Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts API v2

The Open Food Facts read/write HTTP API, version 2 — product lookup by barcode, faceted and full-text search, image upload and product edit. Published by the project as an OpenAPI 3.1 document in the openfoodfacts-server repository and rendered at the v2 reference.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 13

GET /api/v2/product/{code} Get Product Details #
POST /cgi/product_image_upload.pl Upload Product Image #
GET /cgi/ingredients.pl OCR on Ingredients #
POST /cgi/product_image_crop.pl Select and Crop Image #
GET /cgi/product_image_crop.pl Rotate Image #
POST /cgi/product_image_unselect.pl Unselect Image #
POST /cgi/product_jqm2.pl Edit Product #
GET /cgi/suggest.pl Get Suggestions #
GET /cgi/nutrients.pl Get Nutrients List #
GET /api/v2/attribute_groups Get Attribute Groups #
GET /api/v2/preferences Get Preferences Weights #
POST /cgi/session.pl Login Session #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-food-facts/refs/heads/main/openapi/open-food-facts-api-v2-openapi.yml
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OpenAPI
https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ref/api.yaml

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-food-facts/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

open-food-facts-api-v2-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Open Food Facts Open API
  description: 'As a developer, the Open Food Facts API allows you to get information

    and contribute to the products database. You can create great apps to

    help people make better food choices and also provide data to enhance the database.


    **IMPORTANT**: Please read the [API introduction](https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/) before using
    this API.

    '
  termsOfService: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/terms-of-use
  contact:
    name: Open Food Facts
    url: https://slack.openfoodfacts.org/
    email: reuse@openfoodfacts.org
  license:
    name: 'data: ODbL'
    url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/index.html
    x-identifier: ODbL-1.0
  version: '2'
externalDocs:
  description: '**IMPORTANT**: Please read the API introduction before using this API.

    '
  url: https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/
servers:
- description: dev
  url: https://world.openfoodfacts.net
- description: prod
  url: https://world.openfoodfacts.org


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