Extract Restaurant Menu from Website

Restaurant operators and delivery platforms use this recipe to convert public menu pages into structured menu data. Extract dishes, prices, descriptions, categories, and dietary notes from one page.

APIs Used

Website Extraction (1 credit per website extraction)

Prerequisites

You need an Iteration Layer API key. Get one at platform.iterationlayer.com during the 7-day trial.

For full integration guidance (SDKs, auth, MCP, error handling), see the Iteration Layer Integration Guide.

Implementation

curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/website-extraction/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://example.com/menu"
    },
    "schema": {
        "fields": [
            {
                "name": "menu_items",
                "type": "ARRAY",
                "description": "Menu items listed on the page",
                "fields": [
                    {
                        "name": "item_name",
                        "type": "TEXT",
                        "description": "Menu item name"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "category",
                        "type": "TEXT",
                        "description": "Menu category"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "price",
                        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
                        "description": "Menu item price"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "description",
                        "type": "TEXTAREA",
                        "description": "Menu item description"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "dietary_notes",
                        "type": "TEXT",
                        "description": "Dietary labels such as vegan or gluten-free"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}'

import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";
const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const result = await client.extractWebsite({
  file: {
    type: "url",
    url: "https://example.com/menu",
  },
  schema: {
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "menu_items",
        "type": "ARRAY",
        "description": "Menu items listed on the page",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "item_name",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Menu item name"
          },
          {
            "name": "category",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Menu category"
          },
          {
            "name": "price",
            "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
            "description": "Menu item price"
          },
          {
            "name": "description",
            "type": "TEXTAREA",
            "description": "Menu item description"
          },
          {
            "name": "dietary_notes",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Dietary labels such as vegan or gluten-free"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
});

from iterationlayer import IterationLayer
client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

result = client.extract_website(
    file={
        "type": "url",
        "url": "https://example.com/menu",
    },
    schema={
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "menu_items",
          "type": "ARRAY",
          "description": "Menu items listed on the page",
          "fields": [
            {
              "name": "item_name",
              "type": "TEXT",
              "description": "Menu item name"
            },
            {
              "name": "category",
              "type": "TEXT",
              "description": "Menu category"
            },
            {
              "name": "price",
              "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
              "description": "Menu item price"
            },
            {
              "name": "description",
              "type": "TEXTAREA",
              "description": "Menu item description"
            },
            {
              "name": "dietary_notes",
              "type": "TEXT",
              "description": "Dietary labels such as vegan or gluten-free"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
)

package main

import il "github.com/iterationlayer/sdk-go"

func main() {
	client := il.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

	result, err := client.ExtractWebsite(il.ExtractWebsiteRequest{
		File: il.UrlFileInput{
			Type: "url",
			Url: "https://example.com/menu",
		},
		Schema: il.ExtractionSchema{
			Fields: []any{
				il.ArrayFieldConfig{
					Name: "menu_items",
					Type: "ARRAY",
					Description: "Menu items listed on the page",
					Fields: []any{
						il.TextFieldConfig{
							Name: "item_name",
							Type: "TEXT",
							Description: "Menu item name",
						},
						il.TextFieldConfig{
							Name: "category",
							Type: "TEXT",
							Description: "Menu category",
						},
						il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
							Name: "price",
							Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
							Description: "Menu item price",
						},
						il.TextareaFieldConfig{
							Name: "description",
							Type: "TEXTAREA",
							Description: "Menu item description",
						},
						il.TextFieldConfig{
							Name: "dietary_notes",
							Type: "TEXT",
							Description: "Dietary labels such as vegan or gluten-free",
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_ = result
}

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Extract structured data from the public website page at [website URL]. Use the extract_website tool with this schema:

- menu_items (ARRAY): Menu items listed on the page. Each item has item_name (TEXT), category (TEXT), price (CURRENCY_AMOUNT), description (TEXTAREA), dietary_notes (TEXT)

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "menu_items": {
      "type": "ARRAY",
      "value": [
        {
          "item_name": "Roasted Vegetable Bowl",
          "category": "Mains",
          "price": 14.5,
          "description": "Seasonal vegetables with lemon tahini",
          "dietary_notes": "Vegan"
        }
      ],
      "confidence": 0.92,
      "citations": [
        "Roasted Vegetable Bowl - Vegan - 14.50"
      ],
      "source": "website.html"
    }
  }
}

Links

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