Last updated: August 13, 2026
Importing recipes
Chefra can build a clean recipe from a link, a photo, or a screenshot. Here's what to expect.
From a URL
Paste the link to a recipe page and Chefra brings in the recipe itself — its ingredients, steps, times, servings and tags, plus a copy of its main photo — and links back to the original source.
We leave out the author's introduction and story. The steps come across as the author wrote them, so rewrite them in your own words before you share the recipe publicly. See our Recipe Sourcing policy for the full rules.
From a video
Share or paste a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Facebook video. Chefra reads the post's caption and description and transcribes what's said in the video, then builds the recipe from that. Check the amounts before saving — a recipe read from speech can mishear a number.
From a photo or screenshot
Upload a clear photo of a printed recipe card, a cookbook page, or a screenshot. Chefra reads the text and pre-fills the recipe fields. Double-check the result before saving — handwriting and faded ink can fool the parser.
From scratch
Tap + → Add recipe → Blank to type one in by hand. You can paste a block of ingredients and we'll split them into rows for you.
What you can't import
- Paywalled pages where the recipe is behind a login.
- Pages on sites that refuse to let Chefra read them. You can paste the recipe text instead.
- Videos where the recipe isn't spoken, shown in captions, or written in the post.
Still stuck?
Send us the link and we'll take a look — Contact support.