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 Ingredients API
  version: 2.2.0
  description: The OpenMenu REST API returns structured restaurant and menu data built on the OpenMenu Format.
  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:
  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.
  responses:
    InvalidKey:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      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'
    RateLimited:
      description: Daily or monthly call credit limit exceeded. Response includes an `upgrade_url`.
      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
  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.