---
title: "Search public cookbooks"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/cookbooks"
tags: ["Cookbooks"]
---

# Search public cookbooks

`GET /api/v1/cookbooks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://spoonjoy.app`
- URL: `https://spoonjoy.app/api/v1/cookbooks`
- Auth: one of:
  - none
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `__session`
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/token`, scopes: `cookbooks:read`)
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/token`, scopes: `kitchen:read`)
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://spoonjoy.app/oauth/token`, scopes: `public:read`)

## Query parameters

- `query` string
- `q` string
- `cursor` string
- `limit` integer

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Response `200`

Success

- CookbookListEnvelope
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `requestId` string, required
  - `data` CookbookListData, required
    - `query` string, nullable, required
    - `limit` integer, required
    - `cursor` string, nullable, required
    - `nextCursor` string, nullable, required
    - `hasMore` boolean, required
    - `cookbooks` CookbookSummary[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `title` string, required
      - `chef` ChefSummary, required
        - `id` string, required
        - `username` string, required
        - `photoUrl` string, uri, nullable
      - `recipeCount` integer, required
      - `coverImageUrls` string[], required: Public recipe cover image URLs for transient display. API v1 does not provide image alt text or a license to copy/store photos outside Spoonjoy.
      - `href` string, required
      - `canonicalUrl` string, uri, required
      - `attribution` CookbookAttribution, required
        - `creditText` string, required
        - `canonicalUrl` string, uri, required
      - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
      - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Errors: validation_error, invalid_cursor
- `401`: Errors: invalid_token
- `403`: Errors: insufficient_scope
- `405`: Errors: method_not_allowed
- `429`: Errors: rate_limited
- `500`: Errors: internal_error
- `503`: Errors: temporarily_unavailable

---

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