Cocktail API

The Cocktail API allows you to search thousands of cocktail recipes by name or ingredients.

/v1/cocktail GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cocktail

Returns up to 10 cocktail recipes matching the search parameters.


Parameters

At least one of the following parameters must be present:

  • name  optional

    Name of cocktail. This parameter supports partial matches (e.g. bloody will match bloody mary and bloody margarita).

  • ingredients  optional

    Comma-separated string of ingredients to search. Only cocktails containing all listed ingredients will be returned. For example, to search cocktails containing Vodka and lemon juice, use vodka,lemon juice.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

name
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cocktail?name=bloody mary

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [ { "ingredients": [ "4.5 cl (3 parts) vodka", "9 cl (6 parts) Tomato juice", "1.5 cl (1 part) Lemon juice", "2 to 3 dashes of Worcestershire Sauce", "Tabasco sauce", "Celery salt", "Black pepper" ], "instructions": "Stirring gently, pour all ingredients into highball glass. Garnish.", "name": "bloody mary" } ]

Code Examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 import requests name = 'bloody mary' api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cocktail?name={}'.format(name) response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}) if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok: print(response.text) else: print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.