500,000+ Recipe and Grocery List API (v2)
  1. Recipe
500,000+ Recipe and Grocery List API (v2)
  • Article
    • Get a food article
      GET
  • Collection
    • Gets a recipe collection. A recipe collection is a curated set of recipes.
      GET
    • Gets a recipe collection metadata. A recipe collection is a curated set of recipes.
      GET
    • Get the list of current, seasonal recipe collections. From here, you can use the /collection/{id} endpoint to retrieve the recipes in those collections.
      GET
  • GroceryList
    • Delete all the items on a grocery list; faster operation than a sync with deleted items.
    • Get the user's grocery list. User is determined by Basic Authentication.
    • Clears the checked lines.
    • Departmentalize a list of strings -- used for ad-hoc grocery list item addition
    • Add a single line item to the grocery list
    • /grocerylist/item/{guid} DELETE will delete this item assuming you own it.
    • Update a grocery item by GUID
    • Add a single line item to the grocery list
    • Add a Recipe to the grocery list. In the request data, pass in recipeId, scale (scale=1.0 says to keep the recipe the same size as originally posted), markAsPending (true/false) to indicate that the lines in the recipe should be marked in a
    • Synchronize the grocery list. Call this with a POST to /grocerylist/sync
  • Images
    • POST: /image/avatar Testing with Postman (validated 11/20/2015): 1) Remove the Content-Type header; add authentication information 2) On the request, click Body and choose "form-data", then add a line
    • Gets the pending by user.
    • POST: /recipe/{recipeId}/image?lat=42&lng=21&caption=this%20is%20my%20caption Note that caption, lng and lat are all optional, but must go on the request URI as params because this endpoint needs a multip
    • Get all the images for a recipe. DEPRECATED. Please use /recipe/{recipeId}/photos.
    • Get all the photos for a recipe
    • Gets a list of RecipeScan images for the recipe. There will be at most 3 per recipe.
  • Me
    • Indexes this instance.
    • Puts me.
    • Puts me personal.
    • Puts me preferences.
    • Gets the options.
    • Puts me.
    • Skinnies this instance.
  • Recipe
    • Add a new recipe
      POST
    • Update a recipe
      PUT
    • Given a query, return recipe titles starting with query. Query must be at least 3 chars in length.
      GET
    • Automatics the complete all recipes.
      GET
    • Automatics the complete my recipes.
      GET
    • Get a list of recipe categories (the ID field can be used for include_cat in search parameters)
      GET
    • Returns last active recipe for the user
      GET
    • Gets recipe single step as text
      POST
    • Returns stored step number and number of steps in recipe
      POST
    • Stores recipe step number and returns saved step data
      POST
    • POST an image as a new RecipeScan request 1) Fetch the filename -- DONE 2) Copy it to the pics/scan folder - ENSURE NO NAMING COLLISIONS -- DONE 3) Create 120 thumbnail size in pics/scan/120 -- DONE
      POST
    • Return full Recipe detail with steps. Returns 403 if the recipe is owned by someone else.
      GET
    • Delete a Recipe (you must be authenticated as an owner of the recipe)
      DELETE
    • Return full Recipe detail. Returns 403 if the recipe is owned by someone else.
      GET
    • Zaps the recipe.
      GET
    • Feedback on a Recipe -- for internal BigOven editors
      POST
    • Get recipes related to the given recipeId
      GET
    • Search for recipes. There are many parameters that you can apply. Starting with the most common, use title_kw to search within a title. Use any_kw to search across the entire recipe. If you'd like to limit by course, set the para
      GET
    • Get a random, home-page-quality Recipe.
      GET
    • Get the recipe/comment tuples for those recipes with 4 or 5 star ratings
      GET
    • Get a list of recipes that the authenticated user has most recently viewed
      GET
    • Search for recipes. There are many parameters that you can apply. Starting with the most common, use title_kw to search within a title. Use any_kw to search across the entire recipe. If you'd like to limit by course, set the para
      GET
    • Same as GET recipe but also includes the recipe videos (if any)
      GET
  • Review
    • DELETE a reply to a given review. Authenticated user must be the one who originally posted the reply.
    • Update (PUT) a reply to a given review. Authenticated user must be the original one that posted the reply.
    • Get a given review by string-style ID. This will return a payload with FeaturedReply, ReplyCount. Recommended display is to list top-level reviews with one featured reply underneath. Currently, the FeaturedReply is the most rece
    • Update a given top-level review.
    • Get a paged list of replies for a given review.
    • POST a reply to a given review. The date will be set by server. Note that replies no longer have star ratings, only top-level reviews do.
    • Get *my* review for the recipe {recipeId}, where "me" is determined by standard authentication headers
    • Add a new review. Only one review can be provided per {userId, recipeId} pair. Otherwise your review will be updated.
    • DEPRECATED! - Deletes a review by recipeId and reviewId. Please use recipe/review/{reviewId} instead.
    • Get a given review - DEPRECATED. See recipe/review/{reviewId} for the current usage. Beginning in January 2017, BigOven moded from an integer-based ID system to a GUID-style string-based ID system for reviews and replies. We are
    • HTTP PUT (update) a recipe review. DEPRECATED. Please see recipe/review/{reviewId} PUT for the new endpoint. We are moving to a string-based primary key system, no longer integers, for reviews and replies.
    • Get paged list of reviews for a recipe. Each review will have at most one FeaturedReply, as well as a ReplyCount.
  • Note
    • HTTP POST a new note into the system.
    • Delete a review do a DELETE Http request of /note/{ID}
    • Get a given note. Make sure you're passing authentication information in the header for the user who owns the note.
    • HTTP PUT (update) a Recipe note (RecipeNote).
    • recipe/100/notes
  1. Recipe

