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United States Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture Foods API

Food search and retrieval operations

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United States Department of Agriculture Foods API is one of 8 APIs that United States Department of Agriculture publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Foods. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ers.usda.gov/data/arms.

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
USDA Economic Research Service
License
Public Domain
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

United States Department of Agriculture Foods API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Foods 3

Food search and retrieval operations

GET
/foods/search
Search Foods
searchFoods 7 params → 200400403
GET
/food/{fdcId}
Get Food By FDC ID
getFoodById 4 params → 200404
GET
/foods
Get Multiple Foods By FDC IDs
getFoodsByIds 4 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FoodItem (9 properties), SearchResultFood (7 properties), FoodNutrient (6 properties), SearchResult (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchResultFood
object
Food item from search results
7 properties
FoodNutrient
object
Nutrient value for a food item
6 properties
SearchResult
object
Paginated food search results
5 properties
FoodItem
object
Detailed food item with nutrient data
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

united-states-department-of-agriculture-foods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
united-states-department-of-agriculture:united-states-department-of-agriculture-foods-api
Base URL
https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1
Docs
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide/
Provider
United States Department of Agriculture
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