# ManyLives Menu Pack – Restaurant Menu Text to Structured JSON

> ManyLives Menu Pack – Restaurant Menu Text to Structured JSON is a paid API for AI agents from api.manylives.me, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-18).

Parses raw restaurant menu text into structured JSON with sections, items, prices, sizes, add-ons, and allergen flags

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.manylives.me/paid/text/menu-pack?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/manylives-menu-pack-restaurant-menu-text-to-structured-json-6501e0c7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_oAGOAom2cZmpZOS84Y-MM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability manylives-menu-pack-restaurant-menu-text-to-structured-json-6501e0c7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you parse this restaurant menu text for me and turn it into structured JSON with sections, item names, prices, sizes, and add-ons? Here's the menu: 'STARTERS\nGarlic bread - with butter and parmesan $9.50\nMAINS\nMargherita pizza Small 18 Large 24\n+ extra cheese 3\nBarramundi MP'

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you have raw restaurant menu text (copy-pasted, OCR'd, or manually typed) and need it structured into machine-readable JSON with items, prices, sizes, add-ons, and sections. Ideal for digitising menus for ordering systems, chatbots, or menu management platforms. Prefer this over a general LLM call when you need consistent, typed output with built-in data quality flags and allergen detection at a low per-call cost with no account required.

## Known failure modes

- Ambiguous price formats (e.g. prices without currency symbols) may be misparse or flagged
- Items with 'MP' (market price) return no numeric price
- Menus with non-standard formatting (tables, columns) may not parse cleanly
- Very long menus may increase latency
- Missing or malformed input text returns an error or empty result
- Add-ons without clear '+' prefix may be missed

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## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: an array of menu items each with name, section, description, prices (with size labels), add-ons (with prices), and allergen words; a flags array highlighting data quality issues like ambiguous prices or missing size names; total item count; list of section names; and a boolean indicating whether an allergen statement was found in the menu text.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "menu": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "STARTERS\nGarlic bread - with butter and parmesan  $9.50\nMAINS\nMargherita pizza  Small 18  Large 24\n+ extra cheese 3\nBarramundi  MP\nPlease tell us about any allergies."
   ],
   "description": "the menu as text: one item per line works best, prices like 12.50 or $12.50, sizes like 'Small 18 Large 24', add-ons like '+ extra cheese 3'"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "menu": [
   {
    "name": "Margherita pizza",
    "addons": [
     {
      "name": "extra cheese",
      "price": 3
     }
    ],
    "prices": [
     {
      "label": "Small",
      "price": 18
     },
     {
      "label": "Large",
      "price": 24
     }
    ],
    "section": "MAINS",
    "description": "",
    "allergen_words": []
   }
  ],
  "flags": [
   {
    "flag": "2 prices without size names (say which is small, large...)",
    "item": "Pasta of the day",
    "line": 9
   }
  ],
  "items": 6,
  "sections": [
   "STARTERS",
   "MAINS"
  ],
  "allergen_statement_found": true
 }
}
```

## More

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