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fatsecret Profile Foods API

User-managed custom foods and favorites

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https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatsecret/refs/heads/main/openapi/fatsecret-profile-foods-api-openapi.yml

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatsecret/refs/heads/main/json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatsecret/refs/heads/main/json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatsecret/refs/heads/main/json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json

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https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides

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OpenAPI Specification

fatsecret-profile-foods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: fatsecret Profile Foods API
  description: The fatsecret Platform API provides programmatic access to a global food nutrition database covering more than 1.9 million verified food items across 56 countries. It supports food and recipe search, barcode scanning, image recognition, natural language processing, and full profile-based food diary, exercise diary, and weight tracking management.
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: fatsecret Platform
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
servers:
- url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  description: REST endpoint for URL-based and method-based integration
security:
- oauth2: []
- oauth1: []
tags:
- name: Profile Foods
  description: User-managed custom foods and favorites
paths:
  /food/favorites/v2:
    get:
      tags:
      - Profile Foods
      summary: Get favorite foods
      operationId: getFavoriteFoods
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Favorite foods
  /food/favorite/add/v2:
    post:
      tags:
      - Profile Foods
      summary: Add favorite food
      operationId: addFavoriteFood
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Added
  /food/favorite/delete/v2:
    post:
      tags:
      - Profile Foods
      summary: Delete favorite food
      operationId: deleteFavoriteFood
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://oauth.fatsecret.com/connect/token
          scopes:
            basic: Basic access to food and recipe data
            premier: Premier access including image recognition and NLP
    oauth1:
      type: http
      scheme: oauth
      description: OAuth 1.0a request signing