Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 results

TheMealDB Recipe Scraper

Search and extract recipe data from TheMealDB. Get ingredients, instructions, categories, and meal images. No API key needed.

Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

cloud9

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

3 days ago

Last modified

Features

Extract data from https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1
Multiple scraping modes: search, byCategory, random
Automatic rate limiting
Proxy support via Apify Proxy

Input Configuration

Modes

search: /search.php?s={query}
byCategory: /filter.php?c={category}
random: /random.php

Example Input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "example search",
  "maxResults": 20
}

Output

The actor stores results in the Apify dataset. Each item contains:

idMeal
strMeal
strCategory
strArea
strInstructions
strMealThumb
strTags
strYoutube
strIngredient1
strMeasure1

Usage Example

const input = {
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "example search",
  "maxResults": 20
};

const run = await ApifyClient.actor('themealdb-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await ApifyClient.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

console.log(items);

Limits

Maximum results per run: 100
Rate limiting: 1 request per second (default)

Support

For issues or questions, contact the developer or open an issue on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0

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