Product Opener (Open Food Facts web server) documentation#
Welcome to the documentation of Product Opener, the web server at the heart of Open Food Facts project.
It also powers the sibling Open [Beauty|Pet Food|Products] Facts projects
- If you want to use the API or are interested in the data, look at API documentation
- If you are a developer, look at Developer documentation
The repository for the project is at https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/
Do not hesitate to contribute to this documentation, this is highly appreciated.
Documentation organization#
The documentation is split between API documentation (for re-users, third party developers) and Developer documentation (for contributors).
The documentation follows the Diátaxis framework.
Page titles should start with:
- tutorial on - tutorials aimed at learning
- how to… - how to guides to reach a specific goal
- explain… - explanation to understand a topic
- reference… - providing detailed information