fooddata-central-api

Wrapper over FoodData Central Rest APIs for Typescript

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API Reference

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Setup

1. Acquire an API Token from FDC here. Note the rate limits.
2. Expose the API Token as an Environment Variable FDC_API_KEY.

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Usage

Right now only the Food Search API - /v1/foods/search - is supported

const searchCriteria: FoodSearchCriteria = {
  query: "milk",
  dataType: [DataType.BRANDED],
  pageSize: 1,
  pageNumber: 1,
  startDate: "2019-01-01",
  endDate: "2023-01-01",
};
const searchResult: SearchResult = await findFood(searchCriteria);

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This api is provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. fdc.nal.usda.gov.