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Import a recipe from a URL

The URL import is the fastest way to save a recipe you found online. Copy the link, paste it into Forktastic, and the AI handles the rest.

This method works with:

  • Recipe sites (AllRecipes, Food Network, Bon Appétit, NYT Cooking, BBC Good Food, etc.)
  • Food blogs (Smitten Kitchen, Half Baked Harvest, anywhere with a recipe)
  • Social: TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook
  • Article-style pages that mention a recipe in the middle

If your link is to a video and you’d like to watch it while extracting, see Import from a video — same underlying flow with a few video-specific notes.

Step by step

Create Recipe sheet with Browser option

  1. Copy the recipe URL. From your browser’s address bar, or from the share sheet of any app (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) — choose Copy link.
  2. Open Forktastic. Tap the Import tab at the bottom.
  3. Tap “From URL”. A modal opens with a text field.
  4. Paste the URL. Long-press the field → Paste, or use the Paste button if your device offers one.
  5. Tap Import. Forktastic sends the URL to its extraction service.
  6. Wait 5–15 seconds. A loading indicator shows progress. Most extractions take under 10 seconds.
  7. Review the extracted recipe. You’ll see the title, ingredients, instructions, serving size, prep/cook time, and nutrition. Edit anything that looks wrong.
  8. Choose where to save it. Pick a cookbook (or leave it in Unorganized), and optionally assign categories.
  9. Tap Save. The recipe is now in your cookbook and synced across all your devices.

Using the iOS / Android share sheet

You don’t have to copy/paste — you can also share directly from another app:

  1. In TikTok, Instagram, Safari, or any app showing the recipe, tap the Share button.
  2. Find Forktastic in the share sheet.
  3. Tap it. Forktastic opens with the URL pre-filled.
  4. Tap Import.

This skips steps 1–4 from the manual flow above.

What works, what doesn’t

Reliably works:

  • Any page with schema.org Recipe markup — most recipe sites
  • Social posts with a caption that contains the full ingredients + instructions
  • Blog posts where the recipe is in a recipe-card plugin (WP Recipe Maker, Tasty Recipes, etc.)

Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t:

  • Long blog posts where the recipe is buried in prose
  • Articles that link to multiple recipes
  • Paywalled content (NYT Cooking sometimes — depends on your access)

Won’t work:

  • URLs behind login (private Pinterest boards, gated forums)
  • Image-only posts with no caption text
  • 404 / dead links

If extraction fails or produces a wrong recipe, see A recipe didn’t import.

Free tier limit

URL imports count against your free 5-recipe quota. Once you hit the limit, the next URL import opens the Pro paywall. See Free vs Pro.