Elmariachimexicanfoodma APIelmariachimexicanfoodma.com ↗
Access the full menu, prices, descriptions, and ordering status for El Mariachi Mexican Food in Needham, MA via two simple API endpoints.
What is the Elmariachimexicanfoodma API?
The El Mariachi Mexican Food API gives developers access to the complete menu and item search capabilities for this Needham, MA restaurant across 2 endpoints. The get_menu endpoint returns all menu categories, item names, prices, descriptions, item counts, and live ordering status in a single call. The search_menu_item endpoint lets you query by partial item name to retrieve matching results with category context.
No input parameters required.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/71231a9c-f072-48e4-a48a-a4bd36597d51/get_menu' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Fetches the complete restaurant menu including all categories, items with prices and descriptions, ordering status (online/offline), and whether pickup ordering is available. Returns the full menu in a single request.
No input parameters required.
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"address": "Restaurant street address",
"categories": "Array of menu categories, each containing category name, item count, items array, and optional note",
"restaurant": "Restaurant name",
"ordering_status": "Current online ordering status: 'online' or 'offline'",
"pickup_available": "Whether pickup ordering is offered as an option"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"address": "73 Highland Ave, Needham, MA 02494",
"categories": [
{
"items": [
{
"name": "Tacos",
"price": "$11.40",
"item_id": "22",
"description": "Two tacos, egg, cheese and choice of meat."
},
{
"name": "Burritos",
"price": "$11.40",
"item_id": "23",
"description": "Egg, cheese, beans and choice of meat."
}
],
"category": "BREAKFAST ALL DAY",
"item_count": 3
},
{
"items": [
{
"name": "Tacos Mexican Style",
"price": "$6.68",
"item_id": "29",
"description": "Two corn tortillas, cilantro, onion, lime, hot salsa."
},
{
"name": "Burritos Small",
"price": "$12.45",
"item_id": "31",
"description": "Rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico, sour cream"
}
],
"category": "ALL DAY",
"item_count": 11
}
],
"restaurant": "El Mariachi Mexican Food Needham",
"ordering_status": "offline",
"pickup_available": true
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the Elmariachimexicanfoodma API
Menu Data
The get_menu endpoint returns the restaurant's full menu in one request. The response includes the restaurant name, address, and an array of categories, where each category contains a name, item count, the items array, and an optional note. Each item carries its name, price, and description. The response also includes ordering_status (either 'online' or 'offline') and pickup_available to reflect the current state of online ordering.
Item Search
The search_menu_item endpoint accepts a single required parameter, item_name, and performs a case-insensitive substring match across the menu. The matches array in the response includes each matched item's name, price, description, and the category it belongs to. The found boolean tells you immediately whether the query returned any results. Like get_menu, this endpoint also surfaces ordering_status and pickup_available so ordering context is always present.
Ordering Context
Both endpoints expose real-time ordering status fields. ordering_status reports whether online ordering is currently active, and pickup_available indicates whether pickup is offered. These fields make it straightforward to build menu displays that reflect actual availability without a separate status check.
The Elmariachimexicanfoodma API is a managed, monitored endpoint for elmariachimexicanfoodma.com — not a raw scraper you maintain. Every endpoint is automatically health-checked on a schedule, and when elmariachimexicanfoodma.com changes and a check fails, the API is automatically queued for repair and re-verified. It is built to keep working as the site underneath it changes.
This isn't an official elmariachimexicanfoodma.com API — it's an independent, maintained REST wrapper over public data. Where the source has no official API (or only a limited one), Parse gives you a stable contract over a source that never promised one, and keeps it current. Need a new endpoint or field? You can revise it yourself in plain English and the agent rebuilds it against the live site in minutes — contributing the change back to the shared API is free.
Will this API break when the source site changes?+
Is this an official API from the source site?+
Can I fix or extend this API myself if I need a new endpoint or field?+
What happens if I call an endpoint that has an issue?+
- Display the full El Mariachi menu with categories, prices, and descriptions on a third-party food aggregator site.
- Build a menu search widget that lets users find items by partial name and see price and category context.
- Check current online ordering status before surfacing an 'Order Now' button in a local restaurant app.
- Pull all item prices to monitor menu pricing changes over time.
- Filter menu categories to display only specific sections, such as tacos or burritos, on a curated landing page.
- Integrate pickup availability into a local dining guide to surface restaurants accepting pickup orders.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 200 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 100 req/min |
| Team | $300/mo | 20,000 | 300 req/min |
| Company | $1,000/mo | 100,000 | 500 req/min |
Each endpoint has a fixed posted price per successful call — most fall between 1 and 10 credits — shown on this API's page before you run it. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does El Mariachi Mexican Food have an official developer API?+
What does `get_menu` return beyond item names and prices?+
Does `search_menu_item` support filtering by category or price range?+
Does the API expose nutritional information or allergen data?+
How current is the ordering_status field?+
ordering_status and pickup_available fields reflect the current state returned at the time of the API call. Both get_menu and search_menu_item include these fields, so any call returns fresh ordering context without a separate request.