Spoonacular

Spoonacular Recipes API

The Recipes API from Spoonacular — 42 operation(s) for recipes.

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Operations 42

GET /recipes/complexSearch Search Recipes #

GET /recipes/findByIngredients Search Recipes by Ingredients #

GET /recipes/findByNutrients Search Recipes by Nutrients #

GET /recipes/{id}/information Get Recipe Information #

GET /recipes/informationBulk Get Recipe Information Bulk #

GET /recipes/{id}/similar Get Similar Recipes #

GET /recipes/random Get Random Recipes #

GET /recipes/autocomplete Autocomplete Recipe Search #

GET /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget.json Taste by ID #

GET /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget.png Recipe Taste by ID Image #

GET /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget.json Equipment by ID #

GET /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget.png Equipment by ID Image #

GET /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget.json Price Breakdown by ID #

GET /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget.png Price Breakdown by ID Image #

GET /recipes/{id}/ingredientWidget.json Ingredients by ID #

GET /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget.json Nutrition by ID #

GET /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget.png Recipe Nutrition by ID Image #

GET /recipes/{id}/nutritionLabel Recipe Nutrition Label Widget #

GET /recipes/{id}/nutritionLabel.png Recipe Nutrition Label Image #

GET /recipes/{id}/analyzedInstructions Get Analyzed Recipe Instructions #

GET /recipes/extract Extract Recipe from Website #

GET /recipes/{id}/ingredientWidget Ingredients by ID Widget #

GET /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget Recipe Taste by ID Widget #

GET /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget Equipment by ID Widget #

GET /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget Price Breakdown by ID Widget #

POST /recipes/visualizeTaste Recipe Taste Widget #

POST /recipes/visualizeNutrition Recipe Nutrition Widget #

POST /recipes/visualizePriceEstimator Price Breakdown Widget #

POST /recipes/visualizeEquipment Equipment Widget #

POST /recipes/analyze Analyze Recipe #

GET /recipes/{id}/summary Summarize Recipe #

GET /recipes/{id}/card Create Recipe Card #

POST /recipes/visualizeRecipe Create Recipe Card #

POST /recipes/analyzeInstructions Analyze Recipe Instructions #

POST /recipes/cuisine Classify Cuisine #

GET /recipes/queries/analyze Analyze a Recipe Search Query #

GET /recipes/convert Convert Amounts #

POST /recipes/parseIngredients Parse Ingredients #

GET /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget Recipe Nutrition by ID Widget #

GET /recipes/guessNutrition Guess Nutrition by Dish Name #

POST /food/ingredients/glycemicLoad Compute Glycemic Load #

GET /recipes/quickAnswer Quick Answer #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: spoonacular Recipes API
  description: The spoonacular Nutrition, Recipe, and Food API allows you to access over thousands of recipes, thousands of ingredients, 800,000 food products, over 100,000 menu items, and restaurants.
  contact:
    name: David Urbansky
    email: mail@spoonacular.com
    url: https://spoonacular.com/contact
  version: 2.0.2
  x-codegen-settings:
    Nullify404: false
    GenerateAsyncCode: true
    UseMethodPrefix: true
    UseModelPostfix: false
    UseControllerPrefix: true
    UseEnumPostfix: true
    CollectParameters: false
    UseConstructorsForConfig: true
    UseCommonSDKLibrary: false
    iOSUseAppInfoPlist: true
    AndroidUseAppManifest: true
    BodySerialization: 0
    EnableAdditionalModelProperties: false
    PreserveParameterOrder: false
    AppendContentHeaders: true
    iOSGenerateCoreData: false
    GenerateInterfaces: false
    NodeHttpClient: NODE_REQUEST
    ValidateRequiredParameters: false
    JavaUsePropertiesConfig: false
    Timeout: 0
    StoreTimezoneInformation: false
    EnablePHPComposerVersionString: false
    EnableLogging: false
    ArraySerialization: Indexed
    ModelSerializationScheme: Json
    UseExceptionPrefix: true
    RunscopeEnabled: false
    JavaHttpClient: JAVA_OK
    ParameterArrayFormat: ParamArrayWithIndex
    SecurityProtocols:
    - Ssl3
    - Tls
    GenerateTravisConfig: false
    GenerateCircleConfig: false
    GenerateAppveyorConfig: false
    GenerateJenkinsConfig: false
    EnableHttpCache: false
    Retries: 0
    RetryInterval: 1
    GenerateAdvancedDocs: false
    UnderscoreNumbers: true
    UseSingletonPattern: true
    DisableLinting: false
    ApplyCustomizations: []
    SortResources: false
    AllowSkippingSSLCertVerification: false
    DoNotSplitWords: []
    EnableGlobalUserAgent: true
    ReturnCompleteHttpResponse: false
    GenerateModels: true
    GenerateExceptions: true
    IgnoreIfNullJson: false
    DisableDocs: false
    LiftParameterDescriptionFromCustomType: false
    ThrowForHttpErrorStatusCodes: true
    ResponseMapping:
      Type: Simple
    ForceKeywordArgsInRuby: false
    SymbolizeHashKeysInRuby: false
  x-server-configuration:
    default-environment: production
    default-server: default
    environments:
    - name: production
      servers:
      - name: default
        url: https://api.spoonacular.com
    parameters: []
  license:
    name: spoonacular API Terms
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/terms
  termsOfService: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/terms
  x-apis-json-aid: spoonacular
  x-spec-source: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/blob/master/spoonacular-openapi-3.json
  x-last-validated: '2026-06-03'
  x-providerName: spoonacular.com
servers:
- url: https://api.spoonacular.com
  variables: {}
security:
- apiKeyScheme: []
tags:


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