Hi! There's a new version available (api2), recommended for all new and future development.
We plan to continue to support the legacy version of the API well into 2017 (and later if you let us know), but we do recommend all developers migrate to the new api2 format as your development cycle allows. We strongly recommend that all new recipe and grocery API developers begin with https://api2.bigoven.com
API OVERVIEW
AUTHENTICATION
API PROTOCOL
API DATA
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.
https://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 list. |
| quality | Sorted by quality of recipe, as determined by a proprietary algorithm. |