Spoonacular API Support Documentation
Overview
The Spoonacular API is a powerful tool that provides access to a vast database of recipes, ingredients, nutrition facts, meal planning, and more. It allows developers to seamlessly integrate food-related data into their applications, making it ideal for nutrition tracking, meal planning, and recipe discovery platforms.
Key Features:
Recipe Search & Discovery – Find recipes based on ingredients, cuisine, diet, or meal type.
Ingredient Data – Get detailed information about ingredients, including nutritional values and substitutions.
Nutritional Analysis – Analyze the nutritional content of recipes or individual ingredients.
Food & Recipe Classification – Categorize and tag food items, recipes, and menus.
Allergen & Diet Filters – Identify potential allergens and filter recipes based on dietary restrictions.
Food Price & Cost Estimation – Estimate the cost of ingredients and recipes.
Image Recognition – Identify food items from images using AI-powered image recognition.
Grocery & Pantry Management – Track grocery lists and pantry items for meal planning.
Getting Started
1. Obtain Your API Key
To use the Spoonacular API, you need an API Key. Follow these steps to retrieve it:
Go to the Spoonacular website and log into your account.
If you don’t have an account, create one on their website.
Navigate to “My Console” and select Profile & API Key.
Click “Show / Hide API Key” to reveal your key and copy it.
If needed, you can generate a new API key by selecting “Generate New API Key”.
🔹 Important: Keep your API key private and do not share it. You can always retrieve or regenerate it from the settings if needed.
2. Connecting the API to Bubble.io
To integrate the API with your Bubble.io application:
Install the Spoonacular API Integration plugin.
Paste your API key into the API key input field.
You can use the API calls from Spoonacular , especially getting ingredients, meals and other food - related information.
The available API endpoints are:
Search Recipes
Search Recipes by Ingredients
Get Recipe Information
Get Recipe Information Bulk
Get Similar Recipes
Get Random Recipes
Autocomplete Recipe Search
Extract Recipe from Website
Get Comparable Products
And much more…
For more information about this API, please visit to their official documentation website: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs