GET /filter.php

themealdb.com:themealdb-api

Summary: Filter meals by ingredient, category, or area
Operation ID: filterMeals
Auth: unknown
Description

Filter meals by main ingredient, category, or area. Returns meals with id, name, and thumbnail only.

Parameters (3)

a (string, query, optional)

Filter by area/cuisine (e.g., 'Italian')

c (string, query, optional)

Filter by category (e.g., 'Seafood')

i (string, query, optional)

Filter by main ingredient (e.g., 'chicken')

Examples (7)

TitleTypeURLAction
Filter by main ingredient doc_extracted https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?i=chicken_breast
Filter by Category doc_extracted https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?c=Seafood
Filter by Area doc_extracted https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?a=Canadian
Filter meals by main ingredient curl https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?i=chicken
Filter meals by category curl https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?c=Seafood
Filter meals by cuisine area curl https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?a=Italian
Filter meals by ingredient, category, or area openapi-spec https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/filter.php?i=chicken&c=Seafood&a=Italian

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:36:50.726529 200 135ms
2026-03-23 10:09:36.204852 200 114ms
2026-03-23 09:50:17.182926 200 119ms
2026-03-23 09:49:16.302055 200 120ms
2026-03-23 09:22:26.503072 200 143ms
2026-03-23 09:10:49.374511 200 130ms
2026-03-23 09:09:47.965229 200 108ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:10:49.374511 600d68797baa 488a9295a156
2026-03-23 09:22:26.503072 488a9295a156 3ce1822b479a
2026-03-23 09:49:16.302055 3ce1822b479a 600d68797baa
2026-03-23 09:50:17.182926 600d68797baa 382b7f0dfedd
2026-03-23 10:09:36.204852 382b7f0dfedd 600d68797baa
2026-03-23 10:36:50.726529 600d68797baa 6678b265626e