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== TODO ==
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* <strike>Translate the data page (http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data) in English</strike> and make it available on all subdomains
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[[Category:Developer]] [[Category:API]]
* Document all current API
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The API (Application Programming Interface) is the way an application can enter in dialogue with Open Food Facts application server.
* Write further API specifications
 
  
== API Basic Documentation ==
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All information about the API can be found [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ in the documentation].
=== Reading a product ===
 
See http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data or http://en.openfoodfacts.org/data
 
 
 
 
 
=== Searching for products ===
 
 
 
You can add &jqm=1 to search results pages on the web site to get results in a jquerymobile format.
 
 
 
Also:
 
* sort_by=unique_scans_n
 
* page_size=50 (20 by default, 1000 at most)
 
* page=2
 
 
 
e.g. http://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?search_terms=coke&search_simple=1&jqm=1
 
 
 
=== 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
 

Latest revision as of 14:04, 5 September 2023

The API (Application Programming Interface) is the way an application can enter in dialogue with Open Food Facts application server.

All information about the API can be found in the documentation.