TheMealDB · Schema

Category

Meal category with thumbnail and description

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
idCategory	string	Unique category identifier
strCategory	string	Category name
strCategoryThumb	string	Category thumbnail image URL
strCategoryDescription	string	Description of the category

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/themealdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/themealdb-category-schema.json",
  "title": "Category",
  "description": "Meal category with thumbnail and description",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "idCategory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique category identifier",
      "example": "1"
    },
    "strCategory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category name",
      "example": "Beef"
    },
    "strCategoryThumb": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category thumbnail image URL"
    },
    "strCategoryDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description of the category"
    }
  }
}