Recipe Price API - Pricing & Documentation

Simple Integration

One POST request. Ingredients in, costs out.

curl -X POST https://api.recipeprice.com/v1/recipe/cost \

  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

  -H "X-API-Key: rp_live_your_key_here" \

  -d '{"ingredients": ["500g chicken breast", "2 tbsp olive oil"], "servings": 4}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "totalCost": 12.50,
    "costPerServing": 3.12,
    "currency": "AUD",
    "ingredients": [
      { "original": "500g chicken breast", "cost": 10.00 },
      { "original": "2 tbsp olive oil", "cost": 0.50 }
    ]
  },
  "usage": { "used": 142, "limit": 10000, "remaining": 9858 }
}

Avg Response Time

~1000ms

Includes LLM parsing (Groq)

API Pricing

Simple, predictable pricing. Scale as you grow.

Developer

For testing & prototypes

$0 /month

500 requests/month
All regions
Community support

Get Free Key

Pro

For growing apps

$49 /month

10,000 requests/month
20% overage buffer
Email support
Usage dashboard

Business

For high-volume apps

$149 /month

100,000 requests/month
20% overage buffer
Priority support
SLA available

Need more? Enterprise customers can self-host for unlimited usage.

Self-Host Option

Recipe Price is open source. Run your own instance for unlimited usage.

What You Get

Full source code (AGPL-3.0)
Unlimited API requests
Your own Groq API key
Custom price databases

Requirements

AGPL compliance (share modifications)
Cloudflare account (free tier works)
Groq API key (~$0.00002/recipe)
Maintain your own price data

View Source on Codeberg

API Documentation

POST /v1/recipe/cost

Calculate the cost of a recipe from a list of ingredients.

Headers

Header	Required	Description
`X-API-Key`	Yes	Your API key (rp_live_xxx)
`Content-Type`	Yes	application/json

Request Body

{
  "ingredients": ["500g chicken breast", "2 tbsp olive oil"],
  "servings": 4,           // optional, default: 1
  "region": "AU-NSW"        // optional, auto-detected from IP
}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "totalCost": 12.50,
    "costPerServing": 3.12,
    "currency": "AUD",
    "region": "AU-NSW",
    "ingredients": [...]
  },
  "usage": { "used": 142, "limit": 10000 }
}

GET /v1/usage

Check your current API usage and limits.

{
  "type": "b2b",
  "tier": "api_pro",
  "limit": 10000,
  "used": 142,
  "remaining": 9858,
  "percentUsed": 1,
  "resetAt": "2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

GET /v1/regions

List available pricing regions.

Base URL: https://api.recipeprice.com