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BigOven Me API

The Me API from BigOven — 6 operation(s) for me.

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

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 6 paths, and defines 10 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.

7 operations 6 paths 10 schemas 3 GET4 PUT

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 Me 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 7

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 3 GET, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Me 7
GET
/me
Indexes this instance.
Me_Index → 200
PUT
/me
Puts me.
Me_PutMe body → 200
PUT
/me/personal
Puts me personal.
Me_PutMePersonal body → 200
PUT
/me/preferences
Puts me preferences.
Me_PutMePreferences body → 200
GET
/me/preferences/options
Gets the options.
Me_GetOptions → 200
PUT
/me/profile
Puts me.
body → 200
GET
/me/skinny
Skinnies this instance.
Me_Skinny → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API2.Models.Profile (10 properties), API2.Models.Counts (6 properties), API2.Models.BigOvenUser (6 properties), API2.Models.Accounting (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API2.Models.Preference
object
1 property
API2.Models.Counts
object
6 properties
API2.Models.Personal
object
Personal level info -- email, location, etc.
2 properties
API2.Models.Location
object
3 properties
API2.Controllers.WebAPI.MeController.PreferenceOptions
object
1 property
API2.Controllers.WebAPI.MeController.EatingStyle
object
1 property
API2.Models.Profile
object
10 properties
API2.Models.BigOvenUser
object
An API2 wrapper object for a user
6 properties
API2.Models.Accounting
object
4 properties
API2.Controllers.WebAPI.MeController.Option
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigoven-me-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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