Merran documentation API & integrations

Find more for a collection

POST

/api/collections/{collection}/find

const url = 'http://localhost:3000/api/collections/weeknight/find';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {cookie: 'merran.session_token=<merran.session_token>'}
};

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/collections/weeknight/find \
  --cookie merran.session_token=<merran.session_token>

Searches the web for more recipes in the collection’s theme that suit the household, as POST /discover does, and keeps them with the collection (its found). Needs a model that can search the web. With an API key, it needs the recipes: write permission.

Authorizations

session
apiKey

Parameters

Path Parameters

collection

required

string

Example

weeknight

Responses

202

Searching.

application/json

object

required

string

theme

required

string

collection

required

The starter collection it found more for (POST /collections/{collection}/find), or null.

string | null

status

required

Still searching, done, or failed (error says why).

string

Allowed values: searching done failed

error

required

string | null

recipes

required

Up to eight, each a page Merran opened and can import, no more than two from a site unless there aren’t others.

Array<object>

object

url

required

The recipe’s page, to import at POST /recipes/import.

string

name

required

string

site

required

string

minutes

required

number | null

photo

required

string | null

why

required

Why it’s a good pick.

string

createdAt

required

string format: date-time

updatedAt

required

string format: date-time

Example

{
  "id": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-00000000002d",
  "theme": "cozy fall soups",
  "collection": null,
  "status": "done",
  "error": null,
  "recipes": [
    {
      "url": "https://cooking.example/butternut-squash-soup",
      "name": "Roasted Butternut Squash Soup",
      "site": "cooking.example",
      "minutes": 60,
      "photo": "https://cooking.example/images/squash-soup.jpg",
      "why": "Vegetarian and freezes well, with the squash roasted for depth."
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-10-01T17:30:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T17:30:00.000Z"
}

401

Not signed in.

application/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."
    }
  }
}

403

Not allowed.

application/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."
    }
  }
}

404

No such collection.

application/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."
    }
  }
}

409

A search is going already.

application/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."
    }
  }
}