FatSecret Platform API Documentation

Profile - Foods: Get Recently Eaten

OAuth 1.0 Deprecated
Description

Returns the favorite foods for the specified user.

Parameters
All
NAME TYPE REQUIRED DESCRIPTION
method String Required MUST be "foods.get_recently_eaten"
meal String Optional Type of meal eaten. Valid meal types are "breakfast", "lunch", "dinner" and "other"
format String Optional The desired response format. Valid response formats are "xml" or "json" (default value is "xml").
Response
The only storable values returned by this call are food_id and serving_id.

Each food element contains information as follows:

NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
food_id Long Unique food identifier
food_name String Name of the food, not including the brand name. E.G.: "Instant Oatmeal"
food_type String Takes the value "Brand" or "Generic". Indicates whether the food is a brand or generic item
food_url String URL of this food item on www.fatsecret.com
serving_id Long Unique serving identifier
number_of_units Decimal Number of units in this standard serving size. For instance, if the serving description is "2 tablespoons" the number of units is "2", while if the serving size is "1 cup" the number of units is "1". Please note that this is only applicable for when food_type is "Generic" whereas for "Brand" the number of units will always be "1"

Example Response

Example 1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<foods xmlns="http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/ http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/fatsecret.xsd">
  <food>
    <food_id>4384</food_id>
    <food_name>Plain French Toast</food_name>
    <food_type>Generic</food_type>
    <food_url>http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/french-toast-plain?portionid=16758&amp;portionamount=2.000</food_url>
    <serving_id>16758</serving_id>
    <number_of_units>2.000</number_of_units>
  </food>
</foods>

Example 1:

{
  "foods": {
    "food": {
      "food_id": "4384",
      "food_name": "Plain French Toast",
      "food_type": "Generic",
      "food_url": "http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/french-toast-plain?portionid=16758&portionamount=2.000",
      "number_of_units": "2.000",
      "serving_id": "16758"
    }
  }
}
Error Codes
CODE TYPE DESCRIPTION
2 OAuth 1.0 Missing required oauth parameter: '<details>'
3 OAuth 1.0 Unsupported oauth parameter: '<details>'
4 OAuth 1.0 Invalid signature method: '<details>'
5 OAuth 1.0 Invalid consumer key: '<details>'
6 OAuth 1.0 Invalid/expired timestamp: '<details>'
7 OAuth 1.0 Invalid/used nonce: '<details>'
8 OAuth 1.0 Invalid signature: '<details>'
9 OAuth 1.0 Invalid access token: '<details>'