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GET /v1/ibu

Hop bitterness (IBU)

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/brewing-api/v1/ibu" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/brewing-api/v1/ibu", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/brewing-api/v1/ibu");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/brewing-api/v1/ibu",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "ibu": 16.1465,
        "note": "Tinseth IBU = (alpha-acid mg/L) × utilization, where utilization rises with boil time and falls with wort gravity.",
        "inputs": {
            "og": 1.05,
            "volume_l": 20,
            "weight_g": 28,
            "boil_time_min": 60,
            "alpha_acid_pct": 5
        },
        "utilization": 0.230664,
        "alpha_acid_mg_l": 70
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-05T03:09:01.942Z",
        "request_id": "67ef10d9-5abd-4548-8695-913f2768194f"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "IBU bitterness",
    "success": true
}