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Common Bigoven URLs

BigOven uses a set of URLs to describe the location of common resources.

How Can I Link to a BigOven user?

http://www.bigoven.com/~{username}
Many of the API queries result in usernames being returned. For example, when a set of recipe reviews is returned, a "Poster" object is included with the following format:
<Poster>
    <UserID>
        {userid}
    </UserID>
    <UserName>
        {username}
    </UserName>
</Poster>

How Can I Link to a BigOven glossary entry?

http://www.bigoven.com/whatis.aspx?id={term}

How Can I Get Image Thumbnails for Recipes and User Avatars?

The Recipe Results and Recipe Images API calls will give you the name of the JPG. You can get pre-scaled thumbnails in various sizes as follows:

256x256:  http://www.bigoven.com/pics/rs/256/250208124756.jpg
128x128:  http://www.bigoven.com/pics/rs/128/250208124756.jpg
64x64:  http://www.bigoven.com/pics/rs/64/250208124756.jpg
48x48:  http://www.bigoven.com/pics/rs/48/250208124756.jpg
36x36:  http://www.bigoven.com/pics/rs/36/250208124756.jpg

Similiarly, for Users:

128x128: http://www.bigoven.com/pics/avatarsquare/128/16090810314829.jpg
64x64:   http://www.bigoven.com/pics/avatarsquare/64/16090810314829.jpg
48x48:   http://www.bigoven.com/pics/avatarsquare/48/16090810314829.jpg
36x36:   http://www.bigoven.com/pics/avatarsquare/36/16090810314829.jpg
    
 

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