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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. |
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| == Status ==
| | All information about the API can be found [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ in the documentation]. |
| Currently the API is mainly used internally for [[Project:Mobile_Apps|Cordova application]], but does not follow good practices in API design.
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| It is also used by several application and while not yet stable, doesn't change much.
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| You can ask for help on using the API in this [[https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/messages/api/|Slack channel]]
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| == API Basic Documentation ==
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| === Reading a product ===
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| See http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data or http://en.openfoodfacts.org/data
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| The requested subdomain will be the locale fetched.
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| === Searching for products ===
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| You can add &jqm=1 to search results pages on the web site to get results in a jquerymobile format.
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| * sort_by=unique_scans_n
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| * page_size=50 (20 by default, 1000 at most)
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| * page=2
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| e.g. http://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?search_terms=coke&search_simple=1&jqm=1
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| === Posting photos ===
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| * Photos post on /cgi/product_image_upload.pl
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| code: the barcode
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| imagefield: "front"
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| imgupload_front : your image file
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| </pre>
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| === Posting a new product ===
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| * Product post to http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/product_jqm2.pl
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| <pre>
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| var foodfact = { barcode : '3073780969000', name : 'KIRI GOUTER 280G 8 PORTIONS', energy: 500, energy_unit: "kJ", weight: 282 };
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| var postData = {
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| code : foodfact.barcode,
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| user_id : "mesinfosnutritionelles",
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| password : "****",
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| product_name : foodfact.name?foodfact.name:foodfact.shop_label,
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| quantity : foodfact.weight?""+foodfact.weight+" g":undefined,
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| stores : "Intermarché",
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| nutriment_energy :foodfact.energy,
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| nutriment_energy_unit :foodfact.energy_unit,
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| nutrition_data_per :"serving"
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| {"status_verbose":"fields saved","status":1}
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| </pre>
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| <br>Example:<br>
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| <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>
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| == API Redesign ==
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| 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.
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| * [[Project:API:Additives]]
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| * [[Project:API:States]]
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| * [[Project:API:Statistics]]
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| * [[Project:API:Statistics Entry Dates]]
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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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| * Document all current API
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| * Write further API specifications
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