Introduction

Version 1 of the Open Food Facts API has been developed organically since 2012, often according to specific needs (in particular the OFF app), and it has been modeled on the structure of the MongoDB database (which itself has evolved organically) and on the Web site (e.g. reusing or mimicking existing CGI forms).

As a result, version 1 of the API is not as standard / simple / easy / powerful / intuitive / documented etc. as it could be.

This page is to discuss the design of a better version 2 of the API.

Desired properties wishlist

What standards should the new API follow, what overally properties should it have etc.?

You can add what you want, and we can discuss it.

A documentation that matches the implementation
Non-breaking changes
A direct mapping to the MongoDB format
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