Search for recipes. There are many parameters that you can apply. Starting with the most common, use title_kw to search within a title. Use any_kw to search across the entire recipe. If you'd like to limit by course, set the para

GET
/recipes/top25random
Recipe
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request GET 'https://api2.bigoven.com/recipes/top25random'
Response Response Example
{
    "ResultCount": 0,
    "Results": [
        {
            "Category": "string",
            "CreationDate": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
            "Cuisine": "string",
            "HasVideos": true,
            "IsBookmark": true,
            "IsPrivate": true,
            "IsRecipeScan": true,
            "Microcategory": "string",
            "PhotoUrl": "string",
            "Poster": {
                "FirstName": "string",
                "LastName": "string",
                "PhotoUrl": "string",
                "UserID": 0,
                "UserName": "string"
            },
            "RecipeID": 0,
            "ReviewCount": 0,
            "Servings": 0,
            "StarRating": 0,
            "Subcategory": "string",
            "Title": "string",
            "TotalTries": 0,
            "WebURL": "string"
        }
    ],
    "SpellSuggest": "string"
}

Request

Query Params
any_kw
string 
optional
Search anywhere in the recipe for the keyword
folder
string 
optional
Search in a specific folder name for the authenticated user
coll
integer 
optional
Limit to a collection ID number
filter
string 
optional
optionally set to either "myrecipes", "try", "favorites","added" to filter to just the authenticated user's recipe set
title_kw
string 
optional
Search just in the recipe title for the keyword
userId
integer 
optional
Set the target userid to search their public recipes
username
string 
optional
Set the target username to search their public recipes
token
string 
optional
photos
string 
optional
if set to true, limit search results to photos only
boostmine
string 
optional
if set to true, boost my own recipes in my folders so they show up high in the list (at the expense of other sort orders)
include_cat
string 
optional
integer of the subcategory you'd like to limit searches to (see the /recipe/categories endpoint for available id numbers). For instance, 58 is "Main Dish > Casseroles".
exclude_cat
string 
optional
like include_cat, set this to an integer to exclude a specific category
include_primarycat
string 
optional
csv indicating up to three top-level categories -- valid values are [appetizers,bread,breakfast,desserts,drinks,maindish,salads,sidedish,soups,marinades,other]
exclude_primarycat
string 
optional
csv indicating integer values for up to 3 top-level categories -- valid values are 1...11 [appetizers,bread,breakfast,desserts,drinks,maindish,salads,sidedish,soups,marinades,other]
include_ing
string 
optional
A CSV representing up to 3 ingredients to include, e.g., tomatoes,corn%20%starch,chicken
exclude_ing
string 
optional
A CSV representing up to 3 ingredients to exclude (Powersearch-capable plan required)
cuisine
string 
optional
Limit to a specific cuisine. Cooks can enter anything free-form, but the few dozen preconfigured values are Afghan,African,American,American-South,Asian,Australian,Brazilian,Cajun,Canadian,Caribbean,Chinese,Croatian,Cuban,Dessert,Eastern European,English,French,German,Greek,Hawaiian,Hungarian,India,Indian,Irish,Italian,Japanese,Jewish,Korean,Latin,Mediterranean,Mexican,Middle Eastern,Moroccan,Polish,Russian,Scandanavian,Seafood,Southern,Southwestern,Spanish,Tex-Mex,Thai,Vegan,Vegetarian,Vietnamese
