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1import json 

2 

3 

4def get_all_nutrient_types(): 

5 f = open('') # <--- download the foundation food or any other dataset and retrieve all nutrition ID's from it https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/download-datasets.html 

6 json_data = json.loads(f.read()) 

7 

8 nutrients = {} 

9 for food in json_data['FoundationFoods']: 

10 for entry in food['foodNutrients']: 

11 nutrients[entry['nutrient']['id']] = {'name': entry['nutrient']['name'], 'unit': entry['nutrient']['unitName']} 

12 

13 nutrient_ids = list(nutrients.keys()) 

14 nutrient_ids.sort() 

15 for nid in nutrient_ids: 

16 print('{', f'value: {nid}, text: "{nutrients[nid]["name"]} [{nutrients[nid]["unit"]}] ({nid})"', '},') 

17 

18 

19get_all_nutrient_types()