1,000,000+ Recipe and Grocery List API (v2)

API version: partner

Auth

basic | ApiKey X-BigOven-API-Key in header

Base URL

https://api2.bigoven.com

Setup

1. Set your API key in the appropriate header
2. GET /collections -- verify access
3. POST /grocerylist/department -- create first department

Endpoints

66 endpoints across 7 groups. See references/api-spec.lap for full details.

collection

collections

grocerylist

recipe

image

me

recipes

Common Questions

Match user requests to endpoints in references/api-spec.lap. Key patterns:

• "Get collection details?" -> GET /collection/{id}
• "List all meta?" -> GET /collection/{id}/meta
• "List all collections?" -> GET /collections
• "Create a department?" -> POST /grocerylist/department
• "List all grocerylist?" -> GET /grocerylist
• "Create a recipe?" -> POST /grocerylist/recipe
• "Create a line?" -> POST /grocerylist/line
• "Create a item?" -> POST /grocerylist/item
• "Create a sync?" -> POST /grocerylist/sync
• "Update a item?" -> PUT /grocerylist/item/{guid}
• "Delete a item?" -> DELETE /grocerylist/item/{guid}
• "Create a clearcheckedline?" -> POST /grocerylist/clearcheckedlines
• "List all images?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/images
• "List all pending?" -> GET /recipe/photos/pending
• "List all photos?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/photos
• "List all scans?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/scans
• "Create a image?" -> POST /recipe/{recipeId}/image
• "Create a avatar?" -> POST /image/avatar
• "List all me?" -> GET /me
• "List all skinny?" -> GET /me/skinny
• "List all options?" -> GET /me/preferences/options
• "Get note details?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/note/{noteId}
• "Update a note?" -> PUT /recipe/{recipeId}/note/{noteId}
• "Delete a note?" -> DELETE /recipe/{recipeId}/note/{noteId}
• "List all notes?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/notes
• "Create a note?" -> POST /recipe/{recipeId}/note
• "List all raves?" -> GET /recipes/raves
• "List all zap?" -> GET /recipe/{id}/zap
• "Get recipe details?" -> GET /recipe/{id}
• "Delete a recipe?" -> DELETE /recipe/{id}
• "Get recipe details?" -> GET /recipes/{id}
• "Get step details?" -> GET /recipe/steps/{id}
• "Create a step?" -> POST /recipe/post/step
• "Create a number?" -> POST /recipe/get/step/number
• "List all recipe?" -> GET /recipe/get/active/recipe
• "Create a step?" -> POST /recipe/get/saved/step
• "List all related?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/related
• "Create a feedback?" -> POST /recipe/{recipeId}/feedback
• "List all random?" -> GET /recipes/random
• "List all top25random?" -> GET /recipes/top25random
• "List all recipes?" -> GET /recipes
• "List all categories?" -> GET /recipe/categories
• "Search autocomplete?" -> GET /recipe/autocomplete
• "Search mine?" -> GET /recipe/autocomplete/mine
• "Search all?" -> GET /recipe/autocomplete/all
• "Create a scan?" -> POST /recipe/scan
• "Create a recipe?" -> POST /recipe
• "List all recentviews?" -> GET /recipes/recentviews
• "Get review details?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/review/{reviewId}
• "Update a review?" -> PUT /recipe/{recipeId}/review/{reviewId}
• "Delete a review?" -> DELETE /recipe/{recipeId}/review/{reviewId}
• "Get review details?" -> GET /recipe/review/{reviewId}
• "Update a review?" -> PUT /recipe/review/{reviewId}
• "List all review?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/review
• "Create a review?" -> POST /recipe/{recipeId}/review
• "List all reviews?" -> GET /recipe/{recipeId}/reviews
• "List all replies?" -> GET /recipe/review/{reviewId}/replies
• "Create a reply?" -> POST /recipe/review/{reviewId}/replies
• "Update a reply?" -> PUT /recipe/review/replies/{replyId}
• "Delete a reply?" -> DELETE /recipe/review/replies/{replyId}
• "How to authenticate?" -> See Auth section

Response Tips

• Check response schemas in references/api-spec.lap for field details
• List endpoints may support pagination; check for limit, offset, or cursor params
• Create/update endpoints typically return the created/updated object

References

• Full spec: See references/api-spec.lap for complete endpoint details, parameter tables, and response schemas

Generated from the official API spec by LAP