Food Interactions API

Overview

The Food Interactions API provides access to information about interactions between drugs and food items. It offers functionalities for searching food interactions based on drug names, pagination, and error handling. This API is valuable for applications in the healthcare industry, pharmaceutical research, and patient education.

Endpoint

GET https://www.britelink.io/api/v1/food_interactions

Authorization Header

Include an authorization header with your request:

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your API key obtained upon registration or from your API management dashboard.

Making a Request

Example Request using cURL

curl -X GET "https://www.britelink.io/api/v1/food_interactions" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Example Request using JavaScript

const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"; // Replace with your API key
const apiUrl = "https://www.britelink.io/api/v1/food_interactions";

fetch(apiUrl, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
  },
})
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((data) => console.log(data))
  .catch((error) => console.error("Error:", error));

Request Parameters

Customize your query with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
`cursor`	string	Cursor for pagination, indicating the starting point for the next batch of results.	No
`b`	integer	Batch size for pagination, up to a maximum of 250. Default is 25.	No
`n`	string	The name of the drug to search for food interactions. Supports fuzzy and exact matches.	No

Responses

HTTP 200: Success, returns a list of food interactions.
HTTP 404: No matching food interactions found.
HTTP 500: Internal server error.

Response Format

Responses are structured as JSON, providing food interactions grouped by drugs, with pagination support through nextCursor.

{
  "foodInteractions": [
    {
      "drugName": "Aspirin",
      "interactions": [
        {
          "id": "abc123",
          "advice": "Avoid taking aspirin with large quantities of alcohol to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding."
        },
        {
          "id": "def456",
          "advice": "Consume aspirin with food to minimize stomach irritation."
        }
        // Additional interactions...
      ]
    }
    // Additional drugs with interactions...
  ],
  "nextCursor": "nextCursorString"
}

Use Cases

Clinical Practice: Provide healthcare professionals with information about potential interactions between drugs and food, aiding in treatment decisions and patient counseling.
Patient Education: Empower patients to make informed choices about their medication regimen by understanding how food can impact drug effectiveness and safety.
Pharmaceutical Research: Incorporate knowledge about food interactions into drug development processes to optimize drug formulations and dosing recommendations.
Healthcare Information Systems: Integrate food interaction data into electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical decision support systems to enhance medication management and patient safety.

Best Practices

Use pagination to manage large datasets efficiently, ensuring smooth retrieval of food interaction information.
Support fuzzy search to accommodate variations in drug names and improve the user experience.
Implement robust error handling to gracefully manage situations where no food interactions match the specified criteria.

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