Pull batch, recipe, and inventory data from Brewfather via its REST API
domain: brewfather.app · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
In Brewfather's Settings page, click Generate in the API section to create an API key, selecting the scopes needed (e.g. Read Batches, Edit Batches, Read Recipes, Read/Edit Inventory) — you can only have one API key per account at a time.
Authenticate by base64-encoding `userid:apikey` and sending it as `Authorization: Basic <encoded>` on every request.
Build against API v2, not v1 — Brewfather's docs flag v1 as deprecated and explicitly recommend migrating to v2; v2 also changed pagination to a `start_after` cursor (replacing v1's `offset`) and raised the rate limit.
Call GET https://api.brewfather.app/v2/batches (optionally filtered by `status`, with `include`/`complete` to control payload depth and `limit`/`start_after` for pagination) to list batches, or /v2/batches/:id for a single batch.
Call the inventory endpoints (e.g. /v2/inventory/fermentables, /hops, /miscs, /yeasts) to read stock levels, and PATCH the same paths with `inventory` or `inventory_adjust` to set or increment stock from an external system.
Respect the rate limit of 500 calls per hour per API key, and handle HTTP 429 responses by honoring the `Retry-After` header.
Known gotchas
v1 is deprecated and slated for discontinuation — build new integrations against v2, which uses `/v2/...` paths throughout (not `/v1/...`) and a different pagination scheme (`start_after` instead of `offset`); v1's rate limit (150/hour) is also lower than v2's (500/hour), so don't carry v1 assumptions into v2 code.
Only one API key can exist per account at a time; generating a new key replaces the previous one, which will break any other integration still using it.
Data is returned in metric units regardless of the account's display preferences, so unit conversion is the integration's responsibility.
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