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## Resource: Retrieve a Complete Menu Structure

## Article: Retrieve a Complete Menu Structure

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/restaurants/menus/retrieve-a-complete-menu-structure.md

## Article Content:

# Retrieve a Complete Menu Structure

This article guides you through the recommended process for fetching a complete menu structure, including all sub-entities, using the [Menus API](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/introduction.md).

The Wix Restaurants Menus system is organized hierarchically: menus contain sections, sections contain items, and items can have variants, modifier groups which in turn contain modifiers, and labels. 

```text
Menu
└── Sections
    └── Items
        ├── Item Modifier Groups
        │   └── Item Modifiers
        ├── Item Labels
        └── Item Variants
```

To retrieve all the information for a menu and it's sub-entities, you need to follow the relationships between these entities and make multiple API calls.

The end result is a complete, in-memory representation of your menu, ready for display or further processing.

To retrieve an entire menu:

1. Call [List Menus](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/menus/list-menus.md) or [Query Menus](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/menus/query-menus.md) and record the ID of the menu you want to retrieve.
2. Call [Get Menu](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/menus/get-menu.md) with the ID from the previous step. The response includes the menu's basic information and a list of section IDs (sectionIds).
3. Call [List Sections](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/sections/list-sections.md) with the section IDs to fetch all sections in a single call. Each section contains a list of item IDs (itemIds).
4. Call [List Items](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/items/list-items.md) with the collected item IDs to fetch all items.
5. For each item, call the following methods as needed to retrieve sub-entities:
   - Call [List Variants](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/item-variants/list-variants.md) with the variant IDs from the item's priceVariants.variants
   - Call [List Modifier Groups](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/item-modifier-groups/list-modifier-groups.md) with the modifier group IDs from the item's modifierGroups array.
   - For each modifier group, call [List Modifiers](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/item-modifiers/list-modifiers.md) with the modifier IDs to get modifiers.
   - Call [List Labels](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/item-labels/list-labels.md) with the label IDs from the item's labels array.


## Important considerations

- **Pagination**: Each List method supports pagination. For large menus, you may need to make multiple requests.
- **Business locations**: Menus and sections are tied to specific business locations, while items, variants, and modifiers can be shared across locations. Pay attention to the `businessLocationId` or `businessLocationIds` fields.
- **Performance optimization**: Call List or Query methods with multiple IDs instead of individual Get calls. Consider calling methods in parallel to reduce latency.
- **Query API**: For some entities, you may find it more efficient to use the Query methods, such as [Query Menus](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/menus/query-menus.md), or [Query Items](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/items/items/query-items.md), with filters, especially if you need to filter based on specific criteria.

## See also

- [About the Menus API](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/menus/introduction.md)
- [About Business Locations](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/restaurants/wix-restaurants-new/about-business-locations.md)