KFC
API key
Requests to the KFC API requires a KFC API key. This can be retrieved from the <script> tag at the end of the KFC homepage. Requests must come from a legitimate browser (determined by the user agent).
An example is shown below.
$ curl 'https://www.kfc.co.uk/ \
-H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/111.0'
...
<script>
...
{"nutritionInformation":"https://brand-uk.assets.kfc.co.uk/nutrition-allergens.pdf"},"orderOriginAnnotations":{"fingerprintEndpointUrl":"https://fp.platform.kfcapi.com","fingerprintApiKey":"E8uHaPCQYVV9mgTDF2pB","fingerprintRegion":"eu"},"validation":{"regex":{"currency":"/^\\d+(\\.|\\,)\\d\\d$/","phoneNumber":"/^0[1237]\\d{8,9}$/","loyaltyCard":"/^\\d{8}-?\\d{3}$/","email":"/^(([^\u0026lt;\u0026gt;()[\\]\\\\.,;:\\s@\"]+(\\.[^\u0026lt;\u0026gt;()[\\]\\\\.,;:\\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\\[[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\\-0-9]+\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/","basicPassword":"/^(?!.* )(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9]).{8,}$/","number":"/^-?\\d*(\\.\\d+)?$/","dob":"/^\\d{4}-([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])-([1-9]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$/","userName":"/^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9 ]{1,}$/"}},"apiEndpoints":{"aggregatorv3":"/aggregators?city={city}\u0026lat={latitude}\u0026lng={longitude}\u0026postcode={postcode}"},"modeType":{"delivery":"Delivery","clickAndCollect":"ClickAndCollect","findRestaurant":"FindRestaurant"},"firebase":{"apiKey":"AIzaSyBfxHNPT4ZXUsZ53PYKRrJ3ihji6V4LgP4","authDomain":"kfc-uki.firebaseapp.com","databaseURL":"https://kfc-uki.firebaseio.com","projectId":"kfc-uki","storageBucket":"kfc-uki.appspot.com","messagingSenderId":"370388072022","appId":"1:370388072022:web:21b082985df244f42cedf7","measurementId":"G-2ZFPMGWCJ5"},"careerUrl":"https://careers.kfc.co.uk/members/oauth/api","enableBasketUpsell":true,"oneTrust":{"ID":"90b34549-608d-410c-ab2b-262c91ce2ae5"},"braze":{"sdkEndpoint":"sdk.fra-01.braze.eu","sdkKey":"5ad9b4c0-4479-4fdd-a85a-509f317506a3"},"brandWebsiteUrl":"https://www.kfc.co.uk/","nutritionLink":"https://brand-uk.assets.kfc.co.uk/nutrition-allergens.pdf","deliveryFeeApiName":"Delivery fee","serviceFeeApiName":"Service fee","aggregator":true,"deliveryAddressMap":{"zoom":"18","minZoom":"17","maxZoom":"18","maxDistanceInMeters":"200"},"orderHistory":{"OrderHistoryTile":{"backDays":"180","maxOrdernumber":"20"}},"languageVersion":"189","kfcDeliveryDistanceLimit":"200","smallOrderFeeApiName":"Small order fee","upsellsURL":"https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/qa-kiosk.kfc.co.uk/upsells/prompts.json","routesParams":{"productId":"pid","categoryId":"cid","localise":"localise","localiseForDelivery":"delivery-localise","localiseForCollect":"collect-localise"},"webClearBasketAfterMinutes":"360"}}}},"page":"/","query":{},"buildId":"PoNtM0VQqWb9Q26Eh3ojt","runtimeConfig":{"APP_TYPE":"website","NEXT_API":"https://www.kfc.co.uk","CMS_API":"https://uk.kfc-cms.com","KFC_API":"https://prod.kfcapi.com/api/v1","KFC_API_V3":"https://prod.kfcapi.com/api/v3","KFC_API_OVERRIDES":"{}","API_KEY":"siYAzKattmaIHSwMV9OJYtaoP8SRq","APP_ENV_CODE":"UK-GB","DELIVERY_GRAPHQL_API":"https://delivery.platform.kfcapi.com/graphql","DELIVERY_GRAPHQL_API_KEY":"da2-g4p57iyxirctrfv7inygfmdtuq","COUNTRY_CODE":"GB","CODE_MARKET":"UK","LANGCODE":"en","GOOGLE_API_KEY":"AIzaSyApKSHDYIv9udfHvZB34WB6sAGZYojr97E","RECAPTCHA_KEY":"6LcQBdoaAAAAAF8W2ucXcvQfO3wGQtrvpw2aVZRK","ROBOT_TXT":"https://brand-uk.assets.kfc.co.uk/robots_GB.txt","SITEMAP_URL":"https://brand-uk.assets.kfc.co.uk/sitemap_GB.xml","ENVIRONMENT":"production","KFC_SITES":"{\"GB\":\"https://www.kfc.co.uk\",\"IE\":\"https://www.kfc.ie\"}","BUILD_NUMBER":"e6949418d76f97f221b04c997f433c81d7dbde8a","ONETRUST_ID":"90b34549-608d-410c-ab2b-262c91ce2ae5","DATADOG_APPLICATION_ID":"e6eccdc7-5923-492c-a098-06fb694f25f6","DATADOG_CLIENT_ID":"pub898e007f540bf332315d09b8196beac6","MPARTICLE_API_KEY":"us1-5867eed1788b2d4ca14fd7301f0629f5"},"isFallback":false,"customServer":true,"gip":true,"scriptLoader":[]}</script>
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KFC locations
The following API endpoint returns KFC locations based on a lookup string.
