API archive entry · source-reported
TheMealDB
Meal Recipes
Decision snapshot
TheMealDB is catalogued as a Food & Drink API from TheMealDB. The directory reports api key authentication, HTTPS support, and CORS as yes.
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Authentication
- API key
- HTTPS
- Reported
- CORS
- Yes
Evaluation pathway
- Define endpoints, fields, freshness, and expected request volume.
- Read the live source and confirm access, terms, limits, and version.
- Test representative inputs, errors, latency, pagination, and data quality.
- Plan monitoring, retries, caching, version pinning, and a fallback.
What still needs verification
Pricing and quotas
Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.
Endpoint coverage
Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.
Reliability
Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.
Data and privacy
Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.
Versioning
Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.
Developer experience
Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.
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Recipes, ingredients, nutrition data and cooking instructions
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Zestful
Parse recipe ingredients
API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes
Source reference
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