index
API OVERVIEW
AUTHENTICATION
API PROTOCOL
API DATA
- Recipes
- Recipe Reviews
- Recipe Images
- Recipe Search Results
- Food Glossary
- Favorites
- Try Soons
- Grocery List
- User Profile
DATA MANAGEMENT
BRANDING, LEGAL & FINANCIAL
Sorting And Filtering
API query result sets can be retrieved pre-sorted by appending a query with the "sort" parameter.
How Can I Sort Results?
Properly sorted queries contain sort={type} in the URL parameters, as seen below.
http://api.bigoven.com/{PATH}?{PARAMETERS}&{AUTH PARAMETERS}&sort={type}
What Can I Sort By?
The following table describes what types of sorting are available for each type of query. The default sorting method is in bold.
| Query Type | Sorting Options |
| Recipe Search Results | {title, dateasc, datesdesc, quality} |
| JSON | {title, dateasc, datesdesc, orderinqueue, quality} |
| JSON | {title, dateasc, datedesc, quality} |
Sorting Types
| Sorting Type | Description |
| title | Sorted alphabetically by recipe title, ascending. |
| dateasc | Sorted by date posted to BigOven, ascending. |
| datedesc | Sorted by date posted to BigOven, descending. |
| orderinqueue | Sorted by order added to Try Soon list. |
| quality | Sorted by quality of recipe, as determined by a proprietary algorithm. |
