# TheMealDB Discovery API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-discovery-api/  
**Provider:** TheMealDB — https://apis.io/providers/mealdb/  
**Base URL:** https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1  
**Documentation:** https://www.themealdb.com/api.php

TheMealDB Discovery API is one of 12 APIs that [TheMealDB](https://apis.io/providers/mealdb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

The Discovery API from TheMealDB — 4 operation(s) for discovery.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/{apiKey}/random.php` | Get one random meal |
| GET | `/{apiKey}/randomselection.php` | Get a random meal selection |
| GET | `/{apiKey}/popular.php` | Get popular meals |
| GET | `/{apiKey}/latest.php` | Get the latest meals |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/mealdb-discovery-api-openapi.yml

## Other TheMealDB APIs (11)

- [TheMealDB Categories.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-categories-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB Filter.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-filter-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB List.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-list-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB Lookup.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-lookup-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB Premium API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-premium-api/)
- [TheMealDB Random.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-random-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB Search.php API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-search-php-api/)
- [TheMealDB Filter API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-filter-api/)
- [TheMealDB Lists API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-lists-api/)
- [TheMealDB Lookup API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-lookup-api/)
- [TheMealDB Search API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/mealdb-search-api/)

## Tags

Discovery

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