Say Cheese

A RESTful api with over 1800 cheeses.

Limitations

The api is limited to 60 requests per minute to prevent abuse and because my server can't handle it lol.

Routes

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Route	Parameter	Description
/random	None	Returns a random cheese from the db
/search	q, page, per_page	Search for cheeses by name
/today	None	Returns cheese of the day
/alphabetical	letter, page, per_page	Find cheeses by their first letter
/vegetarian	page, per_page	Returns an array of all vegetarian cheeses

Parameters

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q        => The search query you want to perform. (required)
letter   => The letter you want to display the cheeses for. (required)
page     => Pagination number. (default = 1)
per_page => Number of cheeses to display in a single page. (max = 50; default = 10)

Example successful response

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{
    "failed": false,
    "status": "200",
    "cheese": {
        "country_codes": ["IT"],
        "milks": ["sheep"],
        "name": "Pecorino dei Malatesta al Sangiovese",
        "link": "https://cheese.com/pecorino-dei-malatesta-al-sangiovese/",
        "image": "https://cheese.com/media/img/icon-cheese-default.svg",
        "description": "Produced by Romaniae Terrae, Pecorino dei Malatesta al Sangiovese is an Italian cheese made with highly selected sheep's milk pasteurized at optimum temperature. Cheese wheels are first matured in a cold room at 6° - 8°C. Later, during the final stage of maturation they are treated with Sangiovese red wine and kept in a cold room at 8°C for about 30 days.The Sangiovese red wine gives the cheese a dark burgundy rind beneath which lies a smooth white paste with a delicate mouthfeel and a sweet sheep's milk flavour with an aftertaste of wine.",
        "attributes": {
            "made": "Made from pasteurized sheep's milk",
            "countries": ["Italy"],
            "region": "Emilia-Romagna",
            "family": "Pecorino",
            "types": ["semi-soft","artisan"],
            "fat": null,
            "calcium": null,
            "textures": ["smooth"],
            "rind": "natural",
            "color": "white",
            "flavors": ["acidic","smooth","subtle","sweet"],
            "aromas": ["pleasant"],
            "vegetarian": null,
            "producers": ["Romaniae Terrae"],
            "synonyms": [],
            "alternative_spellings": []
            },
        "id": 1273
    }
}

Example Error response

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{
    "failed": true,
    "status": "400",
    "error": "Error message"
}

Property	Description
failed	Whether the request failed or not (boolean)
status	HTTP status code
cheese	Cheese object
id	Unique cheese id

status values

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200 OK: The request was successful and that is returned.
304 Not Modified: You already have the latest data.
400 Bad Request: You submitted an invalid or incomplete request.
404 Not Found: The requested data does not exist.
500 Internal Server Error: Something went wrong on our end, please open an issue on the github if this persists.

country_codes values

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AF= Afghanistan,
AL= Albania,
AD= Andorra,
AR= Argentina,
AM= Armenia,
AU= Australia,
AT= Austria,
AZ= Azerbaijan,
BD= Bangladesh,
BY= Belarus,
BE= Belgium,
BR= Brazil,
BG= Bulgaria,
CA= Canada,
CL= Chile,
CN= China,
countries-throughout-world= Other Countries,
HR= Croatia,
CY= Cyprus,
CZ= Czech Republic,
DK= Denmark,
eastern-mediterranean= Eastern Mediterranean,
EG= Egypt,
england= England,
FI= Finland,
FR= France,
GE= Georgia,
DE= Germany,
great-britain= Great Britain,
GR= Greece,
holland: Holland,
HU= Hungary,
IS= Iceland,
IN= India,
IR= Iran,
IQ= Iraq,
IE= Ireland,
IM= Isle of man,
IL= Israel,
IT= Italy,
JP= Japan,
JO= Jordan,
LB= Lebanon,
LT= Lithuania,
MK= Macedonia,
MR= Mauritania,
MX= Mexico,
mexico-and-caribbean= Mexico and Caribbean,
middle-east= Middle East",
MN= Mongolia,
NP= Nepal,
NL= Netherlands,
NZ= New zealand,
NO= Norway,
PK= Pakistan,
PS= Palestine,
PL= Poland,
PT= Portugal,
RO= Romania,
RU= Russia,
scotland= Scotland,
RS= Serbia,
SK= Slovakia,
ES= Spain,
SZ= Swaziland,
SE= Sweden,
CH= Switzerland,
SY= Syria,
tibet= Tibet,
TR= Turkey,
UA= Ukraine,
GB= United Kingdom,
US= United States,
wales= Wales,

milks values

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buffalo camel cow donkey goat mare moose reindeer sheep water-buffalo yak

types values

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artisan blue-veined fresh-soft fresh-firm soft semi-soft semi-hard hard semi-firm firm

textures values

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brittle buttery chalky chewy close compact creamy crumbly crystalline dense dry elastic firm flaky fluffy grainy oily open runny semi-firm smooth soft soft-ripened spreadable springy sticky stringy supple

color values

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blue blue-grey brown brownish-yellow cream golden-orange golden-yellow green ivory orange pale-white pale-yellow pink-and-white red straw white yellow

Notes about the returned data

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• Any property that does not exist or has an undetermined value will default to null.
• Any array property that does not exist or has an undetermined value will be an empty array [].

More routes are coming soon. If you have a route suggestion/request, please feel free to open an issue on the github.