# TheMealDB Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/themealdb/themealdb-search-api/  
**Provider:** TheMealDB — https://apis.io/providers/themealdb/  
**Base URL:** https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1  
**Documentation:** https://www.themealdb.com/api.php

TheMealDB Search API is one of 4 APIs that [TheMealDB](https://apis.io/providers/themealdb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Search for meals and ingredients

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/themealdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/themealdb-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.themealdb.com/api.php
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/themealdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/themealdb-meal-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/themealdb/refs/heads/main/json-structure/themealdb-meal-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/themealdb/refs/heads/main/json-ld/themealdb-context.jsonld

## Other TheMealDB APIs (3)

- [TheMealDB Filter API](https://apis.io/apis/themealdb/themealdb-filter-api/)
- [TheMealDB List API](https://apis.io/apis/themealdb/themealdb-list-api/)
- [TheMealDB Lookup API](https://apis.io/apis/themealdb/themealdb-lookup-api/)

## Tags

Search

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