Mealie

Mealie Recipe: Ingredient Parser API

The Recipe: Ingredient Parser API from Mealie — 2 operation(s) for recipe: ingredient parser.

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Operations 2

POST /api/parser/ingredient Parse Ingredient #
POST /api/parser/ingredients Parse Ingredients #

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OpenAPI Specification

mealie-recipe-ingredient-parser-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 'Mealie Recipe: Ingredient Parser API'
  description: Mealie is a web application for managing your recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists.
  version: nightly
tags:
- name: 'Recipe: Ingredient Parser'
paths:
  /api/parser/ingredient:
    post:
      tags:
      - 'Recipe: Ingredient Parser'
      summary: Parse Ingredient
      operationId: parse_ingredient_api_parser_ingredient_post
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedIngredient'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/parser/ingredients:
    post:
      tags:
      - 'Recipe: Ingredient Parser'
      summary: Parse Ingredients
      operationId: parse_ingredients_api_parser_ingredients_post
      security:
      - OAuth2PasswordBearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: accept-language
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Accept-Language
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedIngredient'
                title: Response Parse Ingredients Api Parser Ingredients Post
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    RegisteredParser:
      type: string
      enum:
      - nlp
      - brute
      - openai
      title: RegisteredParser
    CreateIngredientUnitAlias:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: CreateIngredientUnitAlias
    IngredientsRequest:
      properties:
        parser:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredParser'
          default: nlp
        ingredients:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Ingredients
      type: object
      required:
      - ingredients
      title: IngredientsRequest
    UserBase-Output:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
        username:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Username
        admin:
          type: boolean
          title: Admin
        fullName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Fullname
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - admin
      title: UserBase
    RecipeIngredient-Output:
      properties:
        quantity:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Quantity
          default: 0
        unit:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientUnit-Output'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateIngredientUnit'
          - type: 'null'
          title: Unit
        food:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientFood-Output'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateIngredientFood'
          - type: 'null'
          title: Food
        referencedRecipe:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipe-Output'
          - type: 'null'
        note:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Note
          default: ''
        display:
          type: string
          title: Display
          default: ''
        title:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Title
        originalText:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Originaltext
        referenceId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          title: Referenceid
      type: object
      title: RecipeIngredient
    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
    MultiPurposeLabelSummary:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        color:
          type: string
          title: Color
          default: '#959595'
        groupId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Groupid
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - groupId
      - id
      title: MultiPurposeLabelSummary
    CreateIngredientFood:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        pluralName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralname
        description:
          type: string
          title: Description
          default: ''
        extras:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Extras
          default: {}
        labelId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Labelid
        aliases:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateIngredientFoodAlias'
          type: array
          title: Aliases
          default: []
        householdsWithIngredientFood:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Householdswithingredientfood
          default: []
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: CreateIngredientFood
    IngredientConfidence:
      properties:
        average:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Average
        comment:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Comment
        name:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Name
        unit:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Unit
        quantity:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Quantity
        food:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Food
      type: object
      title: IngredientConfidence
    RecipeCategory:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        groupId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Groupid
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        slug:
          type: string
          title: Slug
        recipeCount:
          type: integer
          title: Recipecount
          default: 0
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - slug
      title: RecipeCategory
    RecipeNote:
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          title: Title
        text:
          type: string
          title: Text
      type: object
      required:
      - title
      - text
      title: RecipeNote
    IngredientUnitAlias:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: IngredientUnitAlias
    RecipeAsset:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        icon:
          type: string
          title: Icon
        fileName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Filename
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - icon
      title: RecipeAsset
    IngredientFoodAlias:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: IngredientFoodAlias
    IngredientUnit-Output:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        pluralName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralname
        description:
          type: string
          title: Description
          default: ''
        extras:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Extras
          default: {}
        fraction:
          type: boolean
          title: Fraction
          default: true
        abbreviation:
          type: string
          title: Abbreviation
          default: ''
        pluralAbbreviation:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralabbreviation
          default: ''
        useAbbreviation:
          type: boolean
          title: Useabbreviation
          default: false
        aliases:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientUnitAlias'
          type: array
          title: Aliases
          default: []
        standardQuantity:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Standardquantity
        standardUnit:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Standardunit
        createdAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Createdat
        updatedAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Updatedat
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      title: IngredientUnit
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    RecipeSettings:
      properties:
        public:
          type: boolean
          title: Public
          default: false
        showNutrition:
          type: boolean
          title: Shownutrition
          default: false
        showAssets:
          type: boolean
          title: Showassets
          default: false
        landscapeView:
          type: boolean
          title: Landscapeview
          default: false
        disableComments:
          type: boolean
          title: Disablecomments
          default: true
        locked:
          type: boolean
          title: Locked
          default: false
      type: object
      title: RecipeSettings
    RecipeStep:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        title:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Title
          default: ''
        summary:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Summary
          default: ''
        text:
          type: string
          title: Text
        ingredientReferences:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientReferences'
          type: array
          title: Ingredientreferences
          default: []
      type: object
      required:
      - text
      title: RecipeStep
    ParsedIngredient:
      properties:
        input:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Input
        confidence:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientConfidence'
          default: {}
        ingredient:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeIngredient-Output'
      type: object
