Yelp Reviews API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Yelp Fusion AI Reviews 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: Reviews
  description: Business review excerpts and ratings
paths:
  /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/reviews:
    get:
      tags:
      - Reviews
      operationId: getBusinessReviews
      summary: Get Business Reviews
      description: Returns up to three review excerpts for a business.
      parameters:
      - name: business_id_or_alias
        in: path
        required: true
        description: A 22-character Yelp business id or a business alias.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Number of reviews to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 50
          default: 20
        example: 1
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Offset into the list of returned reviews.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1000
        example: 1
      - name: sort_by
        in: query
        description: Sort mode for reviews.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - yelp_sort
          default: yelp_sort
        example: yelp_sort
      - name: locale
        in: query
        description: Locale in the form {language}_{country}, e.g. en_US.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z]{2,3}_[A-Z]{2}$
        example: example
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReviewsResponse'
              examples:
                GetBusinessReviews200Example:
                  summary: Default getBusinessReviews 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    total: 240
                    possible_languages:
                    - example
                    reviews:
                    - id: gR9DTbKCON2g1Z23bWcEpQ
                      url: https://www.yelp.com/biz/rickys-tacos-san-francisco
                      text: Best tacos in the Bay Area. The al pastor is incredible and the salsa bar is unmatched.
                      rating: 4.5
                      time_created: '2026-04-18 19:32:11'
                      user:
                        id: gR9DTbKCON2g1Z23bWcEpQ
                        profile_url: https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=abc123
                        image_url: https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/abc123/o.jpg
                        name: Ricky's Tacos
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Review:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: gR9DTbKCON2g1Z23bWcEpQ
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://www.yelp.com/biz/rickys-tacos-san-francisco
        text:
          type: string
          description: Review excerpt.
          example: Best tacos in the Bay Area. The al pastor is incredible and the salsa bar is unmatched.
        rating:
          type: number
          format: float
          example: 4.5
        time_created:
          type: string
          description: Review creation time in PST.
          example: '2026-04-18 19:32:11'
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            profile_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            image_url:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              format: uri
            name:
              type: string
    ReviewsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          example: 240
        possible_languages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        reviews:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
    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'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      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