NutrientsDB

NutrientsDB Foods API

The Foods API from NutrientsDB — 1 operation(s) for foods.

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Operations 1

GET /api/foods Search foods or retrieve one sample record #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.nutrientsdb.com/api/docs

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nutrientsdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/nutrientsdb-foods-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nutrientsdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nutrientsdb-food.json

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Examples
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nutrientsdb/refs/heads/main/errors/nutrientsdb-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nutrientsdb/refs/heads/main/data-model/nutrientsdb-data-model.yml
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Arazzo
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nutrientsdb/refs/heads/main/arazzo/nutrientsdb-search-then-lookup.yml
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Arazzo
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OpenAPI Specification

nutrientsdb-foods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NutrientsDB Sample Foods API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Search and inspect the public 1,000-food NutrientsDB sample. The full NutrientsDB product is a downloadable dataset, not a hosted API.
  contact:
    name: NutrientsDB
    url: https://www.nutrientsdb.com/contact
servers:
- url: https://www.nutrientsdb.com
tags:
- name: Foods
paths:
  /api/foods:
    get:
      operationId: findFoods
      summary: Search foods or retrieve one sample record
      description: Provide either q for a case-insensitive name search or id for an exact public_id lookup.
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Food name fragment. Minimum 2 characters.
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 100
      - name: id
        in: query
        description: Exact NutrientsDB public_id from the sample.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Maximum search results. Values above 20 are capped at 20.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 20
          default: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A search result or exact food record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LookupResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: The requested public_id is not in the sample.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      tags:
      - Foods
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - sample
      - error
      properties:
        sample:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleMetadata'
        error:
          type: string
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - sample
      - query
      - count
      - total_matches
      - limit
      - foods
      properties:
        sample:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleMetadata'
        query:
          type: string
        count:
          type: integer
        total_matches:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
        foods:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Food'
    SampleMetadata:
      type: object
      required:
      - food_count
      - nutrient_count
      properties:
        food_count:
          type: integer
          example: 1000
        nutrient_count:
          type: integer
          example: 86
    Food:
      type: object
      required:
      - public_id
      - name
      - nutrients
      properties:
        public_id:
          type: integer
          example: 2923506
        name:
          type: string
          example: Turkey, drumstick, meat only, raw
        nutrients:
          type: object
          description: All 86 normalized nutrient keys. A value is null when the source does not report it.
          additionalProperties:
            type:
            - number
            - 'null'
    LookupResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - sample
      - food
      properties:
        sample:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleMetadata'
        food:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Food'
externalDocs:
  description: NutrientsDB schema and field reference
  url: https://www.nutrientsdb.com/docs