Open Brewery DB Breweries API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Open Brewery DB Breweries API
  description: 'Open Brewery DB is a free dataset and API with public information on

    breweries, cideries, brewpubs, and bottleshops. The database contains

    11,000+ entries across 23+ countries and 212+ states and regions.

    No API key, authentication, or registration is required.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: https://www.openbrewerydb.org/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/openbrewerydb/openbrewerydb/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.openbrewerydb.org/v1
tags:
- name: Breweries
  description: Brewery listing, retrieval, search, autocomplete, and metadata operations.
paths:
  /breweries:
    get:
      operationId: listBreweries
      summary: List Breweries
      description: Returns a list of breweries. Supports filtering by city, state, country, type, postal code, name, IDs, and geographic distance. Results are paginated; default page size is 50, maximum is 200. Results can be sorted by one or more fields.
      parameters:
      - name: by_city
        in: query
        description: Filter by city name (case-insensitive).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: San Diego
      - name: by_country
        in: query
        description: Filter by country name (case-insensitive).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: United States
      - name: by_dist
        in: query
        description: 'Filter by geographic distance from a lat,lng point. Format: "lat,lng". Returns results sorted by distance ascending.'
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 38.8977,−77.0365
      - name: by_ids
        in: query
        description: Filter by a comma-separated list of brewery IDs.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: b54b16e1-ac3b-4bff-a11f-f7ae9ddc27e0,5494659b-aece-42a4-b7b1-b5a98cf12e40
      - name: by_name
        in: query
        description: Filter by brewery name (case-insensitive partial match).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Dogfish
      - name: by_state
        in: query
        description: Filter by state or province name (no abbreviations).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: California
      - name: by_postal
        in: query
        description: Filter by postal code (US ZIP codes and international).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '44107'
      - name: by_type
        in: query
        description: Filter by brewery type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - micro
          - nano
          - regional
          - brewpub
          - large
          - planning
          - bar
          - contract
          - proprietor
          - taproom
          - cidery
          - closed
        example: micro
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination (1-indexed).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          minimum: 1
        example: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Number of breweries per page (default 50, max 200).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 200
        example: 50
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: Sort results by one or more fields. Prefix with "asc:" or "desc:" to control direction. Multiple fields separated by commas.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: asc:name
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of brewery records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Brewery'
              example:
              - id: ae7b3174-8be8-4d53-a3a5-9b8240970eea
                name: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
                brewery_type: micro
                address_1: 6 Cannery Village Center
                address_2: null
                address_3: null
                city: Milton
                state_province: Delaware
                postal_code: 19968-1674
                country: United States
                longitude: -75.1241
                latitude: 38.9974
                phone: '3026843156'
                website_url: https://www.dogfish.com
                state: Delaware
                street: 6 Cannery Village Center
      tags:
      - Breweries
  /breweries/{obdb-id}:
    get:
      operationId: getBrewery
      summary: Get Brewery
      description: Get full details of a single brewery by its Open Brewery DB ID.
      parameters:
      - name: obdb-id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique Open Brewery DB ID for the brewery.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: b54b16e1-ac3b-4bff-a11f-f7ae9ddc27e0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Full brewery record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Brewery'
              example:
                id: b54b16e1-ac3b-4bff-a11f-f7ae9ddc27e0
                name: MadTree Brewing 2.0
                brewery_type: regional
                address_1: 5164 Kennedy Ave
                address_2: null
                address_3: null
                city: Cincinnati
                state_province: Ohio
                postal_code: 45213-1566
                country: United States
                longitude: -84.4154
                latitude: 39.1776
                phone: '5138368733'
                website_url: https://madtreebrewing.com
                state: Ohio
                street: 5164 Kennedy Ave
        '404':
          description: Brewery not found.
      tags:
      - Breweries
  /breweries/random:
    get:
      operationId: getRandomBrewery
      summary: Get Random Brewery
      description: Returns one or more random brewery records. Use the size parameter to request multiple random breweries at once (max 50).
      parameters:
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: Number of random breweries to return (default 1, max 50).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 50
        example: 3
      responses:
        '200':
          description: One or more random brewery records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Brewery'
      tags:
      - Breweries
  /breweries/search:
    get:
      operationId: searchBreweries
      summary: Search Breweries
      description: Full-text search across brewery names and other text fields. Returns breweries matching the query term. Results are paginated.
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Search term to match against brewery names and other text fields.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: dog
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Number of results per page (default 50, max 200).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 200
        example: 10
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination (1-indexed).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          minimum: 1
        example: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results as a list of brewery records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Brewery'
