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| <Back to [[API/Read]](Required reading) | | <Back to [[API/Read]](Required reading) |
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| + | === Important === |
| '''Please send a User-Agent HTTP Header with the name of the app/service querying, the version, system and a url if you have one''', so that you are not blocked by mistake* | | '''Please send a User-Agent HTTP Header with the name of the app/service querying, the version, system and a url if you have one''', so that you are not blocked by mistake* |
| * e.g. User-Agent: CoolFoodApp - Android - Version 1.0 - https://coolfoodapp.com | | * e.g. User-Agent: CoolFoodApp - Android - Version 1.0 - https://coolfoodapp.com |
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| === Linked Data === | | === Linked Data === |
| ==== Link to Wikipedia and Wikidata ==== | | ==== Link to Wikipedia and Wikidata ==== |
− | Whenever possible, Open Food Facts entities are linked to Wikidata, and in turn to Wikipedia. What this means is that you get access to a trove of additional encyclopedic knowledge about food. You can for instance get: Wikipedia articles about Camembert, the translation of salt in many languages, the molecular structure of a cosmetic ingredient…<br> | + | * Whenever possible, Open Food Facts entities are linked to Wikidata, and in turn to Wikipedia. What this means is that you get access to a trove of additional encyclopedic knowledge about food. You can for instance get: Wikipedia articles about Camembert, the translation of salt in many languages, the molecular structure of a cosmetic ingredient…<br> |
− | We provide the Wikidata QID, which is an unambiguous, stable and reliable identifier for a concept that will be useful to actually retrieve info from Wikipedia and Wikidata. | + | * We provide the Wikidata QID, which is an unambiguous, stable and reliable identifier for a concept that will be useful to actually retrieve info from Wikipedia and Wikidata. |
| ===== Example ===== | | ===== Example ===== |
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| * Provide more context and more information about a specific Product, a Category of products, a Quality label, a Geography, a Brand, a Packaging material, an ingredient… | | * Provide more context and more information about a specific Product, a Category of products, a Quality label, a Geography, a Brand, a Packaging material, an ingredient… |
| * Perform checks or computations by mixing Wikidata information and Open Food Facts information (and possibly other APIs) | | * Perform checks or computations by mixing Wikidata information and Open Food Facts information (and possibly other APIs) |
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