fatsecret Platform API Documentation

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
URL (new) Method	N/A	Required	"https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest/food/recently-eaten/v1" HTTP "GET"
OR
method	String	Required	"foods.get_recently_eaten" (included with other parameters)

Additional Parameters

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
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

⚠️ Response json is only in array format when more than one object is returned

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>'