USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) · Example Payload

Usda Ars Search Foods Example

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Usda Ars Search Foods Example is an example object payload from USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1/foods/search?query=whole+wheat+bread&dataType=Foundation,SR+Legacy&pageSize=2&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY",
    "description": "Search for whole wheat bread in Foundation Foods and SR Legacy data types"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "totalHits": 42,
      "currentPage": 1,
      "totalPages": 21,
      "foods": [
        {
          "fdcId": 790116,
          "description": "Bread, whole wheat, commercially prepared",
          "dataType": "SR Legacy",
          "publishedDate": "2019-04-01",
          "foodCategory": "Baked Products",
          "foodNutrients": [
            {
              "nutrientId": 1008,
              "nutrientName": "Energy",
              "nutrientNumber": "208",
              "unitName": "KCAL",
              "value": 247.0
            },
            {
              "nutrientId": 1003,
              "nutrientName": "Protein",
              "nutrientNumber": "203",
              "unitName": "G",
              "value": 13.0
            },
            {
              "nutrientId": 1005,
              "nutrientName": "Carbohydrate, by difference",
              "nutrientNumber": "205",
              "unitName": "G",
              "value": 43.1
            },
            {
              "nutrientId": 1004,
              "nutrientName": "Total lipid (fat)",
              "nutrientNumber": "204",
              "unitName": "G",
              "value": 3.6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "fdcId": 168012,
          "description": "Wheat, hard white",
          "dataType": "Foundation",
          "publishedDate": "2019-04-01",
          "foodCategory": "Cereal Grains and Pasta",
          "foodNutrients": [
            {
              "nutrientId": 1008,
              "nutrientName": "Energy",
              "nutrientNumber": "208",
              "unitName": "KCAL",
              "value": 342.0
            },
            {
              "nutrientId": 1003,
              "nutrientName": "Protein",
              "nutrientNumber": "203",
              "unitName": "G",
              "value": 11.3
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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