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Fetching Recipes with TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB in JavaScript

Gain insights into using TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs in JavaScript. Learn about endpoints, request/response structures, and integrating them into a React application for dynamic recipe searches.

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This course is a hands-on guide on how to use TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs. These are REST APIs that are used to search recipes for food items. This course begins with an introduction to the TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs and the various endpoints they provide. Then, you’ll learn about the request and response structures of these APIs, and about the different endpoints and how to use them. These include searching for a meal or cocktail recipe and getting a random one. Through the use of a demo application, you’ll be able to apply all you have learned by integrating TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs into a functional React application. By the end of the course, you’ll have gained enough hands-on experience to build food recipe applications, personal or customer-facing, using TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs.

This course is a hands-on guide on how to use TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs. These are REST APIs that are used to search reci...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Familiarity with TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs and their endpoints

The ability to retrieve recipes using API calls

Hands-on experience integrating TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs into a functional React application

Familiarity with TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs and their endpoints

Content

14 Lessons

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with using TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs for recipe applications.

Introduction to the Course

TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs Overview

TheMealDB API

5 Lessons

Get started with filtering and searching meal recipes effectively using TheMealDB API.

Fetch Available Listings

Filter Meals

Look Up Meals Using API-Assigned IDs

Search for a Recipe

Get a Random Meal

TheCocktailDB API

5 Lessons

Go hands-on with querying TheCocktailDB API for cocktail listings, filters, lookups, searches, and random recipes.

Fetch Available Listings

Filter Cocktails

Lookup Cocktails or Ingredients Using IDs

Search for a Cocktail Recipe or Ingredient

Get a Random Cocktail

APIs Integration in React

1 Lessons

Apply your skills to integrate TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs for dynamic recipe browsing.

Demo Application

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Congratulations on integrating TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs into applications!

Wrap Up!

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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