Recipes API

Search and sort community plugins.

Quickstart

Execute a search at https://usetrmnl.com/recipes, then append JSON to the URL.

# search for "weather"
https://usetrmnl.com/recipes?search=weather&sort-by=newest

# in JSON format
https://usetrmnl.com/recipes.json?search=weather&sort-by=newest

List Recipes

GET /recipes.json

This endpoint is in alpha testing and may be moved (to /api/recipes) or changed (to /api/plugins) before the end of 2025.

Example Request https://usetrmnl.com/recipes.json?sort-by=install

Query Params

All are optional.

Name
Type
Description

search

string

Name of the plugin (partial match OK)

sort-by

string

Option by which to rank results

user_id

integer

ID of the author, e.g. 51

Valid sort-by options:

  • oldest

  • newest

  • popularity

  • fork

  • install

Example Response

{
  "data": [{
      "id": 49610,
      "name": "Weather Chum",
      "published_at": "2025-05-14T05:32:00.000Z",
      "icon_url": "https://trmnl-public.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ajjlbek4cabcvhk3s1lxggn8cgon",
      "screenshot_url": "https://trmnl.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/qv5d2r4hg4gxe0tnwhiatdfhuqzj?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22plugin-2025-04-30T19-47-15Z-21f687%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27plugin-2025-04-30T19-47-15Z-21f687&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA47CRUQUU4VKBBMOF%2F20251024%2Fus-east-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251024T210603Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=c5795146177d7f539b0743890018338b8a9d7188d685d1e54dde83d842eb404d",
      "author_bio": null,
      "custom_fields": [
        {
          "keyname": "user_location",
          "field_type": "string",
          "name": "Weather Location",
          "placeholder": "New York, NY",
          "description": "Choose a location",
          "help_text": "Please be precise. Examples: \u003C/br\u003E Paris, France (City/country) \u003C/br\u003E 10101 (Pass US Zipcode, UK Postcode, Canada Postal code)\u003C/br\u003E 33.7501,84.3885 (Lat/long)\u003C/br\u003E",
          "required": true
        },
        {
          "keyname": "metric",
          "name": "Temperature Metric",
          "description": "Celsius or Fahrenheit?",
          "field_type": "select",
          "options": [
            "Fahrenheit",
            "Celsius"
          ],
          "default": "Fahrenheit"
        }
      ],
      "stats": {
        "installs": 1,
        "forks": 1230
      }
  }],
  "total": 12,
  "from": 1,
  "to": 12,
  "per_page": 25,
  "current_page": 1,
  "prev_page_url": null,
  "next_page_url": "/recipes?page=2&search=weather&sort_by=popularity"
}

Get a single Recipe

GET /recipes/{id}.json

Example Request https://usetrmnl.com/recipes/16382.json

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 16382,
    "name": "Matrix",
    "published_at":"2025-02-10T11:33:00.000Z",
    "icon_url": "https://trmnl-public.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/mtpxyr22spnwjheeh5kv1p7tpk6n",
    "screenshot_url": "https://trmnl.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/jly9u094jtsc2bwmnhlnmwjnsokk?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22plugin-2025-04-10T12-47-23Z-776f51%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27plugin-2025-04-10T12-47-23Z-776f51&response-content-type=image%2Fbmp&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA47CRUQUU4VKBBMOF%2F20251024%2Fus-east-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251024T210933Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=828e75fc333464c3ba13654c70434d307a8ca48053cd102f4a10a55e953c3ce2",
    "author_bio": {
      "keyname": "doesnt_matter",
      "name": "About This Plugin",
      "field_type": "author_bio",
      "description": "Matrix brings the iconic digital rain from the movies to your screen. By default, it displays the current date in the classic style, but you can also customize it to show any message you want.",
      "category": "calendar,life"
    },
    "custom_fields": [
      {
        "keyname": "doesnt_matter",
        "name": "About This Plugin",
        "field_type": "author_bio",
        "description": "Matrix brings the iconic digital rain from the movies to your screen. By default, it displays the current date in the classic style, but you can also customize it to show any message you want.",
        "category": "calendar,life"
      },
      {
        "keyname": "message",
        "field_type": "string",
        "name": "Message",
        "default": "%date",
        "help_text": "%date to display current date"
      }
    ],
    "stats": {
      "installs": 25,
      "forks": 176
    }
  }
}

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