diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
index 427d07b95..1ebe1d27b 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ from bs4.element import Tag
 from cookbook.helper import recipe_url_import as helper
 
 
-# %%
-
-# %%
-def get_from_raw(text, space):
+def get_recipe_from_source(text, space):
     def build_node(k, v):
         if isinstance(v, dict):
             node = {
@@ -113,17 +110,20 @@ def get_from_raw(text, space):
         if '@graph' in el:
             for x in el['@graph']:
                 if '@type' in x and x['@type'] == 'Recipe':
-                    recipe_json = helper.find_recipe_json(x, None, space)
-                    recipe_tree += [{'name': 'ld+json', 'children': temp_tree}]
+                    el = x
+
+        if '@type' in el and el['@type'] == 'Recipe':
+            recipe_json = helper.find_recipe_json(el, None, space)
+            recipe_tree += [{'name': 'ld+json', 'children': temp_tree}]
         else:
             recipe_tree += [{'name': 'json', 'children': temp_tree}]
 
         temp_tree = []
 
-    # overide keyword structure from dict to list
-    kws = []
-    for kw in recipe_json['keywords']:
-        kws.append(kw['text'])
-    recipe_json['keywords'] = kws
-
     return recipe_json, recipe_tree
+
+
+def get_from_html(text, space):
+    for s in soup.strings:
+        if ((s.parent.name not in INVISIBLE_ELEMS) and (len(s.strip()) > 0)):
+            print(s.parent.name, s, len(s))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index 9ab62e44a..cfe3c13be 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ from recipe_scrapers._schemaorg import SchemaOrgException
 from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_minutes
 
 
-def get_from_scraper(scrape, space):
-    # converting the scrape_me object to the existing json format based on ld+json
+def get_from_html_old(html_text, url, space):
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_text, "html.parser")
 
     # first try finding ld+json as its most common
     for ld in soup.find_all('script', type='application/ld+json'):
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
index a4d747f62..460a38151 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
@@ -25,72 +25,54 @@
         <h2> {% trans 'Import' %} </h2>
         <nav class="nav nav-pills flex-sm-row" style="margin-bottom:10px">
             <a class="nav-link active" href="#nav-url" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-url" aria-selected="true">URL</a>
-            <a class="nav-link" href="#nav-ldjson" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-ldjson">ld+json</a>
-            <a class="nav-link" href="#nav-json" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-json">json</a>
-            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#nav-html" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-html">HTML</a>
-            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#nav-text" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-text">text</a>
-            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#nav-pdf" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-pdf">PDF</a>
+            <a class="nav-link" href="#nav-source" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-source">Source</a>
+            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#nav-text" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-text">Text</a>
+            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#nav-file" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-file">File</a>
         </nav>
 
         
         <div class="tab-content" id="nav-tabContent">
             <!-- Import URL -->
-            <div class="row tab-pane fade show active" id="nav-url" role="tabpanel">
-                <div class="col-md-12">
-                    <div class="input-group mb-3">
-                        <input class="form-control" v-model="remote_url" placeholder="{% trans 'Enter website URL' %}">
-                        <div class="input-group-append">
-                            <button @click="loadRecipe()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
-                                    id="id_btn_search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i>
-                            </button>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
+            <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="nav-url" role="tabpanel">
+                <div class="btn-group btn-group-toggle" data-toggle="buttons">
+                    <label class="btn btn-outline-info btn-sm active" @click="automatic=true">
+                    <input type="radio" name="auto" id="auto" autocomplete="off" checked> Automatic
+                    </label>
 
