here’s a simpler approach I’d recommend as a good workaround: - Take photos of the fridge items one by one — you don’t need too many; 3 or 4 should be enough. - Use image recognition — AI can handle this quite well, but there are also free and simpler APIs that recognize objects from images (just make sure the pictures are clear and well lit). - Add the recognized items to a local storage list. - Send that list to an AI model to generate recipe ideas based on what you have. A few things to keep in mind: - You’ll likely need a database to store the pictures — try Cloudinary, it’s simple and integrates well with Thunkable. - You might also need to create an AI account/profile. I haven’t tested Thunkable’s built-in one, but most of these services require some form of paid plan. - If you plan to publish the app on the stores, it can take some time, and the camera component might cause issues due to Google/Apple policies regarding photo access. Hope this helps, feel free to respond here if you have more questions ---
**Author:** ![booyah.its.rain28mvg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@booyah.its.rain28mvg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/booyah.its.rain28mvg)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/looking-for-advice-for-my-school-project/4107798/4 "2025-10-19T04:58:22Z")
Yes it’s actually quite difficult, my group decided they wanted to go with this app for my capstone course. And I’m having a hard time figuring out how to get things going. I was definitely hoping for something simple, but I decided to take charge and try to develop this. I really dont know what I’m doing at this point. I made something very simple, the camera works and it takes a picture, but the AI doesn’t really recognize what I’ve snapped (lacks precision). And I most certainly don’t know how to work with API’s. Seems like everything costs a subscription to be successful.