Random Products

GEThttps://api-barcode-lookup.dataandapis.com/v1/products/random

Random Products is an endpoint of the Barcode Lookup API. Product name, brand, ingredients and Nutri-Score for 4.3 million barcodes.

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Request

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
amount	3	Optional

Example request

curl

curl "https://api-barcode-lookup.dataandapis.com/v1/products/random?amount=3" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api-barcode-lookup.dataandapis.com/v1/products/random?amount=3", {
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api-barcode-lookup.dataandapis.com/v1/products/random?amount=3",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "barcode": "4056489603337",
      "name": "Ταχίνι Κακαο",
      "brand": "Γλυκανθη",
      "quantity": null,
      "categories": "bg:cocoa-tahini",
      "labels": "Rainforest Alliance",
      "countries": "Greece",
      "allergens": null,
      "serving_size": "100 g",
      "ingredients": "Tahini with cacas, Ingredients: 62% tahini (ground esame), sugar, 6% fat-reduced cocoa powder*, palm oil, emulsifier: soy lecithin, flavourings. * Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org.",
      "scores": {
        "nutriscore": "e",
        "nova_group": null,
        "ecoscore": null
      },
      "nutriments_per_100g": {},
      "completeness": 0.6,
      "image_url": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/405/648/960/3337/front_bg.6.400.jpg",
      "last_modified": "2026-02-06",
      "attribution": {
        "dataset": "food",
        "source": "Open Food Facts",
        "source_url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4056489603337",
…

Show full response

{
  "ok": true,
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "barcode": "4056489603337",
      "name": "Ταχίνι Κακαο",
      "brand": "Γλυκανθη",
      "quantity": null,
      "categories": "bg:cocoa-tahini",
      "labels": "Rainforest Alliance",
      "countries": "Greece",
      "allergens": null,
      "serving_size": "100 g",
      "ingredients": "Tahini with cacas, Ingredients: 62% tahini (ground esame), sugar, 6% fat-reduced cocoa powder*, palm oil, emulsifier: soy lecithin, flavourings. * Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org.",
      "scores": {
        "nutriscore": "e",
        "nova_group": null,
        "ecoscore": null
      },
      "nutriments_per_100g": {},
      "completeness": 0.6,
      "image_url": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/405/648/960/3337/front_bg.6.400.jpg",
      "last_modified": "2026-02-06",
      "attribution": {
        "dataset": "food",
        "source": "Open Food Facts",
        "source_url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4056489603337",
        "licence": "ODbL v1.0"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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