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Localization*

Method Overview
Foods
food.find_id_for_barcode*
food.get.v2
food.get (deprecated)
foods.autocomplete*
foods.search.v2*
foods.search
Food Brands
food_brands.get*
Food Categories
food_categories.get*
Food Sub Categories
food_sub_categories.get*
Recipes
recipe.get.v2
recipe.get
recipes.search.v3
recipes.search.v2
recipes.search
Recipe Types
recipe_types.get.v2
recipe_types.get

API Method Reference (OAuth 1.0)

Method Overview
Foods
food.add_favorite
food.create.v2*
food.create* (deprecated)
food.delete_favorite
food.find_id_for_barcode*
food.get.v2
food.get (deprecated)
foods.autocomplete*
foods.get_favorites
foods.get_most_eaten
foods.get_recently_eaten
foods.search.v2*
foods.search
Food Brands
food_brands.get*
Food Categories
food_categories.get*
Food Sub Categories
food_sub_categories.get*
Recipes
recipe.add_favorite
recipe.delete_favorite
recipe.get.v2
recipe.get
recipes.get_favorites
recipes.search.v3
recipes.search.v2
recipes.search
Recipe Types
recipe_types.get.v2
recipe_types.get
Saved Meals
saved_meal.create
saved_meal.delete
saved_meal.edit
saved_meals.get
saved_meal_item.add
saved_meal_item.delete
saved_meal_item.edit
saved_meal_items.get
Exercises
exercises.get
Profile - Management
profile.create
profile.get
profile.get_auth
Profile - Food Diary
food_entries.copy
food_entries.copy_saved_meal
food_entries.get
food_entries.get_month
food_entry.create
food_entry.delete
food_entry.edit
Profile - Exercise Diary
exercise_entries.commit_day
exercise_entries.get
exercise_entries.get_month
exercise_entries.save_template
exercise_entry.edit
Profile - Weight Diary
weight.update
weights.get_month

* denotes methods only available at the PREMIER level

Developers

REST API

API Method Reference (OAuth 2): recipe_types.get.v2

recipe_types.get.v2

Description

This is a utility method, returning the full list of all supported recipe type names.

All the results of this call may be stored indefinitely per localized response.

Localization (Premier Only):

One additional optional parameter named region is available to premier clients. More information can be found in the Localization guide.

Parameters

Required

Name	Type	Description
method	String	MUST be "recipe_types.get.v2"

Optional

Name	Type	Description
format	String	The desired response format. Valid reponse formats are "xml" or "json" (default value is "xml").

Example Return XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<recipe_types 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">

<recipe_types>Appetizers</recipe_types>

<recipe_types>Soups</recipe_types>

<recipe_types>Main Dishes</recipe_types>

</recipe_types>