API brings back different results to web search

[mikejsdev]

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Hello,

Firstly, this really is a great service and the API is working fantastically well, so thank you. Hopefully I am posting this in the right place.

When searching using the API, for example for "orange juice" the results come back ordered by unique_scans_n which is great

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?search_terms=Orange%20juice&search_simple=1&action=process&json=1&page_size=100

However, searching for "Orange juice" in the Open Food facts website search box brings back different (possibly better?) search results. This is despite the fact that the URL looks identical to mine, for example:

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?search_terms=orange+juice&search_simple=1&action=process

Is there any way to get the same results back from the API? &sort_by=unique_scans_n doesn't make a difference as it appears they are already sorted by this value by default.

Thanks in advance

Part of

• API (Tracker) #5523
• 🔎 Search (Tracking bug) #5492

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