GET/v1/nutritionitem

Get nutrition information for a single food item with a specific quantity

Returns nutrition data for a single food item at a stated amount. Requires `query` and `quantity` such as "1 cup". For free-form text with several foods use /nutrition.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/nutritionitem",
  query: {
    "query": "example",
    "quantity": "example"
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

queryrequired

string

A single string containing the food item to be queried.

quantityrequired

string

A string indicating the quantity of the item in question. Supports various units of measurements (e.g., "1 cup", "2 lbs", "100g", "2 tbsp").