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BigOven Recipe API

The Recipe API from BigOven — 21 operation(s) for recipe.

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

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

This API exposes 23 operations across 21 paths, and defines 23 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.

23 operations 21 paths 23 schemas 1 DELETE15 GET6 POST1 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 Recipe 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 23

Across 21 paths, the API surfaces 23 operations — 1 DELETE, 15 GET, 6 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Recipe 23
POST
/recipe
Add a new recipe
Recipe_Post body → 200
PUT
/recipe
Update a recipe
Recipe_Put body → 200
GET
/recipe/autocomplete
Given a query, return recipe titles starting with query. Query must be at least 3 chars in length.
Recipe_AutoComplete 2 params → 200
GET
/recipe/autocomplete/all
Automatics the complete all recipes.
Recipe_AutoCompleteAllRecipes 2 params → 200
GET
/recipe/autocomplete/mine
Automatics the complete my recipes.
Recipe_AutoCompleteMyRecipes 2 params → 200
GET
/recipe/categories
Get a list of recipe categories (the ID field can be used for includecat in search parameters)
Recipe_Categories → 200
GET
/recipe/get/active/recipe
Returns last active recipe for the user
Recipe_GetActiveRecipe 1 param → 200
POST
/recipe/get/saved/step
Gets recipe single step as text
Recipe_GetStep 3 params → 200
POST
/recipe/get/step/number
Returns stored step number and number of steps in recipe
Recipe_GetStepNumber 2 params → 200
POST
/recipe/post/step
Stores recipe step number and returns saved step data
Recipe_GetSteps 3 params → 200
POST
/recipe/scan
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…
Recipe_Scan 4 params → 401402415500
GET
/recipe/steps/{id}
Return full Recipe detail with steps. Returns 403 if the recipe is owned by someone else.
Recipe_GetRecipeWithSteps 2 params → 200
DELETE
/recipe/{id}
Delete a Recipe (you must be authenticated as an owner of the recipe)
Recipe_Delete 1 param → 200
GET
/recipe/{id}
Return full Recipe detail. Returns 403 if the recipe is owned by someone else.
Recipe_Get 2 params → 200
GET
/recipe/{id}/zap
Zaps the recipe.
Recipe_ZapRecipe 1 param → 200
POST
/recipe/{recipeId}/feedback
Feedback on a Recipe -- for internal BigOven editors
Recipe_Feedback 1 param body → 200
GET
/recipe/{recipeId}/related
Get recipes related to the given recipeId
Recipe_Related 3 params → 200
GET
/recipes
Search for recipes. There are many parameters that you can apply. Starting with the most common, use titlekw to search within a title. Use anykw to search across the entire recipe. If you'd like to l…
Recipe_RecipeSearch 39 params → 200
GET
/recipes/random
Get a random, home-page-quality Recipe.
Recipe_GetRandomRecipe → 200
GET
/recipes/raves
Get the recipe/comment tuples for those recipes with 4 or 5 star ratings
Recipe_Raves 2 params → 200
GET
/recipes/recentviews
Get a list of recipes that the authenticated user has most recently viewed
Recipe_RecentViews 2 params → 200
GET
/recipes/top25random
Search for recipes. There are many parameters that you can apply. Starting with the most common, use titlekw to search within a title. Use anykw to search across the entire recipe. If you'd like to l…
Recipe_RecipeSearchRandom 37 params → 200
GET
/recipes/{id}
Same as GET recipe but also includes the recipe videos (if any)
Recipe_GetV2 2 params → 200

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API2.Models.Recipes.RecipeResponse (47 properties), BigOven.Model.API2.Recipe (46 properties), BigOven.Model.API.Recipe (45 properties), BigOven.Model.API.NutritionInfo (23 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BigOven.Model.API.IngredientInfo
object
4 properties
API2.Models.Recipes.RecipeVideoResponse
object
DTO used to return the details of a recipe video
4 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.UserInfoTinyx
object
5 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeInfox
object
18 properties
API2.Models.Recipes.RecipeResponse
object
DTO used to return a recipe with videos
47 properties
BigOven.Model.API.NutritionInfo
object
23 properties
API2.Models.Recipes.FeedbackDTO
object
1 property
BigOven.Model.RecipeInfoReviewTuple2
object
2 properties
BigOven.Model.API.UserInfo
object
13 properties
BigOven.Model.RecipeInfoDateTuple2
object
2 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.RecipeSearchResult
object
3 properties
BigOven.Model.API.Review
object
14 properties
BigOven.Result
object
3 properties
BigOven.Model.RecipeCategory
object
7 properties
BigOven.Model.API.Reply
object
6 properties
API2.Result
object
3 properties
System.Object
object
BigOven.Model.API.Recipe
object
45 properties
BigOven.Model.API.UserInfoTiny
object
5 properties
BigOven.Model.RecipeInfoTiny
object
5 properties
BigOven.Model.InstructionStep
object
3 properties
BigOven.Model.API.Ingredient
object
14 properties
BigOven.Model.API2.Recipe
object
46 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigoven-recipe-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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