# Recipe API Discovery API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-discovery-api/  
**Provider:** Recipe API — https://apis.io/providers/recipe-api/  
**Base URL:** https://recipe-api.com  
**Documentation:** https://recipe-api.com/docs

Recipe API Discovery API is one of 5 APIs that [Recipe API](https://apis.io/providers/recipe-api/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, pricing, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

Requires API key. No credit cost. Browse categories, cuisines, and dietary options.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/v1/categories` | List all categories |
| GET | `/api/v1/cuisines` | List all cuisines |
| GET | `/api/v1/dietary-flags` | List all dietary flags |
| GET | `/api/v1/ingredients` | Browse ingredients |
| GET | `/api/v1/ingredient-categories` | List all ingredient categories |

## Machine-readable artifacts (13)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/openapi/recipe-api-discovery-api-openapi.yml
- **X-OpenAPI-Source** — https://recipe-api.com/openapi.json
- **Documentation** — https://recipe-api.com/docs
- **Signup** — https://recipe-api.com/signup
- **Login** — https://recipe-api.com/login
- **Pricing** — https://recipe-api.com/pricing
- **TermsOfService** — https://recipe-api.com/terms
- **PrivacyPolicy** — https://recipe-api.com/privacy
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/authentication/recipe-api-authentication.yml
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/plans/recipe-api-plans.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/recipe-api-rate-limits.yml
- **LlmsText** — https://recipe-api.com/llms.txt
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Recipe API APIs (4)

- [Recipe API Image Generation API](https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-image-generation-api/)
- [Recipe API Ingredients API](https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-ingredients-api/)
- [Recipe API Public API](https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-public-api/)
- [Recipe API Recipes API](https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-recipes-api/)

## Tags

Discovery

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/recipe-api/recipe-api-discovery-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/recipe-api/.