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== API Redesign ==
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[[Category:Developer]] [[Category:API]]
The API (Application Programming Interface) is the way an application can enter in dialogue with Open Food Facts application server.


Currently the API is mainly used internally for [[Project:Mobile_Apps|Cordova application]], but does not follow good practices in API design.
All information about the API can be found [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ in the documentation].
 
And since its the [https://openfoodfacts.uservoice.com/forums/163583-general/filters/top most requested feature on UserVoice], project was launched to evolve the API.
 
== TODO ==
* <strike>Translate the data page (http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data) in English</strike> and make it available on all subdomains
* Document all current API
* Write further API specifications
 
== API Basic Documentation ==
=== Reading a product ===
See http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data or http://en.openfoodfacts.org/data
 
The requested subdomain will be the locale fetched.
 
=== 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
<pre>
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}
</pre>
*
<pre>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</pre>

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.