OpenMenu Ingredients API

Ingredient database with nutrition labels, claims, and food groups.

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GET /ingredients.php Search Ingredient Database #

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OpenAPI Specification

openmenu-ingredients-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenMenu Analytics Ingredients API
  version: 2.2.0
  description: The OpenMenu REST API returns structured restaurant and menu data built on the OpenMenu Format. Standard endpoints cover search, restaurant, location, deals, and ingredients, returning menu items with prices, locations, and dietary attributes. An Enhanced enterprise tier adds DishDNA machine-learning analysis, trends, heatmaps, and gap analysis. Authentication uses an API key passed as the `key` query parameter, and a sandbox mode (`s=sample` or `id=sample`) returns fixed sample JSON without consuming credits.
  contact:
    name: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  termsOfService: https://www.openmenu.com/tos-api.php
servers:
- url: https://www.openmenu.com/api/v2
  description: OpenMenu API v2 production server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Ingredients
  description: Ingredient database with nutrition labels, claims, and food groups.
paths:
  /ingredients.php:
    get:
      operationId: searchIngredients
      summary: Search Ingredient Database
      description: Search the ingredient database for nutrition labels, claims, and food-group filtering. Use `s=sample` for sandbox data.
      tags:
      - Ingredients
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
      - name: s
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Ingredient name or partial match. Use `sample` for documentation sandbox.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Page index for paginated results (0-based). Maximum page index is 10 unless your key has paging limits removed.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 10
          default: 0
      - name: food_group
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Restrict to a USDA-style food group.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: nutrition
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include full nutrition block in each result.
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching ingredients.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngredientsResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InvalidKey'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BillingInactive'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  responses:
    InvalidKey:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
    RateLimited:
      description: Daily or monthly call credit limit exceeded. Response includes an `upgrade_url`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
    BillingInactive:
      description: Key is valid structurally but API billing is inactive or expired.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
  parameters:
    Key:
      name: key
      in: query
      required: false
      description: API key issued from your OpenMenu account.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Ingredient:
      type: object
      properties:
        ingredient_id:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        manufacturer:
          type: string
        food_group:
          type: string
        measurements:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        claims:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        calories:
          type: number
        nutrition:
          type: object
          description: Full nutrition block, included when nutrition=1.
    IngredientsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        api:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
        result:
          type: object
          properties:
            ingredients:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ingredient'
    ApiEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard `response.api` envelope returned with every call.
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP-style status code (e.g. 200).
        api_version:
          type: string
          description: API version, e.g. "2.2".
        format:
          type: string
          description: Response format, e.g. "json".
        api_key:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether a valid API key accompanied the request.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key
      description: API key issued from your OpenMenu account, passed as the `key` query parameter on every request. There is no Bearer token or custom header.