Merran documentation API & integrations
Start another household
POST
/api/households
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/api/households';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: { cookie: 'merran.session_token=<merran.session_token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: '{"name":"Grandma\'s kitchen"}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url http://localhost:3000/api/households \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --cookie merran.session_token=<merran.session_token> \ --data '{ "name": "Grandma'\''s kitchen" }'Server admins only, for now. You become its owner, and it becomes the one in use on this device.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”Media typeapplication/json
object
name
required
string
Example
{ "name": "Grandma's kitchen"}Responses
Section titled “Responses”Started.
Media typeapplication/json
object
id
required
string
name
required
string
country
required
string | null
currency
required
string | null
timeZone
required
string
weekStartsOn
required
integer
meals
required
The meals filled for it (by Fill the week and Plan each week), in a day’s order: every meal until it opts out of some. Any meal can be planned by hand.
Array<string>
role
required
string
Example
{ "id": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-000000000003", "name": "The Riveras", "country": "US", "currency": "USD", "timeZone": "America/Phoenix", "weekStartsOn": 0, "meals": [ "dinner" ], "role": "owner"}Not signed in.
Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required
string
message
required
string
fields
object
key
additional properties
string
Example
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "There's nothing here.", "fields": { "name": "Give it a name." } }}Not allowed.
Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required
string
message
required
string
fields
object
key
additional properties
string
Example
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "There's nothing here.", "fields": { "name": "Give it a name." } }}© 2026 Kyle Johnson. Documentation: CC BY 4.0. Merran: AGPL-3.0-or-later.