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BigOven Collection API

The Collection API from BigOven — 3 operation(s) for collection.

BigOven Collection API is one of 7 APIs that BigOven publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Collection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, pricing, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api2.bigoven.com.

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api2.bigoven.com
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

BigOven Collection API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-BigOven-API-Key (api_key). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basic).

  • api_key — Pass your apikey in the header (recommended) or as a URL parameter. For the URL parameter, use apikey. For the header, send it as a header value for: X-BigOven…
  • basic — Basic HTTP Authentication is used for those endpoint calls where you want to act as a BigOven user -- e.g., to get the list of favorites of a signed-in user, o…

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Collection 3
GET
/collection/{id}
Gets a recipe collection. A recipe collection is a curated set of recipes.
Collection_GetCollection 5 params → 200
GET
/collection/{id}/meta
Gets a recipe collection metadata. A recipe collection is a curated set of recipes.
Collection_GetCollectionMeta 1 param → 200
GET
/collections
Get the list of current, seasonal recipe collections. From here, you can use the /collection/{id} endpoint to retrieve the recipes in those collections.
Collection_Collections 1 param → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeInfox (18 properties), BigOven.Model.API2.CollectionInfo (11 properties), BigOven.Model.API2.UserInfoTinyx (5 properties), BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeSearchResult (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BigOven.Model.API2.UserInfoTinyx
object
5 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.CollectionInfo
object
11 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeInfox
object
18 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeSearchResult
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigoven-collection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs BigOven publishes across the network.

BigOven GroceryList API
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BigOven Me API
BigOven Note API
BigOven Recipe API
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