Purdue University

Purdue University Items API

Nutrition and allergen detail for a single menu item.

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Operations 1

GET /items/{itemId} Get nutrition and allergen detail for one menu item #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
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Documentation
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/knowledge
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/authentication/purdue-authentication.yml

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/json-schema/purdue-hfs-location-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/json-schema/purdue-hfs-location-menu-schema.json

Other Resources

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OpenAPIOriginal
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/purdue-rcac-api.json
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Support
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/help
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Errors
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/errors/purdue-errors.yml
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/purdue-lifecycle.yml
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Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/rules/purdue-openapi-spectral-rules.yml
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/purdue-vocabulary.yml
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/examples/purdue-hfs-locations-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/examples/purdue-hfs-location-menu-example.json
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Website
https://www.housing.purdue.edu/

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OpenAPI Specification

purdue-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Purdue Housing and Food Services Dining Menus Items API
  summary: Keyless read API for Purdue dining court locations, daily menus and item nutrition.
  description: A public, keyless HTTP API operated by Purdue University Housing and Food Services (HFS) at api.hfs.purdue.edu, serving the dining-court locations, published daily menus and per-item nutrition and allergen data used by Purdue's own dining apps and by student-built campus apps.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Purdue University Housing and Food Services
    url: https://www.housing.purdue.edu/
  x-unofficial-description: true
servers:
- url: https://api.hfs.purdue.edu/menus/v2
  description: Production - observed live, keyless, 2026-08-30
tags:
- name: Items
  description: Nutrition and allergen detail for a single menu item.
paths:
  /items/{itemId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      operationId: getMenuItem
      summary: Get nutrition and allergen detail for one menu item
      description: Returns the nutrition panel for a menu item ID taken from a menu response. The collection form `/items` responds 405, which is how the path was confirmed to exist.
      parameters:
      - name: itemId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        example: 9f2ef8e3-0d9c-4fc3-aa1d-949b3af47633
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Nutrition detail for the item.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MenuItemDetail'
        '405':
          description: Returned for the collection form `/items` with no ID.
components:
  schemas:
    MenuItemDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        Nutrition:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              Name:
                type: string
              Value:
                type:
                - number
                - 'null'
              LabelValue:
                type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              DailyValue:
                type:
                - number
                - 'null'
              Ordinal:
                type: integer
x-method: generated
x-source-url: https://api.hfs.purdue.edu/menus/v2/locations
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-08-30'
  method: generated
  source: Hand-written by API Evangelist from live, keyless HTTP probes of https://api.hfs.purdue.edu/menus/v2/ on 2026-08-30. Purdue University Housing and Food Services publishes no OpenAPI of its own; every path, parameter, status code and field name below was observed in an actual response. Nothing here is inferred from documentation.
  x-operator: institution