TheMealDB

TheMealDB Lists API

The Lists API from TheMealDB — 2 operation(s) for lists.

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Operations 2

GET /{apiKey}/list.php List filter values #

GET /{apiKey}/categories.php List detailed meal categories #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: TheMealDB Lists API
  version: '2.0'
  description: Search and browse TheMealDB's crowd-sourced meals, recipes, cuisines, categories, and ingredient data. Access level and result limits depend on the supplied API key. Obtain access and review current terms on the official documentation page. API keys are deliberately not included in this specification.
  termsOfService: https://www.themealdb.com/terms_of_use.php
  contact:
    name: TheMealDB
    url: https://www.themealdb.com/contact.php
    email: thedatadb@gmail.com
  license:
    name: TheMealDB Terms of Use
    url: https://www.themealdb.com/terms_of_use.php
servers:
- url: https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v2
  description: Premium V2 API
tags:
- name: Lists
paths:
  /{apiKey}/list.php:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      summary: List filter values
      description: 'Supply exactly one parameter with the literal value `list`: `c` for categories, `a` for areas, or `i` for ingredients.'
      operationId: listFiltersV2
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ListCategories'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ListAreas'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ListIngredients'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Available filter values or ingredient records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListResponse'
  /{apiKey}/categories.php:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      summary: List detailed meal categories
      operationId: categoriesV2
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Category records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoriesResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CategoriesResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - categories
      properties:
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryRecord'
    ListValue:
      type: object
      description: Contains an area, category, or full ingredient record according to the requested list.
      additionalProperties: true
    CategoryRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        idCategory:
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: string
        strCategory:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        strCategoryThumb:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        strCategoryDescription:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
    ListResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - meals
      properties:
        meals:
          oneOf:
          - type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListValue'
          - type: 'null'
  parameters:
    ListAreas:
      name: a
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        const: list
    ListCategories:
      name: c
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        const: list
    ListIngredients:
      name: i
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        const: list
    ApiKey:
      name: apiKey
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Your TheMealDB API key. No key value is stored in this specification.
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
externalDocs:
  description: Official API documentation
  url: https://www.themealdb.com/documentation
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: TheMealDB
  source: https://www.themealdb.com/api/spec/openapi-v2.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)