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TheMealDB Search API

Search for meals and ingredients

TheMealDB Search 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 Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 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.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 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 1

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

Search 1

Search for meals and ingredients

GET
/search.php
TheMealDB Search Meals by Name or First Letter
searchMeals 2 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Meal (16 properties), MealsResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Meal
object
Full meal details including ingredients, instructions, and media
16 properties
MealsResponse
object
Response containing a list of meals
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

themealdb-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TheMealDB publishes across the network.

TheMealDB Filter API
TheMealDB List API
TheMealDB Lookup API