TheCocktailDB

An open, crowd-sourced database of cocktails and drinks from around the world with a free API providing drink recipes, ingredients, glass types, categories, and cocktail images.

TheCocktailDB publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Filter API, List API, Lookup API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Cocktails, Drinks, Recipes, Food And Beverage, and Open Data.

The TheCocktailDB catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

TheCocktailDB’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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32.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemium

5 APIs

CocktailsDrinksRecipesFood And BeverageOpen Data

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 32.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

TheCocktailDB API

Free cocktail and drinks recipe database with a REST API providing drink recipes, ingredients, glass types, categories, and cocktail images. Search cocktails by name, ingredient...

TheCocktailDB Filter API

Filter cocktails by attributes

TheCocktailDB List API

List available categories, glasses, and ingredients

TheCocktailDB Lookup API

Retrieve details by ID

TheCocktailDB Search API

Search for cocktails and ingredients

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

TheCocktailDB API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Thecocktaildb Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thecocktaildb Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: thecocktaildb
name: TheCocktailDB
description: An open, crowd-sourced database of cocktails and drinks from around the world with a free API providing drink
  recipes, ingredients, glass types, categories, and cocktail images.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thecocktaildb.png
tags:
- Cocktails
- Drinks
- Recipes
- Food And Beverage
- Open Data
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thecocktaildb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: thecocktaildb:thecocktaildb
  name: TheCocktailDB API
  description: Free cocktail and drinks recipe database with a REST API providing drink recipes, ingredients, glass types,
    categories, and cocktail images. Search cocktails by name, ingredient, category, glass type, or alcoholic content. Look
    up full recipes with ingredients, measurements, instructions, and images. Free tier available with public test API key.
    Production keys available to Patreon supporters.
  humanURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
  baseURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1
  tags:
  - Cocktails
  - Drinks
  - Recipes
  - Food And Beverage
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
- aid: thecocktaildb:thecocktaildb-filter-api
  name: TheCocktailDB Filter API
  description: Filter cocktails by attributes
  humanURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
  baseURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1
  tags:
  - Filter
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecocktaildb-filter-api-openapi.yml
- aid: thecocktaildb:thecocktaildb-list-api
  name: TheCocktailDB List API
  description: List available categories, glasses, and ingredients
  humanURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
  baseURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1
  tags:
  - List
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecocktaildb-list-api-openapi.yml
- aid: thecocktaildb:thecocktaildb-lookup-api
  name: TheCocktailDB Lookup API
  description: Retrieve details by ID
  humanURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
  baseURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1
  tags:
  - Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecocktaildb-lookup-api-openapi.yml
- aid: thecocktaildb:thecocktaildb-search-api
  name: TheCocktailDB Search API
  description: Search for cocktails and ingredients
  humanURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
  baseURL: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecocktaildb-search-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/thecocktaildb-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thecocktaildb-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/topics/thecocktaildb
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecocktaildb
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/about.php
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.patreon.com/thedatadb
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.saashub.com/thecocktaildb-status
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/TheAudioDB
- type: Plans
  url: plans/thecocktaildb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/thecocktaildb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/thecocktaildb-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com