generated: '2026-08-12'
method: searched
source: https://platform.fatsecret.com/api-demo
kind: hosted-console
url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/api-demo
requires_credentials: false
requires_signup: false
note: >-
  fatsecret ships a hosted, no-signup API Demo rather than a sandbox environment. There is no
  test-vs-live key separation, no test mode, and no separate sandbox host — the demo calls the live
  catalog on fatsecret's own credentials and is the only way to exercise the API before registering.
  Profile-scoped methods (diary, weight, saved meals) are NOT exercisable in the demo, because they
  need a 3-legged OAuth 1.0a member authorization.
test_vs_live:
  separated: false
  key_prefixes: []
  modes: []
  note: >-
    One Consumer Key / Consumer Secret pair per registered application, valid against production
    only. Edition (Basic / Premier Free / Premier) determines capability and quota, not environment.
console:
  methods_exercisable:
    - Food Search
    - Autocomplete
    - Barcode Scanning
    - Recipe Search
    - Natural Language Processing
    - Image Recognition
  controls:
    - region selector (market)
    - language selector
test_values:
  - kind: barcode
    region: US
    value: '0041570054161'
    source: https://platform.fatsecret.com/api-demo
    note: >-
      Published sample GTIN-13 on the demo's barcode tab; the demo publishes further per-country
      samples in the same selector. Recorded verbatim — no test values were invented.
constraints:
  - surface: Natural Language Processing
    limit: A maximum of 1000 characters is supported
  - surface: Image Recognition
    limit: images of 256x256 or 512x512 pixels recommended
  - surface: Barcode Scanning
    limit: GTIN-13 format
test_clocks: false
fixtures: false
trigger_tooling: false