Quick Answer: If the Lose It! Recipe Importer displays "Unable to locate recipe" or "Unable to reach website," you can bypass the block by copying and pasting the ingredients list into the Text Importer tool.
Bypassing Recipe Errors with the Text Importer
The "Unable to locate recipe" error occurs when a website's structure, coding, or scraping limits prevent our automated tool from reading the page. You can bypass the web scraper entirely by manually importing the text:
- Open your mobile web browser and visit the recipe website.
- Highlight and copy the entire ingredients list text block.
- Open the Lose It! app and navigate to the recipe builder screen.
- Select the Text Importer tool.
- Paste the copied text block into the field to automatically match and log the ingredients in the database.