Swiss Food Composition Database

Swiss Food Composition Database System API

The system API from Swiss Food Composition Database — 5 operation(s) for system.

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Operations 5

GET /webresources/BLV-api/components Get all used components #

GET /webresources/BLV-api/sets Get all used component sets #

GET /webresources/BLV-api/units Get all used units #

GET /webresources/BLV-api/groups Get all groups #

GET /webresources/BLV-api/versiondb Get version of the database #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Swiss Food Composition Database System API
tags:
- name: System
paths:
  /webresources/BLV-api/components:
    get:
      tags:
      - System
      summary: Get all used components
      description: Returns a list of components used in system
      operationId: getComponents
      parameters:
      - name: lang
        in: query
        description: Language in which components should be returned
        schema:
          type: string
          description: language
          default: en
          enum:
          - de
          - en
          - fr
          - it
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of components
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentWithSets'
  /webresources/BLV-api/sets:
    get:
      tags:
      - System
      summary: Get all used component sets
      description: Returns a list of component sets used in system
      operationId: getComponentSets
      parameters:
      - name: lang
        in: query
        description: Language in which component sets would be returned
        schema:
          type: string
          description: language
          default: en
          enum:
          - de
          - en
          - fr
          - it
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of component sets
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentSet'
  /webresources/BLV-api/units:
    get:
      tags:
      - System
      summary: Get all used units
      description: Returns a list of unit used in system
      operationId: getUnits
      parameters:
      - name: lang
        in: query
        description: Language in which unit should be returned
        schema:
          type: string
          description: language
          default: en
          enum:
          - de
          - en
          - fr
          - it
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of units
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Unit'
  /webresources/BLV-api/groups:
    get:
      tags:
      - System
      summary: Get all groups
      description: Returns a list of groups used in system
      operationId: getComponentGroups
      parameters:
      - name: lang
        in: query
        description: Language in which component groups should be returned
        schema:
          type: string
          description: language
          default: en
          enum:
          - de
          - en
          - fr
          - it
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of groups
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentGroup'
  /webresources/BLV-api/versiondb:
    get:
      tags:
      - System
      summary: Get version of the database
      description: Returns object indicating a version of the database
      operationId: getVersiondb
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of units
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Versiondb'
components:
  schemas:
    Unit:
      required:
      - code
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        code:
          maxLength: 2147483647
          minLength: 1
          type: string
    ComponentWithSets:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        code:
          type: string
        group:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        unit:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        sets:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentSet'
    ComponentSet:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
    ComponentGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        parentComponentGroup:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        componentgroupidcomponent:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        sort:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        getChildComponentGroup:
          type: array
          writeOnly: true
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentGroup'
    Versiondb:
      required:
      - idversion
      - versiontext
      type: object
      properties:
        idversion:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        versiontext:
          maxLength: 10
          minLength: 1
          type: string