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Installing, setting up sharing and saving your first recipe. Every guide is a numbered list of steps, and every step has its own link.

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Install on Android

On Android you install Smaquli from Chrome. After that it sits on your home screen like an app, and in the share menu too.

Step 1: Open Smaquli in Chrome
Go to app.smaquli.com in Chrome and log in.
Step 2: Open the menu
Tap the three dots at the top right.
Step 3: Choose Install app
Choose Install app or Add to home screen, and confirm.
Step 4: Open Smaquli from your home screen
Smaquli is now among your apps. Open it from there from now on.

Install on iPhone or iPad

On iPhone and iPad you add Smaquli to your home screen from Safari.

Step 1: Open Smaquli in Safari
Go to app.smaquli.com in Safari.
Step 2: Tap Share
Tap the Share button: the square with the arrow pointing up.
Step 3: Choose Add to Home Screen
Scroll to Add to Home Screen and tap Add.
Step 4: Log in once more
Open Smaquli from your home screen and log in there once more.

Share recipes on iPhone, with a Shortcut

iOS doesn’t put web apps in the share menu (yet). With a Shortcut, in Apple’s Shortcuts app, you get the same: you tap Share, choose the Shortcut, and a moment later the recipe is ready for you to review. The Shortcut uses a personal key that can only import recipes; your password isn’t in it.

Make a key

Step 1: Open the settings
Open Smaquli and go to Instellingen (Settings), Delen vanaf iPhone (Sharing from iPhone).
Step 2: Make a key
Tap Sleutel maken (Make key).
Step 3: Copy the key
Copy the value that starts with Bearer smq_. You only see it once. If you lose it, make a new one and revoke the old one. The same page also shows the address you’ll need in a moment: https://app.smaquli.com/api/import.

Make the Shortcut

Step 4: Make a new shortcut
Open the Shortcuts app and tap +. Give the shortcut a name, for example Bewaar in Smaquli.
Step 5: Put it in the share sheet
Tap the i symbol (or Details) and turn on Show in Share Sheet. For the input types, choose only URLs, Safari web pages and Text.
Step 6: Add Get Contents of URL
Add the action Get Contents of URL. Enter https://app.smaquli.com/api/import as the URL and tap Show More. Choose POST as the method. Add a header with Authorization as the key and the key you copied (Bearer smq_ and the rest) as the value. For Request Body choose JSON, and add a text field with url as the key and the Shortcut Input variable as the value.
Step 7: Add Get Dictionary Value
Add the action Get Dictionary Value, with message as the key, from Contents of URL.
Step 8: Add Show Notification
Add the action Show Notification, with the dictionary value as the text.

Using it

Step 9: Share a recipe
Open a recipe in Safari, tap Share and choose Bewaar in Smaquli. You’ll see a notification that Smaquli is importing the recipe.
Step 10: Review and save
Open Smaquli. Under the plus button, the recipe is ready for you to review. After Opslaan (Save) it’s in your book.

If you share a piece of text with a link in it, from a message for example, Smaquli takes the first link from that text.

Notifications you might see

Notification	What to do
Deze sleutel werkt niet (meer)This key no longer works	Make a new key and put it in the Shortcut’s header.
Er zit geen link in wat je deeldeThere’s no link in what you shared	Share the page itself (the link), not just a piece of text.
Dit recept staat al in je receptenboekThis recipe is already in your book	Nothing: the recipe is already there.
Te veel pogingenToo many attempts	Wait a while; there’s a limit of 30 imports per hour.

Revoking a key

Lost your phone, or got a new one? Go to Instellingen, Delen vanaf iPhone and tap the bin next to the key. Shortcuts using that key stop working straight away. If someone leaves the household, their keys stop working too.

How to use Smaquli

From your first recipe to cooking together, in seven steps. Start with the recipe you saved recently and have almost lost already. Below the steps you see the screens from the app.

Step 1: Tap the plus button
Open Smaquli and tap +. You choose from Inspreken (say it), Link of tekst plakken (paste a link or text) and Handmatig (type it).
Step 2: Paste a link or text
Choose Link of tekst plakken and paste the recipe link: from a recipe site, TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. If it comes from a chat, paste the text. Smaquli fetches the recipe.
Step 3: Check it and save it
Smaquli gets the recipe ready and says what to check. If anything isn’t right, change it. Only after Opslaan (save) is it in your book.
Step 4: Cook for your number of people
Open the recipe and set the number of people with the plus and minus. The amounts in the steps follow. Missing something? Tap the arrows and swap it. With Scherm aan laten (keep screen on) your screen stays on.
Step 5: Put it on the shopping list
Tap Op boodschappenlijst (onto the shopping list). What you already have stays off it. In the shop you tick things off, even without signal.
Step 6: Tap Gekookt! after dinner
Give stars and say why. That way your favourites rise to the top by themselves.
Step 7: Cook together
With Premium, 4 people share one book and one list. Invite your housemate via Instellingen, Huishouden (settings, household): an invite link works once and is valid for 7 days.

Step 1Tap the plus: speak it, paste a link or text, or type it yourself.
Step 2Paste a link, and Smaquli fetches the recipe.
Step 3You check it first. It goes into your book only when you tap Opslaan (save).
Step 4From 4 to 6 people: everything scales, the curry paste a little less.
Step 5Sorted by aisle, and every line says which recipe it’s for.
Step 6Tapped Gekookt! (cooked)? Give it stars and say why.
Step 7Invite someone with a link, and you share one book and one list.