Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts Taxonomy API

The Taxonomy API from Open Food Facts — 1 operation(s) for taxonomy.

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Operations 1

GET /api/v2/taxonomy Retrieve taxonomy entries #

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OpenAPI Specification

open-food-facts-taxonomy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open Food Facts Cgi Taxonomy API
  description: Open Food Facts is a collaborative, free, and open database of food products from around the world. The HTTP API provides read access to product data by barcode, full-text and faceted search, and access to Open Food Facts taxonomies.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Open Food Facts
    url: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/
    email: reuse@openfoodfacts.org
  license:
    name: Open Database License (ODbL)
    url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
servers:
- url: https://world.openfoodfacts.org
  description: Worldwide instance
- url: https://{country}.openfoodfacts.org
  description: Country-specific instance
  variables:
    country:
      default: world
      description: Country subdomain (e.g., us, fr, de)
tags:
- name: Taxonomy
paths:
  /api/v2/taxonomy:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve taxonomy entries
      description: Look up canonical taxonomy entries (categories, labels, ingredients, etc.).
      operationId: getTaxonomy
      parameters:
      - name: tagtype
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - additives
          - allergens
          - brands
          - categories
          - countries
          - ingredients
          - labels
          - languages
          - origins
          - packaging
          - states
          - traces
      - name: tags
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated taxonomy tag identifiers.
      - name: fields
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Taxonomy entries.
      tags:
      - Taxonomy