# Suverse Meal Categories Proxy

> Suverse Meal Categories Proxy is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns the full list of meal categories from TheMealDB including names, thumbnail images, and descriptions, without requiring an API key.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-meal-categories
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-meal-categories-proxy-cddbfb47
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_P1CBXrDneKioU1y6QDFiA

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 suverse-meal-categories-proxy-cddbfb47 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the full list of meal categories from TheMealDB — I need the category names, thumbnails, and descriptions so I can build a food browsing menu?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need TheMealDB category data without managing your own API key, or when building an agentic workflow that needs to enumerate all food categories for navigation or classification purposes. Prefer this over direct TheMealDB access when operating in an x402 micropayment environment or when simplicity of a single proxied call is preferred.

## Known failure modes

- TheMealDB upstream unavailability causes proxy to return an error
- Network timeout if the upstream API is slow
- Empty or malformed response if TheMealDB changes its data format
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.002 call fee

## How this service works

The list of recipe categories from TheMealDB, no key. Returns category names, thumbnails, and descriptions. For AI agents building food navigation.

## Output

A structured list of meal categories from TheMealDB, where each entry includes the category name (e.g. 'Beef', 'Dessert', 'Seafood'), a thumbnail image URL, and a text description of that category. Useful for populating navigation menus, dropdowns, or intent classifiers in food-related applications.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-meal-categories-proxy-cddbfb47/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from proxy.suverse.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/proxy.suverse.io/llms.txt)