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TheCocktailDB

Cocktail recipes, ingredients and glassware

🩺 Health & FoodUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

TheCocktailDB is a crowd-sourced drinks database with the free test key `1` embedded in the URL path. Pull a random cocktail, search by name, or filter by ingredient — every response is JSON with measures, instructions and thumbnail images. Sister project to TheMealDB.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php

{
  "drinks": [
    {
      "idDrink": "11053",
      "strDrink": "Arise My Love",
      "strDrinkAlternate": null,
      "strTags": null,
      "strVideo": null,
      "strCategory": "Ordinary Drink",
      "strIBA": null,
      "strAlcoholic": "Alcoholic"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php"
const res = await fetch("https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /random.php awaits first probe
GET/random.phpPROBED

Cocktail recipes, ingredients and glassware

GET/list

Paginated list of resources.

GET/random.php?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

TheCocktailDB: common questions

Is TheCocktailDB free to use?

Yes — TheCocktailDB is a free health & food API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does TheCocktailDB need an API key?

No — TheCocktailDB needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call TheCocktailDB from the browser?

Yes — TheCocktailDB returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is TheCocktailDB up right now?

TheCocktailDB is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.