EAN-Search.org API

Name: EAN-Search.org API API
Brand: EAN-Search.org API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecData EnrichmentData TransformationapiKey8 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Look up product details from EAN, UPC, and ISBN barcodes, search by product name or category, and generate barcode images.

Quickstart

Get started with EAN-Search.org API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"look up a product from its barcode"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with EAN-Search.org API API.

Resolve an EAN, UPC, or ISBN code to a product name and category

Search the barcode database by product name with fuzzy matching

Find products that share a common barcode prefix for brand or range discovery

Identify the issuing country of a barcode from its prefix range

GET STARTED

Start building with EAN-Search.org API API

Explore with Jentic

View OpenAPI Document

Use for: I need to look up a product from its EAN barcode, Search for products matching the name 'Coca Cola 330ml', Find all barcodes that start with 5901234, Get the issuing country for barcode 4006381333931

Not supported: Does not handle pricing, real-time stock, or marketplace listings — use for EAN, UPC, and ISBN barcode lookups, product search, and barcode image generation only.

EAN-Search.org provides a barcode and product database that resolves EAN, UPC, and ISBN codes into product names, categories, and country of issue. The API supports forward and reverse lookups, prefix and similar-name searches, checksum verification, and on-the-fly PNG barcode image generation. It is used by retailers, marketplaces, and inventory tools that need to enrich raw barcode scans with structured product metadata.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use EAN-Search.org API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Inventory enrichment from barcode scans

Warehouse and retail systems often capture only the raw EAN at scan time. Calling /barcode-lookup with the scanned code returns the product name, category, and image so a downstream catalogue or POS record can be enriched without manual data entry. Each lookup is a single HTTP GET and runs in under a second.

Look up EAN 4006381333931 and return the product name and category in one line.

Catalogue search by product name

Marketplaces that need to map vendor-supplied product names to canonical entries can call /product-search and /similar-product-search to find matches with fuzzy ranking. This avoids requiring the seller to provide an exact EAN at listing time, while still surfacing the official barcode for downstream systems.

Search for products matching 'Nutella 400g' and return the top three EANs with their names.

Barcode image generation for labels

Picking lists, shelf labels, and packing slips often need a printable barcode for a known EAN. The /barcode-image endpoint streams a PNG so the label template can embed the image without bundling a barcode rendering library.

Generate a PNG barcode image for EAN 9780201379624 and return the image URL or bytes.

Agent-assisted product discovery

An AI shopping or research agent can answer questions like 'what product is this barcode?' or 'find similar products to this name' by calling EAN-Search through Jentic. The agent picks the right operation by intent and returns a clean answer to the user without exposing the underlying barcode endpoint.

Given a list of three EANs, look each up and return a markdown table of name, category, and issuing country.

Key Endpoints

8 endpoints — ean-search.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/barcode-lookup

Look up a single EAN, UPC, or ISBN

GET

/product-search

Search products by name

GET

/similar-product-search

Find products with similar names

GET

/barcode-prefix-search

Search barcodes sharing a prefix

GET

/issuing-country

Identify the issuing country of a barcode

GET

/verify-checksum

Verify the EAN checksum digit

GET

/barcode-image

Generate a PNG barcode image

GET

/barcode-lookup

Look up a single EAN, UPC, or ISBN

GET

/product-search

Search products by name

GET

/similar-product-search

Find products with similar names

GET

/barcode-prefix-search

Search barcodes sharing a prefix

GET

/issuing-country

Identify the issuing country of a barcode

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

EAN-Search tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault and injected as the token query parameter at request time. The raw token never enters the agent's prompt or output.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic for intents like 'look up a product by barcode' and Jentic returns the matching EAN-Search operation with its input schema, so the agent picks the right endpoint without reading the EAN-Search PDF manual.

Time to first call

Direct EAN-Search integration: half a day to wire token handling and per-endpoint parsing. Through Jentic: under 15 minutes — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Etsy API

Marketplace-of-makers catalogue with its own product identifier system

Choose Etsy when working specifically with handmade or vintage product catalogues; pick EAN-Search for canonical EAN, UPC, and ISBN resolution across mainstream retail.

Complementary

eBay Deal API

Marketplace listings and deals tied to product identifiers

Use eBay alongside EAN-Search to attach live marketplace pricing and availability to a barcode-resolved product.

Complementary

Shopify Admin API

Storefront and inventory platform that consumes barcode metadata

Use when the workflow ends in creating or updating a Shopify product variant with the EAN-resolved name and category.

FAQs

Specific to using EAN-Search.org API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the EAN-Search.org API use?

EAN-Search uses an API token passed as a query parameter named token. Through Jentic, the token is stored encrypted in the vault and injected at execution time so it never appears in agent prompts or logs.

Can I look up UPC and ISBN codes with the EAN-Search.org API?

Yes. /barcode-lookup accepts EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, and ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 codes. The response includes the resolved product name, category, and issuing country derived from the GS1 prefix.

What are the rate limits for the EAN-Search.org API?

The spec does not declare numeric limits. EAN-Search applies per-account credit packages and burst throttles — check your dashboard for remaining lookups, or upgrade your plan if you need higher concurrency.

How do I generate a barcode image through Jentic?

Search Jentic for 'generate a barcode image', load the schema for GET /barcode-image, then execute with the EAN value. The flow is: pip install jentic, then await client.search, await client.load, await client.execute.

Does the EAN-Search.org API include product images and pricing?

Lookups return a name, category, issuing country, and where available a product image URL. Pricing and stock data are not part of the response — pair EAN-Search with a marketplace API such as eBay or Amazon for live pricing.