MyNetDiary Food Search Web Services

You can integrate powerful MyNetDiary food lookup features right into your web application and use MyNetDiary as a back-end service provider.

    Such an integration has numerous advantages compared to simply licensing our 102,000 food database:
  • MyNetDiary search engine maintains multiple food indices and applies smart search algorithms every time you submit a request.
  • Food lookup results are returned with all matches highlighted.
  • Food lookup results are sorted by popularity based on several years of usage in MyNetDiary program.
  • All food data updates will be immediately available for your application.
  • You can reduce time-to-market and lower initial investment necessary to deliver your application.
  • Service uptime is 99.9% or better.
  • Average server-side search time is less than 100 milliseconds.
  • Food Search Web Services costs 0.5c per query, no setup charges applied.

Web Services

We provide two web services, FindFood and GetFoodDetails.
Input format: HTTP request parameters or SOAP.
Output format: JSON or SOAP.

FindFood Web Service

This service returns foods based on search criteria, with search tokens highlighted in food descriptions, in a paginated manner, sorted by popularity within MyNetDiary community, optionally with all food details supplied as a part of response. The service requires username and password, we recommend using HTTPS protocol for secure invocation. We give you separate usernames for Development and Production stage. We do not charge for Development usage, Production usage is billed every months.

Example invocation:

https://mynetdiary.com/wsjsFindFood.do?username=...&password=...&searchCriteria=whole%20milk&pageNumber=1%pageSize=15

Example output:

Simplified    Complete

GetFoodDetails Web Service

This service returns food details: nutrition facts and serving information. The service can be called via HTTP, only username is required for tracking. We do not charge for calling this service.

Example invocation:

http://mynetdiary.com/wsjsGetFoodDetails.do?username=...&foodId=1077

Example output:

Food Details

More information

Please, request your Development credentials and additional infromation via info@mynetdiary.com.