API

TODO

• Translate the data page (http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data) in English and make it available on all subdomains
• Document all APIs

API Basic Documentation

Reading a product

See http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data or http://en.openfoodfacts.org/data

Posting photos

• Photos post on /cgi/product_image_upload.pl

code: the barcode

imagefield: "front"

imgupload_front : your image file

Posting a new product

• Product post to http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/product_jqm2.pl

var foodfact = { barcode : '3073780969000', name : 'KIRI GOUTER 280G 8 PORTIONS', energy: 500, energy_unit: "kJ", weight: 282 };

var postData = {

code : foodfact.barcode,

user_id : "mesinfosnutritionelles",

password : "****",

product_name : foodfact.name?foodfact.name:foodfact.shop_label,

quantity : foodfact.weight?""+foodfact.weight+" g":undefined,

stores : "Intermarché",

nutriment_energy :foodfact.energy,

nutriment_energy_unit :foodfact.energy_unit,

nutrition_data_per :"serving"

{"status_verbose":"fields saved","status":1}

• code=3073780969000&user_id=usernameexample&password=*****&product_name=KIRI%20GOUTER%20280G%208%20PORTIONS&quantity=282%20g&stores=Intermarch%C3%A9&nutriment_energy=500&nutriment_energy_unit=kJ&nutrition_data_per=serving