https://prod.kfcapi.com/api/v1/util/google/lookup?address=<LOCATION>&geotype=Google
Raw request
$ curl --compressed 'https://prod.kfcapi.com/api/v1/util/google/lookup?address=Gloucester&geotype=Google' \
-H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/111.0' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
-H 'Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.5' \
-H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br' \
-H 'Referer: https://www.kfc.co.uk/' \
-H 'x-api-key: siYAzKattmaIHSwMV9OJYtaoP8SRq' \
-H 'codemarket: UK' \
-H 'countrycode: GB' \
-H 'langcode: en' \
-H 'Origin: https://www.kfc.co.uk' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Site: cross-site' \
-H 'Connection: keep-alive' \
-H 'Pragma: no-cache' \
-H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
-H 'TE: trailers'
Minimum required headers
Only the following headers are required:
-
codemarket -
countrycode -
x-api-key
Example values are shown in the curl request below.
$ curl --compressed 'https://prod.kfcapi.com/api/v1/util/google/lookup?address=Gloucester&geotype=Google' \
-H 'codemarket: UK' \
-H 'countrycode: GB' \
-H 'x-api-key: siYAzKattmaIHSwMV9OJYtaoP8SRq'
Example response
[
{
"description": "Gloucester, UK",
"matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"place_id": "ChIJz_Lr9vv9cEgRzxnoIZabcOw",
"reference": "ChIJz_Lr9vv9cEgRzxnoIZabcOw",
"structured_formatting": {
"main_text": "Gloucester",
"main_text_matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"secondary_text": "UK"
},
"terms": [
{
"offset": 0,
"value": "Gloucester"
},
{
"offset": 12,
"value": "UK"
}
],
"types": [
"locality",
"political",
"geocode"
]
},
{
"description": "Gloucestershire, UK",
"matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"place_id": "ChIJvWBKlTVTcEgRYidBWWOI7Dc",
"reference": "ChIJvWBKlTVTcEgRYidBWWOI7Dc",
"structured_formatting": {
"main_text": "Gloucestershire",
"main_text_matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"secondary_text": "UK"
},
"terms": [
{
"offset": 0,
"value": "Gloucestershire"
},
{
"offset": 17,
"value": "UK"
}
],
"types": [
"administrative_area_level_2",
"political",
"geocode"
]
},
{
"description": "Gloucester Road, Kensington, London, UK",
"matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"place_id": "EidHbG91Y2VzdGVyIFJvYWQsIEtlbnNpbmd0b24sIExvbmRvbiwgVUsiLiosChQKEgnzHEc5XQV2SBHWVE8x6AIEjBIUChIJNxJ0UPQPdkgRXik3cFTbw-0",
"reference": "EidHbG91Y2VzdGVyIFJvYWQsIEtlbnNpbmd0b24sIExvbmRvbiwgVUsiLiosChQKEgnzHEc5XQV2SBHWVE8x6AIEjBIUChIJNxJ0UPQPdkgRXik3cFTbw-0",
"structured_formatting": {
"main_text": "Gloucester Road",
"main_text_matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"secondary_text": "Kensington, London, UK"
},
"terms": [
{
"offset": 0,
"value": "Gloucester Road"
},
{
"offset": 17,
"value": "Kensington"
},
{
"offset": 29,
"value": "London"
},
{
"offset": 37,
"value": "UK"
}
],
"types": [
"route",
"geocode"
]
},
{
"description": "Gloucester Road Station, Gloucester Road, London, UK",
"matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"place_id": "ChIJEVVNPV4FdkgREWjenJPqiBI",
"reference": "ChIJEVVNPV4FdkgREWjenJPqiBI",
"structured_formatting": {
"main_text": "Gloucester Road Station",
"main_text_matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"secondary_text": "Gloucester Road, London, UK"
},
"terms": [
{
"offset": 0,
"value": "Gloucester Road Station"
},
{
"offset": 25,
"value": "Gloucester Road"
},
{
"offset": 42,
"value": "London"
},
{
"offset": 50,
"value": "UK"
}
],
"types": [
"premise",
"geocode"
]
},
{
"description": "Gloucester Green, Oxford, UK",
"matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"place_id": "ChIJ3TUITKTGdkgRF0rXBjwx5A8",
"reference": "ChIJ3TUITKTGdkgRF0rXBjwx5A8",
"structured_formatting": {
"main_text": "Gloucester Green",
"main_text_matched_substrings": [
{
"length": 10,
"offset": 0
}
],
"secondary_text": "Oxford, UK"
},
"terms": [
{
"offset": 0,
"value": "Gloucester Green"
},
{
"offset": 18,
"value": "Oxford"
},
{
"offset": 26,
"value": "UK"
}
],
"types": [
"neighborhood",
"political",
"geocode"
]
}
]