foodprint

API

Data information

Group : group of the food product.
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getGroups : in order to get all the existing groups.
    getProductsByGroup : in order to get all the products of a certain group with their data.
    firstBestProductByGroup (premium endpoint) : in order to get the "x" products that have the best footprint in a given category, "x" being the number of your choice. 
    bestProductsByGroup (premium endpoint) : in order to get the full ranking of the given group products.

The last two endpoints are excellent for people wanting to improve their food consumption and reduce their personnal carbon footprint.
Example : meat, fish, eggs.

Category : precision of the group of the food product.
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getCategories : in order to get all the existing categories.
    getProductsByCategory : in order to get all the products of a certain category with their data.
Example : fruit.

Name : name of the product (in english)
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getProductByName : in order to get the product data you're looking for.
Example : Abondance cheese.

French_name : name of the product (in french)
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getProductByFrenchName : in order to get the product data you're looking for if you're searching the products in french.
Example : Abondance.

Rating_quality : quality of the footprint field. rated from 1 = big confidence in the rating to 5 = very approximative rating due to unknown parameters that can change the final value
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getProductByRatingQuality : in order to get all the products that have a better rating quality than the rating you gave.

Footprint : carbon footprint computed for the product (in kg CO2 eq/kg of the product)
Associated endpoint(s) : 
    getProductByFootprint : in order to get all the products that have a better footprint than the footprint you gave.