Edamam Food Database API
Search foods by keyword or barcode and resolve nutrition.
Edamam Food Database API is one of 4 APIs that Edamam publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Food Database. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and pricing.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.edamam.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Edamam Food Database API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as app_key (AppCreds).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
AppCreds— App key issued by Edamam. Must be sent with the matching appid query parameter.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Search foods by keyword or barcode and resolve nutrition.
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Food (7 properties), NutrientsResponse (7 properties), ParserResponse (4 properties), Measure (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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