USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search

USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Search Foods by Keywords. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Usda Agricultural Research Service Ars business surface.

Run with Naftiko Usda Agricultural Research Service ArsFood Search

What You Can Do

GET
Searchfoodsget — Search Foods by Keywords
/v1/foods/search
POST
Searchfoodspost — Search Foods by Keywords (POST)
/v1/foods/search

MCP Tools

search-foods-keywords

Search Foods by Keywords

read-only idempotent
search-foods-keywords-post

Search Foods by Keywords (POST)

read-only

Capability Spec

usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search
  description: 'USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Search Foods by Keywords. Self-contained
    Naftiko capability covering one Usda Agricultural Research Service Ars business surface.'
  tags:
  - Usda Agricultural Research Service Ars
  - Food Search
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    USDA_AGRICULTURAL_RESEARCH_SERVICE_ARS_API_KEY: USDA_AGRICULTURAL_RESEARCH_SERVICE_ARS_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search
    baseUri: https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1
    description: USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: foods-search
      path: /foods/search
      operations:
      - name: searchfoodsget
        method: GET
        description: Search Foods by Keywords
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          type: string
          description: One or more keywords to search for
          required: true
        - name: dataType
          in: query
          type: array
          description: Filter by data type(s)
        - name: pageSize
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Number of results per page (max 200)
        - name: pageNumber
          in: query
          type: integer
        - name: sortBy
          in: query
          type: string
        - name: sortOrder
          in: query
          type: string
        - name: brandOwner
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter by brand owner (Branded Foods only)
        - name: api_key
          in: query
          type: string
      - name: searchfoodspost
        method: POST
        description: Search Foods by Keywords (POST)
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: false
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: api_key
      value: '{{env.USDA_AGRICULTURAL_RESEARCH_SERVICE_ARS_API_KEY}}'
      placement: query
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
      prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/foods/search
      name: foods-search
      description: REST surface for foods-search.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchfoodsget
        description: Search Foods by Keywords
        call: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search.searchfoodsget
        with:
          query: rest.query
          dataType: rest.dataType
          pageSize: rest.pageSize
          pageNumber: rest.pageNumber
          sortBy: rest.sortBy
          sortOrder: rest.sortOrder
          brandOwner: rest.brandOwner
          api_key: rest.api_key
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: POST
        name: searchfoodspost
        description: Search Foods by Keywords (POST)
        call: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search.searchfoodspost
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for USDA FoodData Central API — Food Search. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through
      this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: search-foods-keywords
      description: Search Foods by Keywords
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search.searchfoodsget
      with:
        query: tools.query
        dataType: tools.dataType
        pageSize: tools.pageSize
        pageNumber: tools.pageNumber
        sortBy: tools.sortBy
        sortOrder: tools.sortOrder
        brandOwner: tools.brandOwner
        api_key: tools.api_key
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: search-foods-keywords-post
      description: Search Foods by Keywords (POST)
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: usda-ars-fooddata-central-food-search.searchfoodspost
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.