A free, keyless database of meal recipes - search, look up, filter, and get random meals with ingredients and instructions.
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npm install omnistream-sdkimport { OmniClient } from "omnistream-sdk";
const omni = new OmniClient({ token: process.env.OMNI_KEY! });
// One key reaches every API on the marketplace.
const data = await omni.call("themealdb/searchMeals");One install, one key - the same client calls every API on the marketplace.
Search meals by name
Get a random meal
Look up a full meal by id
Filter meals by ingredient (i), category (c), or area (a)
/**
* TheMealDB - generated by OmniStream from TheMealDB's OpenAPI spec.
* One typed method per endpoint. A single Omni key reaches the API.
*/
const DEFAULT_BASE = "https://grid.skinvaults.online/v1/proxy/themealdb";
export class TheMealDBError extends Error {
status: number;
code?: string;
constructor(status: number, code: string | undefined, message?: string) {
super(message || `TheMealDB error ${status}`);
this.name = "TheMealDBError";
this.status = status;
this.code = code;
}
}
export interface TheMealDBOptions {
baseUrl?: string;
fetch?: typeof fetch;
timeoutMs?: number;
}
export class TheMealDB {
/** @param token Your OmniStream key (one key for every API). */
constructor(private token: string, private opts: TheMealDBOptions = {}) {
if (!token) throw new Error("TheMealDB: token is required");
}
rateLimit: { remainingMinute?: number; remainingDay?: number } | null = null;
private async _request(method: string, path: string, { params, body }: { params?: Record<string, unknown>; body?: unknown } = {}): Promise<any> {
const f = this.opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch;
const url = new URL((this.opts.baseUrl ?? DEFAULT_BASE).replace(/\/+$/, "") + path);
if (params) for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(params)) if (v != null) url.searchParams.set(k, String(v));
const headers: Record<string, string> = { "x-omni-key": this.token };
if (body !== undefined) headers["content-type"] = "application/json";
const res = await f(url, { method, headers, body: body !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined });
this.rateLimit = {
remainingMinute: Number(res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-remaining-minute")) || undefined,
remainingDay: Number(res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-remaining-day")) || undefined,
};
const data = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
if (!res.ok) throw new TheMealDBError(res.status, data?.error?.code, data?.error?.message);
return data.data ?? data;
}
/** Search meals by name */
searchMeals(params: { "s": string }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/search.php", { params });
}
/** Get a random meal */
randomMeal(): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/random.php", {});
}
/** Look up a full meal by id */
lookupMeal(params: { "i": string }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/lookup.php", { params });
}
/** Filter meals by ingredient (i), category (c), or area (a) */
filterMeals(params: { "c"?: string; "i"?: string; "a"?: string }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/filter.php", { params });
}
}
export default TheMealDB;
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No. TheMealDB is included with your Omni key, so a single OmniStream key is enough to start calling it. There is no separate signup with the provider and no second key to manage.
A free, keyless database of meal recipes - search, look up, filter, and get random meals with ingredients and instructions. It exposes 4 endpoints over GET, including GET /search.php, GET /random.php, GET /lookup.php.
Install the OmniStream SDK for your language and call TheMealDB through it. The client is generated from this API's OpenAPI spec, so parameters and responses are fully typed, and the same client also calls every other API in the marketplace.
You can start on the free plan. OmniStream charges for the unified SDK, key storage and proxy rather than for TheMealDB itself.
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