      tags:
      - Breweries
  /breweries/autocomplete:
    get:
      operationId: autocompleteBreweries
      summary: Autocomplete Breweries
      description: Returns a lightweight list of brewery IDs and names matching the query. Optimized for use in autocomplete/typeahead UI components. Returns up to 15 results.
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Search term to match against brewery names.
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        example: dog
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of matching brewery ID and name pairs.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                maxItems: 15
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreweryAutocomplete'
              example:
              - id: b54b16e1-ac3b-4bff-a11f-f7ae9ddc27e0
                name: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
              - id: ae7b3174-8be8-4d53-a3a5-9b8240970eea
                name: Dog Days Brewing
      tags:
      - Breweries
  /breweries/meta:
    get:
      operationId: getBreweriesMeta
      summary: Get Breweries Metadata
      description: 'Returns aggregate metadata about the brewery dataset: total count and breakdowns by state/province, country, and brewery type. Accepts the same filter parameters as the list endpoint to scope the metadata to a subset of breweries.'
      parameters:
      - name: by_city
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries in this city.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Portland
      - name: by_country
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries in this country.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: United States
      - name: by_name
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries matching this name.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: by_state
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries in this state or province.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Oregon
      - name: by_postal
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries with this postal code.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: by_type
        in: query
        description: Scope metadata to breweries of this type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - micro
          - nano
          - regional
          - brewpub
          - large
          - planning
          - bar
          - contract
          - proprietor
          - taproom
          - cidery
          - closed
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata and aggregate counts for the brewery dataset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreweryMeta'
              example:
                total: 11744
                page: 1
                per_page: 50
                by_state:
                  California: 919
                  Texas: 352
                  Washington: 529
                by_country:
                  United States: 8200
                  Germany: 1449
                  Belgium: 478
                by_type:
                  micro: 5788
                  brewpub: 3910
                  planning: 639
      tags:
      - Breweries
components:
  schemas:
    BreweryAutocomplete:
      type: object
      description: Abbreviated brewery record returned by autocomplete endpoint.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the brewery.
          example: ae7b3174-8be8-4d53-a3a5-9b8240970eea
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the brewery.
          example: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
    Brewery:
      type: object
      description: A brewery, cidery, brewpub, or bottleshop record.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the brewery (Open Brewery DB ID).
          example: ae7b3174-8be8-4d53-a3a5-9b8240970eea
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the brewery.
          example: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
        brewery_type:
          type: string
          description: Type classification of the brewery.
          enum:
          - micro
          - nano
          - regional
          - brewpub
          - large
          - planning
          - bar
          - contract
          - proprietor
          - taproom
          - cidery
          - closed
          example: micro
        address_1:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Primary street address.
          example: 6 Cannery Village Center
        address_2:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Secondary address line.
          example: null
        address_3:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Tertiary address line.
          example: null
        city:
          type: string
          description: City where the brewery is located.
          example: Milton
        state_province:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: State or province (preferred field, replaces deprecated state).
          example: Delaware
        postal_code:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Postal or ZIP code.
          example: 19968-1674
        country:
          type: string
          description: Country where the brewery is located.
          example: United States
        longitude:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Longitude coordinate.
          example: -75.1241
        latitude:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Latitude coordinate.
          example: 38.9974
        phone:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Phone number.
          example: '3026843156'
        website_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
          description: Website URL of the brewery.
          example: https://www.dogfish.com
        state:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          deprecated: true
          description: Deprecated. Use state_province instead.
          example: Delaware
        street:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          deprecated: true
          description: Deprecated. Use address_1 instead.
          example: 6 Cannery Village Center
    BreweryMeta:
      type: object
      description: Metadata and aggregate counts about the brewery dataset.
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of brewery records.
          example: 11744
        page:
          type: integer
          description: Current page number.
          example: 1
        per_page:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records per page.
          example: 50
        by_state:
          type: object
          description: Count of breweries by state or province.
          additionalProperties:
            type: integer
        by_country:
          type: object
          description: Count of breweries by country.
          additionalProperties:
            type: integer
        by_type:
          type: object
          description: Count of breweries by brewery type.
          additionalProperties:
            type: integer