Use Case Guide

Recipe API for Meal Planning Apps

Meal planning products need more than recipe titles. They need dietary filters, nutrition-aware search, structured instructions, and commercial terms that let teams own data and ship branded experiences.

Typical Builder Journey

1. Build discovery and filtering

Start with categories, cuisines, dietary flags, and nutrition ranges.

GET /api/v1/recipes?dietary=Vegetarian&max_calories=550

2. Add ingredient-aware planning

Use ingredient IDs to filter recipe pools and match pantry constraints.

GET /api/v1/recipes?ingredients=id1,id2

3. Personalize with generation

Generate new recipes for user goals and household restrictions.

POST /api/v1/generate

4. Scale with clear rights

Choose plans aligned with no-attribution usage, caching rights, and long-term data ownership.

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Meal Planning Query Example

Find dinner recipes that fit calorie and protein constraints.

GET /api/v1/recipes

curl "https://recipe-api.com/api/v1/recipes?category=Dinner&max_calories=600&min_protein=30&dietary=Gluten-Free&page=1&per_page=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: rapi_your_key"

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