Recipe import or sharing failed
Importing is not available on your account yet
Import from link and the browser extension are rolling out gradually, and the server decides who has them. The page says so: Importing recipes is not available on your account yet. It is rolling out gradually. There is nothing to change on your side; create the recipe by hand with Create in the meantime.
Import messages
| Message | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| No recipe was found on that page | The page carries no recipe VegaLoop can recognise. | Use the recipe’s own page, not a category page, a search result, or a video. |
| That is not a web address | The link is malformed. | Paste the full address, starting with https://. |
| That address cannot be imported. Only public websites can be read. | Private networks, local files, and sign-in-only pages are refused. | Only public pages can be read. |
| That link is not a web page | The address points at a file such as a PDF or an image. | Find the page the file came from. |
| That page is too large to import | The page exceeds the size limit. | Try the print version of the recipe if the site has one. |
| The site could not be reached | The site is down, slow, or blocks automated readers. | Try later. Some sites never allow it; copy the recipe into Create instead. |
| You already saved a recipe from this page | You imported it before. | Open my recipe to use the existing one, or Import again anyway for a fresh copy. |
The draft has the wrong servings or nutrition
If the page did not state a yield, the draft assumes 4 servings. Set the real number before saving so the nutrition per serving is right. Ingredients the page wrote loosely may need a serving size chosen by hand.
Not yet yours to share
An imported recipe can be shared only once you have rewritten it. Share shows Not yet yours to share with the conditions still unmet:
- the steps and headnote must be substantially rewritten (no more than about a third similar to the source);
- the title may keep at most half of the original title’s words;
- the photo must be your own upload.
Edit until each condition clears, then share. Recipes you wrote yourself have no such conditions.
The share link stopped working
A share link stops working for one of these reasons:
- You selected Stop sharing. The link is dead for everyone. Share again for a new link.
- An edit moved the recipe back toward its source. The recipe tells you: Sharing was turned off: after this edit the recipe reads too much like the page it came from. Make it your own again and share again.
- You deleted the recipe. Deleting one of your recipes ends its share link with it.
Visitors to a dead link see This recipe is no longer shared. A visitor to a live link sees the recipe with Adapted from (site) where it was imported, no name or other detail about you, and an invitation to sign up; they cannot save or copy it from that page.
How importing and sharing work is in Import and share recipes. If none of this matches what you see, contact support with the recipe’s address and the message.