API

Status

Currently the API is mainly used internally for Cordova application, but does not follow good practices in API design. It is also used by several application and while not yet stable, doesn't change much. You can ask for help on using the API in this [channel]

Testing

• You should do all your test edits on http://world.openfoodfacts.net (ask for the password on Slack)
• Do not hesitate to create a global account for your app if you don't want to implement Open Food Facts user creation in your app right now.

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

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

/cgi/product_image_upload.pl

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}

Example:

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

API Redesign

And since its the most requested feature on UserVoice, project was launched to evolve the API.

• Project:API:Additives
• Project:API:States
• Project:API:Statistics
• Project:API:Statistics Entry Dates

TODO

• Translate the data page (http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/data) in English and make it available on all subdomains
• Document all current API
• Write further API specifications