Learn how to search food items and cocktail recipes using TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs.

Become a Python-based API Integrator

TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs are REST APIs used to search food item recipes. This module is a hands-on guide for using these APIs. The module begins with an introduction to TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs. We'll learn about the request and response structures of these APIs. Furthermore, we'll also learn about the different endpoints and how to use them. Then, we'll look at a demo application that will use these APIs to search for recipes. Lastly, we'll look at some recommendations and resources that will allow us to explore these APIs further.

Fetching Recipes with TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB APIs

We get the lists of items that we can use to filter the meals using the base URI `https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/list.php`.

This endpoint provides three types of lists, which are as follows:
1. Categories list
2. Cuisines list
3. Ingredients list

We'll look at how to get these lists in this lesson.

## Query parameters
We can use any one of the following query parameters with this endpoint:

This endpoint provides three types of lists, which are as follows:
1. Categories list
2. Cuisines list
3. Ingredients list

We'll look at how to get these lists in this lesson.

# Query parameters
We can use any one of the following query parameters with this endpoint:

Learn how to get the lists of available categories, cuisines, and ingredients available in the database.

Module Overview

TheCocktailDB API

TheMealDB API

APIs Integration in Django

Conclusion

Fetch the List of Available Filters