Search cocktailsSearch for drinks whose name contains your search text, and get each match in full: category, glass, the ingredient list with measures, instructions in seven languages, and photos in three sizes.
List cocktails by first letterList every cocktail whose name begins with one letter or digit, each with its full recipe: the way to walk the whole database a letter at a time.
Get a cocktailGet one drink's complete recipe by its id: category, glass, IBA class, tags, every ingredient paired with its measure, instructions in seven languages, and photo URLs in three sizes. This is the step to run after a search or filter, which return summaries only.
Get a random cocktailGet one randomly chosen drink in full: a ready-made 'cocktail of the day' pick, complete with ingredients, measures, and instructions.
Search ingredientsSearch the ingredient database by name and get what each one is: its description, its type, whether it contains alcohol, its ABV, and its artwork in four sizes.
Get an ingredientGet one ingredient by its id: what it is, its type, whether it is alcoholic, its ABV, and its artwork in four sizes.
List cocktails by ingredientList every cocktail made with one ingredient, as summaries you can chain into a full recipe lookup. The ingredient is picked from a dropdown loaded from TheCocktailDB, so the spelling always matches.
List cocktails by several ingredientsList the cocktails that contain every one of the ingredients you pick: the 'what can I make with what's on the shelf' search.
List cocktails by categoryList every drink in one category, such as Ordinary Drink, Cocktail, Shot, or Punch / Party Drink.
List cocktails by glassList every drink served in one glass, such as a Cocktail glass, Highball glass, or Champagne flute, so you can build a menu around the glassware you actually own.
List cocktails by alcoholic statusList the drinks in one alcoholic class: Alcoholic, Non alcoholic, or Optional alcohol. The way to pull a mocktail list for an event.
List categoriesList the categories TheCocktailDB files drinks under, ready to loop over or feed straight into the by-category filter.
List glassesList every glass TheCocktailDB serves drinks in, ready to loop over or feed straight into the by-glass filter.
List ingredientsList every ingredient TheCocktailDB knows, each with its artwork URLs in four sizes: the bar inventory the by-ingredient filters draw on.
List alcoholic classificationsList the alcoholic classifications drinks are filed under (Alcoholic, Non alcoholic, Optional alcohol), ready to feed into the by-alcoholic-status filter.
Get a random selection of cocktailsGet a handful of randomly chosen drinks in full, for a weekly 'try these' round-up.
List popular cocktailsGet the drinks TheCocktailDB currently features as popular, in full: a ready-made 'trending cocktails' list.
List the latest cocktailsGet the drinks most recently added to TheCocktailDB, in full. Run it on a schedule to post whatever is new.
List recently added cocktailsGet the recently added drinks from TheCocktailDB's V2 feed, in full: its own endpoint alongside the latest-cocktails list.
