Yelp AI API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Yelp Fusion AI API
  description: 'The Yelp Fusion API provides programmatic access to Yelp''s database of local businesses, reviews, events, categories, and conversational AI search. This definition documents the public Fusion REST endpoints: business search and discovery, business details, reviews, autocomplete, phone search, business match, events, categories, and the Yelp Fusion AI chat endpoint. Authentication is via a bearer API key passed in the Authorization header.'
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: Yelp Developer
    url: https://docs.developer.yelp.com/
  termsOfService: https://docs.developer.yelp.com/docs/policies
servers:
- url: https://api.yelp.com
  description: Yelp Fusion API base URL
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: AI
  description: Conversational Yelp Fusion AI search and chat
paths:
  /ai/chat/v2:
    post:
      tags:
      - AI
      operationId: aiChat
      summary: Yelp AI Chat
      description: Sends a natural language query to the Yelp Fusion AI and returns a conversational response plus structured business entities. Supports multi-turn conversations via chat_id.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AiChatRequest'
            examples:
              AiChatRequestExample:
                summary: Default aiChat request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  query: find the best tacos in the Bay Area
                  chat_id: f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
                  user_context:
                    latitude: 37.7867
                    longitude: -122.4112
                  request_context: {}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AiChatResponse'
              examples:
                AiChat200Example:
                  summary: Default aiChat 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    chat_id: f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
                    response:
                      text: Best tacos in the Bay Area. The al pastor is incredible and the salsa bar is unmatched.
                      tags: {}
                    types:
                    - business_search
                    entities:
                    - {}
                    request_a_quote_survey: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    AiChatRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          maxLength: 1000
          description: Natural language query.
          example: find the best tacos in the Bay Area
        chat_id:
          type: string
          description: Conversation id to continue a multi-turn session.
          example: f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
        user_context:
          type: object
          description: Location context for geo-specific results.
          properties:
            latitude:
              type: number
              format: double
            longitude:
              type: number
              format: double
        request_context:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Processing settings such as skip_text_generation.
    AiChatResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        chat_id:
          type: string
          description: Conversation id
          persists across turns.: null
          example: f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            text:
              type: string
              description: AI-generated natural language answer.
            tags:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
        types:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - business_search
            - business_question
            - clarification
            - unsupported
            - confirmation
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        request_a_quote_survey:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
          example: {}
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable error code
              e.g. VALIDATION_ERROR.: null
            description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error description.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or missing required parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Yelp Fusion API key passed as a bearer token in the Authorization header.
x-generated-from: https://docs.developer.yelp.com/reference
x-generated-by: api-evangelist-pipeline-2026-06