🥘 MensaApp

Application for communication and collective exchange of menu information in university catering facilities.

The goal of this application is to provide easy access to the meal plans of the canteens of the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe providing an Android and iOS app and a GraphQL API.

Features

• Access meal plans for all canteens of the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe and Pforzheim (Germany)
• View and add images to meal to better judge what you want to eat
• Rate meals to help others decide on their lunch
• View prices for students, employees, pupils and guests
• Filter meals by type (vegetarian, vegan, ...), price, allergens and more
• Choose your way of life: light or dark mode
• Mark meals as favorites to highlight them locally

Install

This app is available on Google Play for Android and the App Store for iOS.

Integrate

Feel free to integrate our api in your own application. You can access it at https://api.mensa-ka.de. For now, you can only use graphql queries (and no mutations) because they require authentication with an api key (see here).

Architecture

This application consists of a Flutter app (see app) and a Rust server (see backend). They communicate using a GraphQL API and the backend stores its data in a PostgreSQL database. For more details on these parts, please see their readmes in the sub-folders.

Background

We developed this project as part of the "Praxis der Softwareentwicklung" course, part of the KIT bachelor's degree program in computer science. The there created documentation documents (in German) are available as inspiration in doc/pse. Note that they may be outdated regarding the state of this application. Their LaTeX source is currently not available, but we can provide you access to our presets on request (contact@mensa-ka.de).

License & Legal

This application is available under the MIT license (see LICENSE). This excludes example data from the website of the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe in backend/src/layer/data/swka_parser/test_data for which all rights lie at the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe and its partners.

This project is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe.

Contribution

See CONTRIBUTING.md.