-            <!-- Automatically import LD+JSON -->
-            <div class="row tab-pane fade show" id="nav-ldjson" role="tabpanel">
-                <div class="col-md-12">
-                    <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                        <textarea class="form-control input-group-append" v-model="raw_data" rows=10 placeholder="{% trans 'Paste ld+json here to parse recipe automatically.' %}" style="font-size: 12px">
-                        </textarea>
-                    </div>
-                    <br>
-                    <button @click="loadRecipeJson()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
-                                id="id_btn_json"><i class="fas fa-code"></i> {% trans 'Import' %} 
+                    <label class="btn btn-outline-info btn-sm disabled" @click="automatic=false">
+                    <input type="radio" name="auto" id="manual" autocomplete="off"> Manual
+                    </label>
+                </div>
+                <div class="input-group mb-3">
+                <input class="form-control" v-model="remote_url" placeholder="{% trans 'Enter website URL' %}">
+                <div class="input-group-append">
+                    <button @click="loadRecipe()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
+                            id="id_btn_search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i>
                     </button>
                 </div>
-            </div>
-
-            <!-- Manually import from JSON -->
-            <div class="row tab-pane fade show" id="nav-json" role="tabpanel">
-                <div class="col-md-12">
-                    <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                        <textarea class="form-control input-group-append" v-model="raw_data" rows=10 
-                            placeholder="{% trans 'To parse recipe manually:  Paste JSON document here or a web page source that contains one or more JSON elements here.' %}" style="font-size: 12px">
-                        </textarea>
-                    </div>
-                    <br>
-                    <button @click="loadPreviewRaw()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
-                                id="id_btn_raw"><i class="fas fa-code"></i> {% trans 'Preview Import' %} 
-                    </button>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            <!-- Manually import from HTML -->
-            <div class="row tab-pane fade show" id="nav-html" role="tabpanel">
-                <div class="col-md-12">
-                    <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                        <textarea class="form-control input-group-append" v-model="raw_data" rows=10 placeholder="{% trans 'Paste html source here to parse recipe manually.' %}" style="font-size: 12px">
-                        </textarea>
-                    </div>
-                    <br>
-                    <button @click="loadPreviewRaw()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
-                                id="id_btn_HTML"><i class="fas fa-code"></i> {% trans 'Preview Import' %} 
-                    </button>
-                </div>
-            </div>
+            <!-- Import JSON or HTML -->
+            <div class=" tab-pane fade show" id="nav-source" role="tabpanel">
+                <div class="btn-group btn-group-toggle" data-toggle="buttons">
+                    <label class="btn btn-outline-info btn-sm active" @click="automatic=true">
+                    <input type="radio" name="auto" id="auto" autocomplete="off" checked> Automatic
+                    </label>
 
+                    <label class="btn btn-outline-info btn-sm" @click="automatic=false">
+                    <input type="radio" name="auto" id="manual" autocomplete="off"> Manual
+                    </label>
+                </div>
+                <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
+                    <textarea class="form-control input-group-append" v-model="source_data" rows=10 placeholder="{% trans 'Paste json or html source here to load recipe.' %}" style="font-size: 12px">
+                    </textarea>
+                </div>
+                <br>
+                <button @click="loadSource()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
+                            id="id_btn_json"><i class="fas fa-code"></i> {% trans 'Import' %} 
+                </button>
+            </div>
         </div>
         
         <br/>
@@ -101,9 +83,7 @@
         </div>
         
         <!-- recipe preview before Import -->
-        <div class="container-fluid" v-if="parsed" id="manage_tree">
-            
-            <h2></h2>
+        <div class="container-fluid" v-if="preview" id="manage_tree">
             <div class="row">
                 <div class="col" style="max-width:50%">
                     <div class="card card-border-primary" >
@@ -116,6 +96,7 @@
                             <div class="card mb-2">
                                 <div class="card-header" style="display:flex; justify-content:space-between;">
                                     {% trans 'Name' %}
+                                    <!-- this and subsequent delete commands should be fixed to identify which model attribute the element is referring to -->
                                     <i class="fas fa-eraser"  style="cursor:pointer;" @click="deletePreview('name')" title="{% trans 'Clear Contents'%}"></i>
                                 </div>
                                 
