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Recipes

get
Search All My Recipes

https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes
This endpoint allows you to get your recipes.
Request
Response
Request
Headers
X-API-KEY
required
string
Your API key.
Query Parameters
sort
optional
string
created_at, updated_at or title Formatted: created_at:1 for ASC and created_at:-1 for DESC
id
optional
number
Recipe id
folder_id
optional
number
Recipe folder id
keyword
optional
string
Searches recipe name, ingredient name, notes and style.
updated_from
optional
string
Recipes updated date start in the format YYYY-MM-DD
updated_to
optional
string
Recipes updated date end in the format YYYY-MM-DD
created_from
optional
string
Recipes created date start in the format YYYY-MM-DD
created_to
optional
string
Recipes created date end in the format YYYY-MM-DD
snapshots
optional
boolean
Recipe snapshots
limit
optional
number
Defaults to 20
offset
optional
number
Defaults to 0
Response
200: OK
Cake successfully retrieved.
{
  "message": "success",
  "count": "552",
  "recipes": [
    {
      "id": "578357",
      "recipetoken": "5d07b59a2f320",
      "brewer_author_id": "119823",
      "title": "Juicy Bitcoin",
      "folder_id": null,
      "author": "",
      "brewmethod": "allgrain",
      "styleid": "50",
      "style_free": "",
      "batchsize": "31",
      "batch_size_mode": "f",
      "boilsize": "36",
      "boiltime": "60",
      "boilgravity": "1.057",
      "efficiency": "80",
      "displayunits": "us",
      "mash_thickness": "1.3",
      "grain_temp": null,
      "sugar_scale": "sg",
      "og": "1.066",
      "fg": "1.012",
      "abv": "7.12",
      "ibutinseth": "47.12",
      "iburager": "44.28",
      "srmmorey": "3.83",
      "srmdaniels": "9.19",
      "srmmosher": "5.88",
      "srmecbmorey": "7.54",
      "abvequation": "standard",
      "ibuequation": "tinseth",
      "srmequation": "morey",
      "dpequation": "wk",
      "waterprofile": "Balanced Profile",
      "ca2": "0",
      "mg2": "0",
      "so4": "0",
      "na": "0",
      "cl": "0",
      "hco3": "0",
      "waterprofile_custom": "0",
      "waternotes": "",
      "notes": "15 min WP at flame out\r\n10 min Rest",
      "awardwinning": "0",
      "yeaststarter": "0",
      "pitchrate": "0.35",
      "primary_temp": "66",
      "primingmethod": null,
      "primingamount": "",
      "primingtemp": null,
      "co2level": "1.02",
      "co2unit": "Volumes",
      "equipment_profile_id": "119209",
      "nochillextraminutes": null,
      "hop_utilization_factor": null,
      "beerXML": null,
      "url": "",
      "public": "0",
      "searchable": "0",
      "deleted": "0",
      "just_imported": "0",
      "copy_parent_id": "578356",
      "snapshot": "1",
      "viewcount": "0",
      "brewcount": "1",
      "updated_at": "2019-07-10 19:56:11",
      "created_at": "2019-06-17 15:45:30",
      "brewprint_id": null,
      "average_rating": null,
      "total_rating": null,
      "total_ratings": null,
      "share_following": "0",
      "imported_from": null,
      "water_profile_id": "11708",
      "ph": "5.76",
      "cloned_from": null,
      "equipment_profile": "{\"id\":\"119209\",\"loginid\":\"119823\",\"name\":\"1  BBL\",\"evaporation_rate\":\"4\",\"kettle_deadspace\":\"10\",\"grain_absorption\":\"0.44\",\"hops_absorption\":\"0.15\",\"cooling_shrinkage\":\"4\",\"default_efficiency\":\"70\",\"mash_thickness\":\"2.0\",\"mash_tun_volume\":\"\",\"mash_tun_temp_loss\":\"2\",\"lauter_deadspace\":\"\",\"misc_loss\":\"1\",\"hydrometer_offset\":\"\",\"hydrometercalibration\":\"\",\"wortcorrectionfactor\":\"1\",\"chillmethod\":\"Counterflow Chiller\",\"mashwaterunit\":\"qt\",\"updated_at\":\"2019-07-05 18:46:21\",\"created_at\":\"2018-03-28 16:19:18\",\"position\":\"1\",\"brand_id\":\"0\",\"brand\":\"TestEquipment\",\"group_id\":null,\"location_id\":null}",
      "group_id": null,
      "last_edited_id": null,
      "stylename": "American IPA",
      "folder_name": null,
      "brew_sessions": "[{\"userdate\": \"2019-06-17\", \"breweventid\": 196351}]"
    }
  ]
}
401: Unauthorized
Could not find a cake matching this query.
{
    "message": "unauthorized",
    "detail": "invalid api key"
}
curl -H "X-API-Key: 535ad06757dd29bd83be1e635ec10530407a8XAVTX" \
https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes

get
Get One Recipe

https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/:recipe_id
This endpoint allows you to get one recipe, you can also get one recipe in BeerXML.
Request
Response
Request
Path Parameters
recipe_id
required
number
Recipe id
Headers
X-API-KEY
required
string
Your API key.
Response
200: OK
{
  "message": "success",
  "count": "1",
  "recipes": [
    {
      "id": "578357"
      ...
    }
  ]
}
curl -H "X-API-Key: 535ad06757dd29bd83be1e635ec10530407a8XAVTX" \
https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/578357

get
Get Recipe Photos

https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/:recipe_id/photos
This endpoint allows you to get recipe photos.
Request
Response
Request
Path Parameters
recipe_id
required
number
Recipe id
Headers
X-API-KEY
required
string
Your API key.
Response
200: OK
{
  "message": "success",
  "photos": [
    {
      "full": "https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/9/photo",
      "scale_50": "https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/9/photo/1905fbdd-5b2e-4f4d-b5fb-9308e3921ba4?scale=50",
      "200_x_200": "https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/9/photo/1905fbdd-5b2e-4f4d-b5fb-9308e3921ba4?bestfit=true&width=200&height=200",
      "500_x_500": "https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/9/photo/1905fbdd-5b2e-4f4d-b5fb-9308e3921ba4?bestfit=true&width=500&height=500"
    }
  ]
}

get
Get One Recipe Photo

https://api.brewersfriend.com/v1/recipes/:recipe_id/photo
This endpoint allows you to get recipe photos.
Request
Response
Request
Path Parameters
uuid
optional
string
Returned in the photos endpoint
recipe_id
required
number
Recipe id
Query Parameters
width
optional
number
Width of the returned image
height
optional
number
Height of the returned image
scale
optional
number
Scale the image size 0 - 100
bestfit
optional
boolean
Requires width and height params
crop
optional
boolean
Requires width and height params
Response
200: OK
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