# Suverse Meal Search (TheMealDB Proxy)

> Suverse Meal Search (TheMealDB 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).

Search recipes by meal name using TheMealDB, returning full recipe details including ingredients, instructions, category, and image — no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-meal-search
- 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-search-themealdb-proxy-46217f19
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zFSYAVw6xoKIcBw4si1Q7

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-search-themealdb-proxy-46217f19 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find me the full recipe for chicken tikka masala — I need the ingredients, cooking instructions, and what category it falls under?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need free, keyless access to structured recipe data from TheMealDB — including ingredients, instructions, category, and imagery — without managing your own API key. Ideal for cooking assistants, meal planning agents, and food apps that need quick recipe lookups by dish name.

## Known failure modes

- No meals found for the queried name — returns null or empty meals array
- Misspelled dish name yields no results
- TheMealDB upstream outage causes timeout or error response
- Ambiguous meal name may return multiple or unexpected results
- Non-English dish names may not match TheMealDB's database

## How this service works

Search recipes by name from TheMealDB, no key. Returns meals with ingredients, instructions, category, and image. For AI agents in cooking, meal planning, and food apps.

## Output

Returns a meals array from TheMealDB containing one or more matched recipes, each with: meal ID, meal name, category, area/cuisine, full cooking instructions, a thumbnail image URL, ingredient list (up to 20 ingredients with measurements), YouTube video link, and source URL.

## 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-search-themealdb-proxy-46217f19/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)