TheMealDB · Schema
Category
A meal category from TheMealDB, such as Beef, Chicken, Dessert, or Vegetarian.
FoodRecipesMealsCookingIngredientsCuisineOpen Data
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| idCategory | string | Unique numeric category identifier |
| strCategory | string | Category name |
| strCategoryThumb | string | URL to the category thumbnail image |
| strCategoryDescription | string | Descriptive text about the category |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/main/json-schema/category.json",
"title": "Category",
"description": "A meal category from TheMealDB, such as Beef, Chicken, Dessert, or Vegetarian.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"idCategory": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique numeric category identifier",
"examples": ["1"]
},
"strCategory": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Category name",
"examples": ["Beef", "Chicken", "Dessert", "Lamb", "Miscellaneous", "Pasta", "Pork", "Seafood", "Side", "Starter", "Vegan", "Vegetarian", "Breakfast", "Goat"]
},
"strCategoryThumb": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "URL to the category thumbnail image",
"examples": ["https://www.themealdb.com/images/category/beef.png"]
},
"strCategoryDescription": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Descriptive text about the category"
}
},
"required": ["idCategory", "strCategory", "strCategoryThumb"]
}
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