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Usda Agricultural Research Service Ars

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Foods API

Retrieve food records by FDC ID

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This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.

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

5 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0
Server
https://data.nal.usda.gov
Contact
USDA National Agricultural Library - Ag Data Commons
License
CC0 1.0 Universal
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 3 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Foods 5

Retrieve food records by FDC ID

GET
/food/{fdcId}
Get Food by FDC ID
getFood 4 params → 200404429
GET
/foods
Get Multiple Foods by FDC IDs
getFoodsGet 4 params → 200
POST
/foods
Get Multiple Foods by FDC IDs (POST)
getFoodsPost body → 200
GET
/foods/list
List Foods (Paginated Abridged Format)
getFoodsListGet 6 params → 200
POST
/foods/list
List Foods (POST)
getFoodsListPost body → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FoodItem (11 properties), FoodNutrient (7 properties), AbridgedFoodItem (6 properties), AbridgedFoodNutrient (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AbridgedFoodNutrient
object
5 properties
AbridgedFoodItem
object
Abridged food record
6 properties
FoodNutrient
object
Nutrient data for a food
7 properties
FoodItem
object
Detailed food record with nutrients
11 properties

Specification

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Source

usda-agricultural-research-service-ars--foods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
#Foods
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API Details
ID
usda-agricultural-research-service-ars-:usda-agricultural-research-service-ars--foods-api
Server
https://data.nal.usda.gov
Docs
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide/
Provider
Usda Agricultural Research Service Ars
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