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Use the Digit-Eyes UPC / EAN database in Your Own App
The Digit-Eyes UPC / EAN API gives developers access to our database of UPC and EAN records. The database grows continually as a
function of user activity and the performance of the digital
indexing software.
- 350,519,776
individual UPC /
EAN records available;
- listings in 10 languages;
- database grows continuously and heuristically;
Appropriately licensed, identified and authenticated processes can:
- Retrieve, update and delete individual records with our JSON or SOAP XML
interface;
- Retrieve record groups using CSV (excel file) interface;
- Upload record groups using CSV (excel file) interface;
Revenue from licensing our database is used to provide free and
low-cost digital product identification services for people who are
blind.
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Summary of API Features
XML And JSON Single-Transaction API
This web service allows an appropriately identified and
authenticated user to perform the following transactions:
- Submit a request for information about a single UPC code.
This request includes some identifying information and an
authentication string. If the UPC is found, the service returns
the following information in an xml stream:
- Product name (always supplied)
- Product unit of measure (always supplied)
- If extended information is available, the URL of the
Digit-Eyes HTML page where this can be found;
- Manufacturer Name (if available)
- Brand Name (if available)
- Manufacturer's description and usage instructions
- Ingredients and Warnings (if available)
- Nutritional information (if available).
- Trade item ownership (if available - this is the corporate
name, address, phone and other contact information for the
party who has the ultimate responsibility for the item).
- If the UPC code is not found, the service returns an XML
transaction that indicates the item is unknown
- Submit a request to update or add
("upsert") UPC codes
- Submit a request than a UPC should
be deleted.
CSV Multiple-Transaction API
Batch Update
This batch feature allows appropriately authorized and authenticated
users to submit a file of UPC data as a comma-separated value (.csv)
file. CSV is a common file format that can be produced by many
spreadsheet programs such as Excel.
Batch Download
This batch feature allows appropriately authorized and authenticated
users to submit a file of UPC numbers as a .csv file and to obtain
any data from the database that is available in the requested
language.
Delayed Retrieval
This batch feature enables customers who are using the
Single-Transaction API to receive notification and updates when the
spiders locate information for an item number that had been
previously requested and returned as 'not found'.
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to review the spec and terms of use.
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