code

import requests
def recipe_search(ingredient):
    # Register to get an APP ID and key https://developer.edamam.com/
    app_id = ' '
    app_key = ' '
    result = requests.get(
        'https://api.edamam.com/search?q={}&app_id={}&app_key={}'.format(ingredient, app_id, app_key)
    )
    data = result.json()

    return data['hits']

print(recipe_search("salt"))


def run():
    ingredient = input('Enter an ingredient: ')

    results = recipe_search(ingredient)
    recipe_list=[]

    for result in results:
        recipe = result['recipe']
        calories = int(recipe["calories"])
        recipe_list.append(calories)
        sorted(recipe_list)

        print(recipe['label'])
        print(recipe['uri'])
        print(int(recipe["calories"]))
        print()

# to save into a txt file
    with open("recipes.txt", "w+") as text_file:
            for result in results:        
                text_file.write(str(result["recipe"]["label"])+"\n")
                text_file.write(str(result["recipe"]["uri"])+"\n")
                text_file.write(str(result["recipe"]["calories"]) + "\n")

run()