Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

TheMealDB Recipe Scraper

Scrape recipes from TheMealDB - search by name, filter by category, cuisine area or main ingredient, or look up by ID. Returns full recipe details with ingredients, measurements, instructions, thumbnail images, and YouTube links.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Crawler Bros

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

Features

6 scraping modes — search, category browse, area browse, ingredient filter, ID lookup, random
Full recipe details — ingredients with measurements, instructions, thumbnail images, YouTube links
195+ cuisine areas — from Italian to Japanese to Indian
14 categories — Beef, Chicken, Seafood, Vegetarian, Dessert, and more
No authentication required — uses the free public TheMealDB API

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
`mode`	Select	Scraping mode	`search`
`searchQuery`	String	Recipe name to search (mode=search)	`pasta`
`category`	Select	Meal category (mode=byCategory)	`Seafood`
`area`	String	Cuisine area (mode=byArea)	`Italian`
`ingredient`	String	Main ingredient (mode=byIngredient)	`chicken`
`mealIds`	Array	TheMealDB meal IDs (mode=byIds)	`[]`
`randomCount`	Integer	Random meals count 1–50 (mode=random)	`5`
`maxItems`	Integer	Max recipes to return	`50`

Modes

Mode	Description
`search`	Search by recipe name keyword
`byCategory`	Browse all recipes in a category (e.g. Seafood, Dessert)
`byArea`	Browse all recipes from a cuisine area (e.g. Italian, Japanese)
`byIngredient`	Browse all recipes using a main ingredient (e.g. chicken, salmon)
`byIds`	Look up specific recipes by their TheMealDB ID
`random`	Fetch random recipes from the database

Example Input

{
  "mode": "byArea",
  "area": "Japanese",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
`mealId`	String	TheMealDB unique meal ID
`name`	String	Recipe name
`category`	String	Meal category
`area`	String	Cuisine area/origin
`instructions`	String	Full cooking instructions
`thumbnailUrl`	String	Recipe image URL
`youtubeUrl`	String	YouTube tutorial link
`sourceUrl`	String	Original recipe source
`tags`	Array	Recipe tags
`ingredients`	Array	Ingredients with measurements `[{name, measure}]`
`mealUrl`	String	Link to meal on TheMealDB
`recordType`	String	Always `"meal"`
`scrapedAt`	String	ISO timestamp

Example Output

{
  "mealId": "52772",
  "name": "Teriyaki Chicken Casserole",
  "category": "Chicken",
  "area": "Japanese",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.themealdb.com/images/media/meals/wvpsxx1468256321.jpg",
  "youtubeUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZr5hZXP_s",
  "ingredients": [
    {"name": "soy sauce", "measure": "3/4 cup"},
    {"name": "water", "measure": "1/2 cup"},
    {"name": "brown sugar", "measure": "1/4 cup"}
  ],
  "recordType": "meal",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-04T12:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Is there a rate limit? TheMealDB is a free public API with generous rate limits suitable for normal scraping.

How many recipes are available? TheMealDB contains hundreds of recipes across 14 categories and 195+ cuisine areas.

Can I get recipes by a specific ingredient? Yes, use mode=byIngredient with ingredient=chicken (or any ingredient name).

Are ingredient measurements included? Yes, each recipe includes up to 20 ingredients with their corresponding measurements.

What cuisine areas are available? American, British, Canadian, Chinese, Dutch, Egyptian, Filipino, French, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Japanese, Kenyan, Malaysian, Mexican, Moroccan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Tunisian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and more.

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