      required:
      - ingredient
      title: ParsedIngredient
    CreateIngredientFoodAlias:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: CreateIngredientFoodAlias
    RecipeTool:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
        groupId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Groupid
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        slug:
          type: string
          title: Slug
        recipeCount:
          type: integer
          title: Recipecount
          default: 0
        householdsWithTool:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Householdswithtool
          default: []
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - slug
      title: RecipeTool
    IngredientRequest:
      properties:
        parser:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisteredParser'
          default: nlp
        ingredient:
          type: string
          title: Ingredient
      type: object
      required:
      - ingredient
      title: IngredientRequest
    Nutrition:
      properties:
        calories:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Calories
        carbohydrateContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Carbohydratecontent
        cholesterolContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Cholesterolcontent
        fatContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Fatcontent
        fiberContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Fibercontent
        proteinContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Proteincontent
        saturatedFatContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Saturatedfatcontent
        sodiumContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Sodiumcontent
        sugarContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Sugarcontent
        transFatContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Transfatcontent
        unsaturatedFatContent:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Unsaturatedfatcontent
      type: object
      title: Nutrition
    IngredientReferences:
      properties:
        referenceId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Referenceid
      type: object
      title: IngredientReferences
      description: A list of ingredient references.
    CreateIngredientUnit:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        pluralName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralname
        description:
          type: string
          title: Description
          default: ''
        extras:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Extras
          default: {}
        fraction:
          type: boolean
          title: Fraction
          default: true
        abbreviation:
          type: string
          title: Abbreviation
          default: ''
        pluralAbbreviation:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralabbreviation
          default: ''
        useAbbreviation:
          type: boolean
          title: Useabbreviation
          default: false
        aliases:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateIngredientUnitAlias'
          type: array
          title: Aliases
          default: []
        standardQuantity:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Standardquantity
        standardUnit:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Standardunit
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      title: CreateIngredientUnit
    IngredientFood-Output:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        pluralName:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Pluralname
        description:
          type: string
          title: Description
          default: ''
        extras:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Extras
          default: {}
        labelId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Labelid
        aliases:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientFoodAlias'
          type: array
          title: Aliases
          default: []
        householdsWithIngredientFood:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Householdswithingredientfood
          default: []
        label:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MultiPurposeLabelSummary'
          - type: 'null'
        createdAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Createdat
        updatedAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Updatedat
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      title: IngredientFood
    RecipeTag:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        groupId:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Groupid
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
        slug:
          type: string
          title: Slug
        recipeCount:
          type: integer
          title: Recipecount
          default: 0
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - slug
      title: RecipeTag
    RecipeCommentOut-Output:
      properties:
        recipeId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Recipeid
        text:
          type: string
          title: Text
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Createdat
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Updatedat
        userId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Userid
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserBase-Output'
      type: object
      required:
      - recipeId
      - text
      - id
      - createdAt
      - updatedAt
      - userId
      - user
      title: RecipeCommentOut
    Recipe-Output:
      properties:
        id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: uuid4
          - type: 'null'
          title: Id
        userId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Userid
        householdId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Householdid
        groupId:
          type: string
          format: uuid4
          title: Groupid
        name:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Name
        slug:
          type: string
          title: Slug
          default: ''
        image:
          anyOf:
          - {}
          - type: 'null'
          title: Image
        recipeServings:
          type: number
          title: Recipeservings
          default: 0
        recipeYieldQuantity:
          type: number
          title: Recipeyieldquantity
          default: 0
        recipeYield:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Recipeyield
        totalTime:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Totaltime
        prepTime:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Preptime
        cookTime:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Cooktime
        performTime:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Performtime
        description:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Description
          default: ''
        recipeCategory:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeCategory'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Recipecategory
          default: []
        tags:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeTag'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Tags
          default: []
        tools:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeTool'
          type: array
          title: Tools
          default: []
        rating:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
          - type: 'null'
          title: Rating
        orgURL:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Orgurl
        dateAdded:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date
          - type: 'null'
          title: Dateadded
        dateUpdated:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Dateupdated
        createdAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Createdat
        updatedAt:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Updatedat
        lastMade:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
          title: Lastmade
        recipeIngredient:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeIngredient-Output'
          type: array
          title: Recipeingredient
          default: []
        recipeInstructions:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeStep'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Recipeinstructions
          default: []
        nutrition:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Nutrition'
          - type: 'null'
        settings:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeSettings'
          - type: 'null'
        assets:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeAsset'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Assets
          default: []
        notes:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeNote'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Notes
          default: []
        extras:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Extras
          default: {}
        comments:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipeCommentOut-Output'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Comments
          default: []
      type: object
      title: Recipe
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2PasswordBearer:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        password:
          scopes: {}
          tokenUrl: /api/auth/token