Recipes API

Around 790 recipes from 37 cuisines and 14 categories, with ingredients and measures, step-by-step instructions, photos and video links where available.

Quick start

curl "https://recipes.quiply.net/v1/recipes?ingredient=chicken,garlic&area=Italian" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Authentication

Every request must include your key in the X-API-Key header. You get your key instantly on the pricing section. Keep it secret — don't put it in public front-end code.

Base URL: https://recipes.quiply.net

GET/v1/recipes

Browse and filter recipes (summary: id, name, category, area, thumbnail), alphabetical.

ParameterTypeDescription
qstringText in the recipe name
categorystringe.g. Dessert, Chicken, Vegetarian
areastringCuisine, e.g. Italian, Jamaican
ingredientCSVUp to 5 ingredients; recipes containing all of them
limitinteger1–100 (default 25)
offsetintegerSkip this many results

GET/v1/recipes/{id}

Full recipe: instructions, ingredients with measures, tags, photo, video and source link.

{ "id": 52772, "name": "Teriyaki Chicken Casserole", "category": "Chicken", "area": "Japanese",
  "instructions": "…", "thumb": "https://…", "tags": ["Meat","Casserole"], "youtube": "https://…", "source": null,
  "ingredients": [ { "ingredient": "soy sauce", "measure": "3/4 cup" } ] }

GET/v1/random

One random full recipe.

Categories, areas and ingredients

GET /v1/categories and GET /v1/areas list the available values with recipe counts. GET /v1/ingredients lists ingredients by popularity (optional search, limit 1–500).

GET/v1/health

Service status and dataset size. No key needed.

The dataset is a fixed collection and is not updated automatically. Recipes are for general cooking information; check allergens and food safety yourself.

Errors

StatusMeaning
401Missing or invalid X-API-Key
403Subscription inactive (cancelled or payment failed)
404Recipe not found
422Bad or missing parameter
429Quota reached for your plan

Pricing

Free trial: 5 requests/day. All APIs plan: $9.95/month gives you every Quiply API, 250,000 requests a month.

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