# TheMealDB Recipe Search via ClonEcho

> TheMealDB Recipe Search via ClonEcho is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches TheMealDB for recipes by dish name, returning meal name, category, cuisine area, cooking instructions, and thumbnail image.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/themealdb-search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/themealdb-recipe-search-via-clonecho-2bbdc297
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HN8UqhAZW9hr0oB52AFqR

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 themealdb-recipe-search-via-clonecho-2bbdc297 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the recipe for chicken tikka masala, including the cooking instructions, cuisine area, and a thumbnail image?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured recipe data — including instructions, category, and cuisine area — sourced from TheMealDB, especially when searching by dish name. Prefer it over generic web searches when you need machine-readable recipe JSON with consistent fields and a thumbnail image.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for an obscure or misspelled dish name (empty meals array or null)
- Partial matches returned when search term is ambiguous
- Network timeout or upstream TheMealDB unavailability
- Missing or null fields for some meals (e.g. no area or category defined)

## How this service works

Recipe search returning name, category, area, instructions and thumbnail from TheMealDB. Param is a dish name. Query: ?s= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON response containing matched meal records from TheMealDB, each including the meal name, category (e.g. Chicken), area/cuisine origin (e.g. Indian), full step-by-step cooking instructions, and a thumbnail image URL.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/themealdb-recipe-search-via-clonecho-2bbdc297/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)