What Tasty is
Tasty is BuzzFeed’s food brand, known for its recipe videos. The Tasty API on RapidAPI is a listing published by Api Dojo that returns Tasty’s recipe data. You subscribe to it through RapidAPI.
At a glance
| Feature | Tiny Plates | Tasty |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Tiny Plates: We run the API and the pipeline behind it. | Tasty: Api Dojo, a publisher on RapidAPI. The listing is not BuzzFeed’s own. |
| Sign-up | Tiny Plates: A Tiny Plates account. | Tasty: A RapidAPI account and a subscription to the listing. |
| Price | Tiny Plates: Free. No credit card and no paid plan yet. | Tasty: Plans and quotas are set on the RapidAPI listing. |
| Allowance | Tiny Plates: 50 requests a day and 300 a week per account, raised on request. | Tasty: Depends on the plan. |
| Recipes | Tiny Plates: Thousands, gathered from public recipe pages. | Tasty: Recipes from Tasty. |
What is different
Who you depend on
The listing is published by Api Dojo on RapidAPI. If you build on it, you depend on that publisher and on the marketplace. Tiny Plates runs its own API and the pipeline behind it, and you sign up with us directly.
One brand’s recipes or a normalized index
The Tasty API returns Tasty’s own recipes. Tiny Plates has none of Tasty’s content. It gathers recipes from public recipe pages and normalizes them into one model, with parsed ingredients, allergens and numbered steps.
Pick Tasty when
- You want Tasty’s own recipes. Tasty is known for its recipe videos, and we have none of its content.
- You already buy your APIs through RapidAPI.
Pick Tiny Plates when
- You want to deal with the people who run the API.
- You need parsed ingredients, allergens, scaling or shopping lists.
- You want a free account without a marketplace subscription.
Questions
Who publishes the Tasty API?
The listing on RapidAPI is published by Api Dojo.
What does the Tasty API cost?
Plans and quotas are set on the RapidAPI listing, so check there for current prices.
Do I need an API key for Tiny Plates?
Yes. Create a free account, make a key in the dashboard and send it as a bearer token.
Try it
Create a free account and follow the quickstart to get a response in a couple of minutes. The terms say what you may cache and how to credit a recipe, and the overview lists the other recipe APIs.