Recipes created via REST API are marked as "External" and cannot be exported

[harshulsoni]

Tandoor Version

2.6.9

Setup

Docker / Docker-Compose

Reverse Proxy

Traefik

Other

No response

Bug description

When a recipe is created or updated using the /api/recipe/ POST or PUT endpoints with a full payload of steps and ingredients, the resulting recipe appears correctly in the Tandoor UI but is visually marked as "External". Most importantly, the Export functionality is not working for these recipes, even though they contain full data. The export shows 0 exports even when selecting this recipe in the export list.

Steps to Reproduce

• Send a POST request to /api/recipe/ with a payload containing internal steps and nested ingredients (example JSON below).
• Observe the recipe in the Tandoor Web UI.
• Notice that the recipe is flagged as "External"
• Attempt to use the "Export" feature on the recipe.

Expected Behavior

• A recipe created via the API with a full steps array should be treated as a native "Internal" recipe and it should be fully exportable.

Actual Behavior
The recipe is functionally "Internal" (steps and ingredients are visible in the UI) but is metadata-flagged as "External". The export feature fails to generate a file or treats the recipe as having no internal content to export.

Technical Details
Tandoor Version: 2.6.9
Deployment: Docker / Portainer
API Payload Example:

json
{
  "name": "Test Recipe from API",
  "description": "Created via script",
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Step 1",
      "instruction": "Mix ingredients",
      "ingredients": [
        {
          "food": {"name": "Flour"},
          "amount": 500,
          "unit": {"name": "grams"}
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Possible Cause
It appears that certain internal flags (like is_external or internal mapping bits) are not being set correctly when a recipe is created via the REST API compared to the manual "Add Recipe" flow in the UI.

Scrapper I used to scrap recipe and upload to my tandoor instance is attached

scraper.py

Relevant logs

[SaishWadnere]

Hi, I'd like to contribute a fix for this issue .

When using POST /api/recipe/ with a full payload (including steps and ingredients), the recipe is created successfully but is marked as External in the UI, and the Export feature does not include it.

From debugging, it appears the internal field defaults to False when creating recipes via the API, whereas other creation flows (e.g. importers like Paprika) explicitly set internal=True.

Would you prefer:

1. Allowing internal to be explicitly set via the API (and documenting it), or
2. Aligning API behavior with the UI/importers by defaulting internal=True on creation?

I’d be happy to open a PR for either approach, along with documentation updates.

Thanks!