TheMealDB · Schema

Category

A meal category from TheMealDB, such as Beef, Chicken, Dessert, or Vegetarian.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
idCategory	string	Unique numeric category identifier
strCategory	string	Category name
strCategoryThumb	string	URL to the category thumbnail image
strCategoryDescription	string	Descriptive text about the category

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mealdb/main/json-schema/category.json",
  "title": "Category",
  "description": "A meal category from TheMealDB, such as Beef, Chicken, Dessert, or Vegetarian.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "idCategory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique numeric category identifier",
      "examples": ["1"]
    },
    "strCategory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category name",
      "examples": ["Beef", "Chicken", "Dessert", "Lamb", "Miscellaneous", "Pasta", "Pork", "Seafood", "Side", "Starter", "Vegan", "Vegetarian", "Breakfast", "Goat"]
    },
    "strCategoryThumb": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL to the category thumbnail image",
      "examples": ["https://www.themealdb.com/images/category/beef.png"]
    },
    "strCategoryDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Descriptive text about the category"
    }
  },
  "required": ["idCategory", "strCategory", "strCategoryThumb"]
}