# TheMealDB Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/themealdb-search-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 Search API is one of 11 APIs that [TheMealDB](https://apis.io/providers/mealdb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Search for meals and ingredients

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/search.php` | TheMealDB Search Meals by Name or First Letter |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/themealdb-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.themealdb.com/api.php
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/themealdb-meal-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/refs/heads/main/json-structure/themealdb-meal-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/refs/heads/main/json-ld/themealdb-context.jsonld

## Other TheMealDB APIs (10)

- [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/themealdb-filter-api/)
- [TheMealDB List API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/themealdb-list-api/)
- [TheMealDB Lookup API](https://apis.io/apis/mealdb/themealdb-lookup-api/)

## Tags

Search

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