Edamam Food Search Autocomplete API

The Food Search Autocomplete API from Edamam — 1 operation(s) for food search autocomplete.

Operations 1

GET /auto-complete Autocomplete for Food Search

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OpenAPI Specification

edamam-recipes-food-search-autocomplete-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '2.0'
  title: Food Database Food Nutrition Request - AI Vision (Beta) Food Nutrition Request - AI Vision (Beta) Food Search Autocomplete API
  description: ''
servers:
- url: https://api.edamam.com
tags:
- name: Food Search Autocomplete
paths:
  /auto-complete:
    get:
      tags:
      - Food Search Autocomplete
      summary: Autocomplete for Food Search
      description: 'Edamam provides a convenient autocomplete functionality which can be implemented for use when searching for

        ingredients. Just send in the current query as the "q" parameter and the number of suggestions you wish to

        receive as the "limit" parameter.


        **Access Point:** <https://api.edamam.com/auto-complete>'
      parameters:
      - name: app_id
        in: query
        x-data-threescale-name: app_ids
        description: The application ID, obtained from the account dashboard, <https://developer.edamam.com/admin/applications>.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: app_key
        in: query
        x-data-threescale-name: app_keys
        description: The application key, obtained from the account dashboard, <https://developer.edamam.com/admin/applications>.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Edamam-Account-User
        description: ID of the account user. Should be used *only* if the account is configured for active user tracking.
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Query text. For example q=chi. This or the r parameter are required.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Limit the number of suggestions.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The autocomplete suggestions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string