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<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>
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* 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.
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* 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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