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TheMealDB List API

List available categories, areas, and ingredients

TheMealDB List API is one of 4 APIs that TheMealDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include List. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

List 2

List available categories, areas, and ingredients

GET
/categories.php
TheMealDB List All Meal Categories
listAllCategories → 200
GET
/list.php
TheMealDB List Filter Values for Categories, Areas, or Ingredients
listFilterValues 3 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Category (4 properties), ListResponse (1 property), CategoriesResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Category
object
Meal category with thumbnail and description
4 properties
CategoriesResponse
object
Response containing list of meal categories
1 property
ListResponse
object
List of available filter values
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

themealdb-list-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TheMealDB publishes across the network.

TheMealDB Filter API
TheMealDB Lookup API
TheMealDB Search API