# Home assistant add-on: Social to Mealie

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## Addon informations

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## About

[Social to Mealie](https://github.com/GerardPolloRebozado/social-to-mealie) lets you import recipes from social media videos directly into your Mealie instance.

This addon is based on the docker image https://github.com/GerardPolloRebozado/social-to-mealie

## Configuration

Webui can be found at <http://homeassistant:3000>.

### Options

| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|--------|------|---------|-------------|
| `OPENAI_URL` | str | `https://api.openai.com/v1` | URL for the OpenAI-compatible endpoint |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | str | `` | API key for the OpenAI-compatible provider |
| `TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL` | str | `whisper-1` | Whisper model to use for transcription |
| `TEXT_MODEL` | str | `gpt-4o-mini` | Text model used to build the recipe |
| `MEALIE_URL` | str | `https://mealie.example.com` | URL of your Mealie instance |
| `MEALIE_API_KEY` | str | `` | API key for Mealie |
| `MEALIE_GROUP_NAME` | str | `home` | Optional Mealie group name |
| `EXTRA_PROMPT` | str | `` | Additional instructions for the AI |
| `YTDLP_VERSION` | str | `latest` | yt-dlp version to download at startup |
| `COOKIES` | str | `` | Optional cookies string for yt-dlp |
| `env_vars` | list | `[]` | Additional environment variables to export |

### Example Configuration

```yaml
OPENAI_URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
OPENAI_API_KEY: sk-...
TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL: whisper-1
TEXT_MODEL: gpt-4o-mini
MEALIE_URL: https://mealie.example.com
MEALIE_API_KEY: ey...
MEALIE_GROUP_NAME: home
EXTRA_PROMPT: ""
YTDLP_VERSION: latest
COOKIES: ""
env_vars: []
```

### Notes

- Mealie 1.9.0+ with an AI provider configured is required.
- yt-dlp can be pre-downloaded by setting `YTDLP_VERSION` (for example `latest` or `2025.11.01`).
- Provide the cookies string if you need to access protected social media content with yt-dlp.