Serialization Formats

The web has spoken, and JSON is the preferred format for REST interfaces. To simplify matters on your end and ours, the v2 API only supports JSON-based formats. It is no longer necessary to supply an "Accept" header; you will always receive JSON.

Example to fetch JSON (jQuery)

Here's a simple recipe fetch using jQuery:

function getRecipeJson() {
var apiKey = "your-api-key-here";
var RecipeID = 196149;
var url = "https://api2.bigoven.com/recipe/" + RecipeID + "?api_key="+apiKey;
$.ajax({
         type: "GET",
         dataType: 'json',
         cache: false,
         url: url,
         success: function (data) {
            alert('success');
            //console.log(data);
            }
         });
       }
        

Likewise, here's a simple recipe search:

function getRecipeJson() {
        var apiKey = "your-api-key-here";
        var TitleKeyword = "lasagna";
        var url = "https://api2.bigoven.com/recipes?pg=1&rpp=25&title_kw="
                  + TitleKeyword 
                  + "&api_key="+apiKey;
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            dataType: 'json',
            cache: false,
            url: url,
            success: function (data) {
                alert('success');
                //console.log(data);
            }
        });
    }