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Edamam values API

Daily values

Edamam values API is one of 10 APIs that Edamam publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include values. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, pricing, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.edamam.com.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.edamam.com/api/recipes/v2
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

values 1

Daily values

POST
/api/daily-values/v1/values
Calculate Recommended Daily Intake and Tolerable Upper Limits for the Specified Metabolic Profile
body → 200400

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MetabolicProfile (6 properties), Values (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Gender
string
User gender
Condition
string
Physical or medical condition
Values
object
Recommended daily allowance and/or intake upper limit, in nutrient-specific units
2 properties
MetabolicProfile
object
(BETA only) Collection of parameters describing a target user's metabolic profile
6 properties
ActivityLevel
string
| Activity level | Description | |---------------------|-------------| | sedentary | Most of the day spent sitting; example: office worker getting little or no…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

edamam-recipes-values-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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