About TheCocktailDB was built in 2015 to provide a free data source api for drinks online
in the hope that developers would build applications and cool projects ontop of it.
TheCocktailDB originated on the
Kodi forums as a way to browse cocktail recipes on your TV.
![](../images/kodi_addon.jpg)
There are also some supporting Apps
JavaScript https://www.npmjs.com/package/cocktail-api-search
Many developers have since contributed to the project and built apps on top of it. You can see some of them listed below:
![](../images/kodi_logo.png)
TheCocktailDB is also used by universities to tech web design and programming as it has an easy to use API and cool content.
![](../images/uni.png)
There are also some chatbots available that use our API:
Discord https://github.com/Richardson-Media-House/Kirbi/
And used in Apps for
Android and
iPhone!
![](../images/iphone3.jpeg)
There is also an app created for the
pebble smart watch!
![](../images/pebble.jpg)