# Recipe API

> Simple Recipe REST API for developers. Access 50,000+ recipes, 10,000+ ingredients, and nutritional data through one API.

Recipe API is a RESTful API that provides developers with structured recipe data including ingredients, cooking instructions, nutritional information, and dietary tags. It supports filtering by cuisine, difficulty, meal type, and dietary preferences. Available in 3 languages.

## Documentation

- [Getting Started](https://recipeapi.io/docs/): Quick start guide, create an account, get your API key, make your first request
- [API Reference](https://recipeapi.io/docs/api-reference): Complete endpoint documentation with authentication, parameters, and response formats
- [Recipes Resource](https://recipeapi.io/docs/resources/recipes): Search, filter, and retrieve recipe data; supports filtering by cuisine, difficulty, meal type, dietary tags, prep time, and calories
- [Ingredients Resource](https://recipeapi.io/docs/resources/ingredients): Access ingredient information including categories and nutritional data

## Pricing

- [Plans & Pricing](https://recipeapi.io/pricing): Free ($0/mo, 500 requests), Essential ($29.99/mo, 50K requests), Business ($99.99/mo, 300K requests), Enterprise ($249.99/mo, 1M requests). 10-day free trial on all paid plans.

## Key Features

- 50,000+ recipes across multiple cuisines
- 10,000+ ingredients with categories
- Nutritional data (calories, protein) per serving
- Filter by cuisine, difficulty, meal type, dietary tags
- Multi-language support (3 languages)
- Average response time under 100ms
- Code examples in cURL, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go
- Interactive query builder in the dashboard

## API Base URL

https://recipeapi.io/api/v1/

## Authentication

Bearer token authentication. API keys are generated from the developer dashboard after registration.

## Support

- [Contact](https://recipeapi.io/contact): Developer support via hello@recipeapi.io; reply within 24 hours on business days
- [Status](https://recipeapi.io/status): API uptime and service status page