db
string 
optional
userset
string 
optional
If set to a given username, it'll force the search to filter to just that username
servingsMin
number 
optional
Limit to yield of a given number size or greater. Note that cooks usually enter recipes by Servings, but sometimes they are posted by "dozen", etc. This parameter simply specifies the minimum number for that value entered in "yield."
totalMins
integer 
optional
Optional. If supplied, will restrict results to recipes that can be made in {totalMins} or less. (Convert "1 hour, 15 minutes" to 75 before passing in.)
maxIngredients
integer 
optional
Optional. If supplied, will restrict results to recipes that can be made with {maxIngredients} ingredients or less
minIngredients
integer 
optional
Optional. If supplied, will restrict results to recipes that have at least {minIngredients}
vtn
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to vegetarian (Powersearch-capable plan required)
vgn
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to vegan (Powersearch-capable plan required)
chs
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to contains-cheese (Powersearch-capable plan required)
glf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to gluten-free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
ntf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to nut-free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
dyf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to dairy-free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
sff
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to seafood-free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
slf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to shellfish-free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
tnf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to tree-nut free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
wmf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to white-meat free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
rmf
integer 
optional
when set to 1, limit to red-meat free (Powersearch-capable plan required)
cps
integer 
optional
when set to 1, recipe contains pasta, set to 0 means contains no pasta (Powersearch-capable plan required)
champion
integer 
optional
optional. When set to 1, this will limit search results to "best of" recipes as determined by various internal editorial and programmatic algorithms. For the most comprehensive results, don't include this parameter.
synonyms
string 
optional
optional, default is false. When set to true, BigOven will attempt to apply synonyms in search (e.g., excluding pork will also exclude bacon)

Responses

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application/json
Body
ResultCount
integer <int32>
optional
Results
array[object (BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeInfox) {18}] 
optional
Category
string 
optional
CreationDate
string <date-time>
optional
Cuisine
string 
optional
HasVideos
boolean 
optional
IsBookmark
boolean 
optional
IsPrivate
boolean 
optional
IsRecipeScan
boolean 
optional
Microcategory
string 
optional
PhotoUrl
string 
optional
Poster
object (BigOven.Model.API2.UserInfoTinyx) 
optional
RecipeID
integer <int32>
optional
ReviewCount
integer <int32>
optional
Servings
number <double>
optional
StarRating
number <double>
optional
Subcategory
string 
optional
Title
string 
optional
TotalTries
integer <int32>
optional
WebURL
string 
optional
SpellSuggest
string 
optional
Modified at 2022-09-11 17:38:59
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