Yelp Reviews API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Yelp Reviews API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Reviews across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: yelp-openapi.yml, yelp-reviews-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
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
    servers:
    - url: https://api.yelp.com
      description: Yelp Fusion API base URL
  /v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/review_highlights:
    get:
      summary: Review Highlights
      tags:
      - Reviews
      description: Return a business's review highlights
      operationId: v3_business_review_highlights
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/parameters/0'
        in: path
        required: true
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Number of review highlights per business.

          A maximum of 5 highlights will be returned.

          '
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 3
      - $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/parameters/1'
        in: query
        required: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns review highlights.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - review_highlights
                properties:
                  review_highlights:
                    type: array
                    description: List of Highlights
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - photo
                      - sentence
                      - review_count
                      properties:
                        photo:
                          type: string
                          description: A link to the corresponding photo for the review highlight
                        sentence:
                          type: string
                          description: Selected highlight. The highlighted worked is denoted by [[HIGHLIGHT]] and [[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]
                        review_count:
                          type: integer
                          description: How many reviews mention this highlight
              examples:
                Result:
                  value:
                    review_highlights:
                    - photo: https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/A--1nc2o5dcRqvcqosBjlQ/o.jpg
                      sentence: Better than Roam Artisan Burger's and Barney's [[HIGHLIGHT]]Burgers[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] my go to when I want a good burger.
                      review_count: 573
        '400':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/400'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/401'
        '403':
          description: The API key provided is not currently able to query this endpoint.
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/403'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/404'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/413'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/429'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/500'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1v3~1businesses~1{business_id_or_alias}~1reviews/get/responses/503'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.yelp.com
components:
  schemas:
    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.
    ReviewsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          example: 240
        possible_languages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        reviews:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
    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
  responses:
    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'
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing or invalid.
      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-refined-from:
- yelp-openapi.yml
- yelp-reviews-api-openapi.yml
x-generated-from: https://docs.developer.yelp.com/reference
x-generated-by: api-evangelist-pipeline-2026-06