AllRecipes Scraper

An Apify Actor that scrapes recipe information from AllRecipes.com, including recipe search and detailed recipe data with ingredients, directions, nutrition facts, and reviews.

Features

• Search recipes by keyword with pagination
• Get detailed recipe data including ingredients, directions, nutrition, reviews, and categories

Actions

1. search_recipes

Search for recipes on AllRecipes.com by keyword.

Parameters:

• query (optional): Search query string (e.g., "chicken curry", "pasta"). Returns popular recipes if empty.
• page (optional): Page number for pagination (default: 1). Each page returns ~24 recipes.

Example Input:

{
    "action": "search_recipes",
    "query": "chicken curry",
    "page": 1
}

Example Output Data:

[
    {
        "position": "1",
        "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/214222/curry-pineapple-fried-rice",
        "id": "recipe/214222/curry-pineapple-fried-rice",
        "title": "Curry Pineapple Fried Rice",
        "category": "Chicken",
        "rating_count": "1,538",
        "star_rating": 4.5,
        "image": "https://..."
    }
]

2. get_recipe

Get detailed information about a specific recipe.

Parameters:

• recipe_id (required): Recipe path from AllRecipes URL (e.g., "recipe/214222/curry-pineapple-fried-rice"). Get this from search results.

Example Input:

{
    "action": "get_recipe",
    "recipe_id": "recipe/214222/curry-pineapple-fried-rice"
}

Example Output Data:

{
    "title": "Curry Pineapple Fried Rice",
    "description": "...",
    "author": "...",
    "url": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/214222/...",
    "prep_time": "PT20M",
    "cook_time": "PT10M",
    "total_time": "PT30M",
    "servings": "4",
    "image": "https://...",
    "rating_value": 4.5,
    "rating_count": 1538,
    "ingredients": ["1 cup rice", "..."],
    "directions": ["Step 1...", "Step 2..."],
    "nutrition": { "calories": "350", "protein": "12g" },
    "reviews": [{ "author": "...", "rating": "5", "text": "...", "date": "..." }],
    "categories": ["Main Dish"],
    "cuisine": ["Thai"]
}

Output Format

All actions return data in a consistent format:

{
    "action": "action_name",
    "success": true,
    "data": { ... },
    "error": null,
    "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

On error:

{
    "action": "action_name",
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": "Error message",
    "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Typical Workflow

1. Search for recipes using search_recipes with a keyword query
2. Get recipe details using get_recipe with the id from search results

Notes

• The Actor uses standard HTTP requests with a browser User-Agent
• Rate limiting may apply for high-volume requests
• Recipe data is extracted primarily from JSON-LD schema markup with HTML DOM fallback