fatsecret-api

FatSecret API Wrapper

This package is an unofficial fatsecret.com API wrapper for Node.js. The FatSecret API, in addition to many other features, allows you to gather nutritional information about foods.

Install

# install locally
npm install fatsecret-api --save

Highlights

• ✔ Full type-definitions
• ✔ Automatic access token refreshing
• ✔ Uses OAUTH2

Usage

Initialize a new FatSecretClient instance with your credentials.

import { FatSecretClient } from "fatsecret-api";

const fatSecretClient = new FatSecretClient({
    clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
    scope: "SEE_FATSECRET_DOCS",
});

Methods

Examples of basic methods on the FatSecretClient instance. To see documentation on parameters and responses please visit the official docs here.

// food.get.v2: Returns detailed nutritional information for the specified food.
await fatSecretClient.getFood({ food_id: "4278773" });

// foods.search: Conducts a search of the food database using the search expression specified.
await fatSecretClient.getFoodSearch({ search_expression: "Cereal" });

// recipe.get: Returns detailed information for the specified recipe.
await fatSecretClient.getRecipe({ recipe_id: "31341" });

// recipes.search: Conducts a search of the recipe database using the search expression specified.
await fatSecretClient.getRecipeSearch({ search_expression: "Brownies" });

// ... to see more methods view the official api docs

📌 OAUTH1 is currently not supported.