Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the EAN-Search.org API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the EAN-Search.org API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fean-search.org%2Fean-search" | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fean-search.org%2Fean-search" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with EAN-Search.org 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

Verify the checksum digit of an EAN code before importing it into a catalogue

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use EAN-Search.org 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

GET

/verify-checksum

Verify the EAN checksum digit

GET

/barcode-image

Generate a PNG barcode image

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring EAN-Search by hand means setting up its token query parameter on every request and coding the barcode lookup, product search, and image calls yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import EAN-Search from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.

Permission scoping

EAN-Search passes its lookup targets as query parameters rather than URL path segments, so scope your agent to the operations it needs, such as barcode lookup or product search. Actions like generating a barcode image stay out of the allowed set unless you add them.

Credential isolation

Your EAN-Search token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'look up a product by barcode' or 'verify a barcode checksum', and Jentic returns the matching EAN-Search operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

FAQs

Specific to using EAN-Search.org 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.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the EAN-Search.org API?

Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted, you set the rules that decide which EAN-Search operations your agent may call and which credentials it may use. Since EAN-Search passes its lookup targets as query parameters rather than URL path segments, you can scope the agent to only the operations it needs, such as barcode lookup or product search, while leaving out others like barcode image generation, issuing-country lookup, or checksum verification. Any operation you do not add stays outside the allowed set, and the token is injected only for the calls you permit.

EAN-Search.org API

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

Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readyData 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.

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.

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