# Open Food Facts API v2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-api-v2/  
**Provider:** Open Food Facts — https://apis.io/providers/open-food-facts/  
**Base URL:** https://world.openfoodfacts.net  
**Documentation:** https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ref-v2/

Open Food Facts API v2 is one of 12 APIs that [Open Food Facts](https://apis.io/providers/open-food-facts/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Product, Search, and Image. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

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.

## Operations (13)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | `/api/v2/search` | Search Products |
| 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 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-food-facts/refs/heads/main/openapi/open-food-facts-api-v2-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ref/api.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-food-facts/refs/heads/main/overlays/open-food-facts-api-v2-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-food-facts/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Open Food Facts APIs (11)

- [Open Food Facts API v3](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-api-v3/)
- [Open Prices API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-open-prices/)
- [Search-a-licious API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-search-a-licious/)
- [Folksonomy Engine API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-folksonomy/)
- [Facets Knowledge Panels API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-facets-knowledge-panels/)
- [NutriPatrol API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-nutripatrol/)
- [Open Food Facts Cgi API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-cgi-api/)
- [Open Food Facts Product API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-product-api/)
- [Open Food Facts Search API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-search-api/)
- [Open Food Facts Taxonomy API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-taxonomy-api/)
- [Open Food Facts Taxonomy Suggestions API](https://apis.io/apis/open-food-facts/open-food-facts-taxonomy-suggestions-api/)

## Tags

Product, Search, Image

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