Yelp

Yelp Businesses API

Search, match, and retrieve local business data

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 15

GET /v3/businesses/search Search Businesses #
GET /v3/businesses/search/phone Search Businesses By Phone #
GET /v3/businesses/matches Match Businesses #
GET /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias} Get Business Details #
GET /v3/autocomplete Autocomplete #
GET /v3/businesses/engagement Engagement Metrics #
GET /v3/businesses/insights Business Insights #
GET /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/food_and_drinks Food & Drinks Insights #
GET /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/risk_signals Risk Signal Insights #
POST /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/rapc_enabledness Enable/Disable Request a Phone Call #
GET /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/service_offerings Service Offerings #
POST /businesses/add/v2 Add Business IDs #
POST /businesses/remove/v2 Remove Business IDs #
GET /businesses/v2 Get Subscribed Business List #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.developer.yelp.com/
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APIReference
https://docs.developer.yelp.com/reference/v3_business_search

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/openapi/yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-business-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-business-detail-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-business-search-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-location-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-coordinates-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-category-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-autocomplete-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-schema/yelp-business-hours-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-business-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-business-detail-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-business-search-response-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-review-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-event-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/json-structure/yelp-category-structure.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-business-search-response-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-business-detail-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-reviews-response-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-event-search-response-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-autocomplete-response-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/examples/yelp-ai-chat-response-example.json
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GraphQL
https://artifacts.apis.io/yelp/graphql/yelp-graphql.md

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OpenAPI Specification

yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Yelp Businesses API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Businesses across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: yelp-openapi.yml, yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml, yelp-syndication-base-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.yelp.com
  description: Yelp Fusion API base URL
- url: https://partner-api.yelp.com/syndication
tags:


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