Mealie

Mealie Admin: Maintenance API

The Admin: Maintenance API from Mealie — 5 operation(s) for admin: maintenance.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

GET /api/admin/maintenance Get Maintenance Summary #
GET /api/admin/maintenance/storage Get Storage Details #
POST /api/admin/maintenance/clean/images Clean Images #
POST /api/admin/maintenance/clean/temp Clean Temp #
POST /api/admin/maintenance/clean/recipe-folders Clean Recipe Folders #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.mealie.io/documentation/getting-started/api-usage/
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APIReference
https://demo.mealie.io/docs
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/authentication/mealie-authentication.yml
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/mealie-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/openapi/mealie-admin-maintenance-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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OAuthScopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/scopes/mealie-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/errors/mealie-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/data-model/mealie-data-model.yml
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Conventions
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/conventions/mealie-conventions.yml
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Webhooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/mealie-events.yml
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/conformance/mealie-conformance.yml
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/mealie-lifecycle.yml
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Sandbox
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealie/refs/heads/main/sandbox/mealie-sandbox.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

mealie-admin-maintenance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 'Mealie Admin: Maintenance API'
  description: Mealie is a web application for managing your recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists.
  version: nightly
tags:
- name: Admin - Maintenance
paths:
  /api/admin/maintenance:
    get:
      tags:
      - Admin - Maintenance
      summary: Get Maintenance Summary
      description: Get the maintenance summary
      operationId: get_maintenance_summary_api_admin_maintenance_get
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaintenanceSummary'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/admin/maintenance/storage:
    get:
      tags:
      - Admin - Maintenance
      summary: Get Storage Details
      operationId: get_storage_details_api_admin_maintenance_storage_get
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaintenanceStorageDetails'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/admin/maintenance/clean/images:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin - Maintenance
      summary: Clean Images
      description: Purges all the images from the filesystem that aren't .webp
      operationId: clean_images_api_admin_maintenance_clean_images_post
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/admin/maintenance/clean/temp:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin - Maintenance
      summary: Clean Temp
      operationId: clean_temp_api_admin_maintenance_clean_temp_post
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/admin/maintenance/clean/recipe-folders:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin - Maintenance
      summary: Clean Recipe Folders
      description: Deletes all the recipe folders that don't have names that are valid UUIDs
      operationId: clean_recipe_folders_api_admin_maintenance_clean_recipe_folders_post
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    MaintenanceStorageDetails:
      properties:
        tempDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Tempdirsize
        backupsDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Backupsdirsize
        groupsDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Groupsdirsize
        recipesDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Recipesdirsize
        userDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Userdirsize
      type: object
      required:
      - tempDirSize
      - backupsDirSize
      - groupsDirSize
      - recipesDirSize
      - userDirSize
      title: MaintenanceStorageDetails
    SuccessResponse:
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
        error:
          type: boolean
          title: Error
          default: false
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      title: SuccessResponse
    MaintenanceSummary:
      properties:
        dataDirSize:
          type: string
          title: Datadirsize
        cleanableImages:
          type: integer
          title: Cleanableimages
        cleanableDirs:
          type: integer
          title: Cleanabledirs
      type: object
      required:
      - dataDirSize
      - cleanableImages
      - cleanableDirs
      title: MaintenanceSummary
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2PasswordBearer:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        password:
          scopes: {}
          tokenUrl: /api/auth/token