@@ -232,11 +213,13 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     <br/>
-                    <button @click="loadRecipeRaw()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
+                    <!-- end of preview card -->
+                    <button @click="loadRecipeManual()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
                                 id="id_btn_json"><i class="fas fa-code"></i> {% trans 'Import' %} 
                     </button>
                 </div>
                 
+                <!-- start of json tree -->
                 <div class="col" style="max-width:50%">
                     <div class="card card-border-primary">
                         <div class="card-header"> 
@@ -274,9 +257,9 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <!-- end of json tree -->
             </div>
         </div>
-        
         <!-- end of recipe preview before Import -->
 
         <template v-if="recipe_data !== undefined">
@@ -518,7 +501,7 @@
             el: '#app',
             data: {
                 remote_url: '',
-                raw_data: undefined,
+                source_data: undefined,
                 keywords: [],
                 keywords_loading: false,
                 units: [],
@@ -528,11 +511,12 @@
                 recipe_data: undefined,
                 error: undefined,
                 loading: false,
-                parsed: false,
+                preview: false,
                 all_keywords: false,
                 importing_recipe: false,
                 recipe_json: undefined,
                 recipe_tree: undefined,
+                automatic: true
             },
             directives: {
                 tabindex: {
@@ -564,12 +548,10 @@
                     this.images = []
                     this.error = undefined
                     this.loading = true
-                    this.preview = false
-                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_source' %}", {
-                                'url': this.remote_url, 
-                                'data': this.source_data, 
-                                'auto':this.automatic, 
-                                'mode':this.mode}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
+                    if (this.automatic) {
+                        console.log('true')
+                    }
+                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_url' %}", {'url': this.remote_url}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
                         console.log(response.data)
                         this.recipe_json = response.data['recipe_json'];
                         this.recipe_tree = response.data['recipe_tree'];
@@ -595,53 +577,43 @@
                         this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), msg, 'danger')
                     })
                 },
-                loadRecipeJson: function () {
+                loadSource: function() {
                     this.recipe_data = undefined
-                    this.error = undefined
-                    this.loading = true
-                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_json' %}", {'json': this.raw_data}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
-                        console.log(response.data)
-                        this.recipe_data = response.data;
-                        this.loading = false
-                    }).catch((err) => {
-                        this.error = err.data
-                        this.loading = false
-                        console.log(err)
-                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
-                    })
-                },
-                loadRecipeRaw: function () {
-                    this.error = undefined
-                    this.loading = true
-                    this.parsed = false
-                    this.recipe_json['@type'] = "Recipe"
-                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_json' %}", {'json': JSON.stringify(this.recipe_json)}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
-                        console.log(response.data)
-                        this.recipe_data = response.data;
-                        this.loading = false
-                    }).catch((err) => {
-                        this.error = err.data
-                        this.loading = false
-                        console.log(err)
-                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
-                    })
-                },
-                loadPreviewRaw: function () {
                     this.recipe_json = undefined
                     this.recipe_tree = undefined
                     this.error = undefined
-                    
                     this.loading = true
-                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_manual_recipe_from_json' %}", {'data': this.raw_data}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
+                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_source' %}", {'data': this.source_data, 'auto':this.automatic}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
                         console.log(response.data)
-                        this.recipe_json = response.data['recipe_json'];
-                        this.recipe_tree = response.data['recipe_tree'];
+                        if (this.automatic) {
+                            this.recipe_data = response.data['recipe_json'];
+                            this.preview = false
+                        } else {
+                            this.recipe_json = response.data['recipe_json'];
+                            this.recipe_tree = response.data['recipe_tree'];
+                            this.preview = true
+                        }
                         this.loading = false
-                        this.parsed = true
                     }).catch((err) => {
                         this.error = err.data
                         this.loading = false
-                        this.parsed = false
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                loadRecipeManual: function () {
+                    this.error = undefined
+                    this.preview = false
+                    this.loading = true
+                    this.recipe_json['@type'] = "Recipe"
+                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_source' %}", {'data': JSON.stringify(this.recipe_json), 'auto':'true'}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
+                        console.log(response.data)
+                        this.recipe_data = response.data['recipe_json'];
+                        this.loading = false
+                        this.preview = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        this.error = err.data
+                        this.loading = false
                         console.log(err)
                         this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
                     })
@@ -869,16 +841,6 @@
                             break;
                     }
                 },
-                parseIngredient: function(txt) {
-                    this.$http.post('{% url 'api_ingredient_from_string' %}', {text: txt}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
-                            console.log(response)
-                            let ing = [response.body.amount, response.body.unit, response.body.food, response.body.note]
-                            return ing
-                        }).catch((err) => {
-                            console.log(err)
-                            this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('Something went wrong.'), 'danger')
-                        })
-                }
             }
         });
     </script>
diff --git a/cookbook/urls.py b/cookbook/urls.py
index 062fe7a44..246912be2 100644
--- a/cookbook/urls.py
+++ b/cookbook/urls.py
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('api/sync_all/', api.sync_all, name='api_sync'),
     path('api/log_cooking/<int:recipe_id>/', api.log_cooking, name='api_log_cooking'),
     path('api/plan-ical/<slug:from_date>/<slug:to_date>/', api.get_plan_ical, name='api_get_plan_ical'),
-    path('api/recipe-from-url/', api.recipe_from_url, name='api_recipe_from_url'),
-    path('api/recipe-from-html/', api.manual_recipe_from_json, name='api_manual_recipe_from_json'),
-    path('api/recipe-from-json/', api.recipe_from_json, name='api_recipe_from_json'),
+    path('api/recipe-from-url/', api.recipe_from_url, name='api_recipe_from_url'),   
+    path('api/recipe-from-source/', api.recipe_from_source, name='api_recipe_from_source'),
     path('api/backup/', api.get_backup, name='api_backup'),
     path('api/ingredient-from-string/', api.ingredient_from_string, name='api_ingredient_from_string'),
 
diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index e15fcadd5..f816bea4c 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ from cookbook.helper.permission_helper import (CustomIsAdmin, CustomIsGuest,
                                                CustomIsOwner, CustomIsShare,
                                                CustomIsShared, CustomIsUser,
                                                group_required)
-from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_html, find_recipe_json
-from cookbook.helper.recipe_html_import import get_from_raw
+from cookbook.helper.recipe_html_import import get_recipe_from_source
+from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_scraper, find_recipe_json
 from cookbook.models import (CookLog, Food, Ingredient, Keyword, MealPlan,
                              MealType, Recipe, RecipeBook, ShoppingList,
                              ShoppingListEntry, ShoppingListRecipe, Step,
@@ -706,9 +706,11 @@ def recipe_from_url(request):
 
 
 @group_required('user')
-def manual_recipe_from_json(request):
+def recipe_from_source(request):
     json_data = request.POST['data']
-    recipe_json, recipe_tree = get_from_raw(json_data, request.space)
+    auto = request.POST['auto']
+
+    recipe_json, recipe_tree = get_recipe_from_source(json_data, request.space)
     if len(recipe_tree) == 0 and len(recipe_json) == 0:
         return JsonResponse(
             {
@@ -718,10 +720,18 @@ def manual_recipe_from_json(request):
             status=400
         )
     else:
-        return JsonResponse({
-            'recipe_tree': recipe_tree,
-            'recipe_json': recipe_json
-        })
+        if auto == "true":
+            return JsonResponse({'recipe_json': recipe_json})
+        else: 
+            # overide keyword structure from dict to list
+            kws = []
+            for kw in recipe_json['keywords']:
+                kws.append(kw['text'])
+            recipe_json['keywords'] = kws
+            return JsonResponse({
+                'recipe_tree': recipe_tree,
+                'recipe_json': recipe_json
+            })
 
 
 @group_required('admin')