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Open Food Facts API

world.openfoodfacts.org · Food

Food No Auth Free & Open Food Nutrition Barcodes

Open database of food products worldwide — 3.3M+ products with ingredients, nutritional facts, additives, labels, and allergens. Search by barcode or text. No API key required.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get product by barcode

Get Nutella product data by barcode.

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json

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curl -X GET "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json"
import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json",
)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/3017624010701.json";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET Search products

Search products by name.

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?json=1&action=process&page_size=5&search_terms=chocolate&search_simple=1

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curl -X GET "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?json=1&action=process&page_size=5&search_terms=chocolate&search_simple=1"
import requests
params = {
    "json": "1",
    "action": "process",
    "page_size": "5",
    "search_terms": "chocolate",
    "search_simple": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl');
url.searchParams.set('json', '1');
url.searchParams.set('action', 'process');
url.searchParams.set('page_size', '5');
url.searchParams.set('search_terms', 'chocolate');
url.searchParams.set('search_simple', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("json", "1")
	q.Set("action", "process")
	q.Set("page_size", "5")
	q.Set("search_terms", "chocolate")
	q.Set("search_simple", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "json" => "1",
  "action" => "process",
  "page_size" => "5",
  "search_terms" => "chocolate",
  "search_simple" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?" . http_build_query([
    "json" => "1",
    "action" => "process",
    "page_size" => "5",
    "search_terms" => "chocolate",
    "search_simple" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

Get Postman ↗
  1. No API key needed
  2. Barcode lookup: GET https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/{barcode}.json
  3. Try barcode 3017624010701 (Nutella) or 5449000000996 (Coca-Cola)
  4. Search: GET /cgi/search.pl?search_terms=organic+milk&json=1&page_size=5

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