Yelp data API · Search

Yelp Search API. Pay per record.

Search Yelp for a keyword in a place, with Yelp's own sort, price levels and feature filters. Every hit comes back as a full business profile.

Price: $0.000225 / business
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/yelp

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the Yelp Search API

Local lead lists

Every plumber or bakery in a city, with phone, address and rating, ready for a prospect list.

Find the best rated

Sort by rating or by most reviewed to see which places lead a category in a neighbourhood.

Filter by what matters

Keep only the price levels you want, or places with features such as outdoor seating or delivery.

Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/yelp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"ramen","location":"San Francisco, CA","sort":"rating_high","priceLevels":["1","2"],"limit":20,"estimateOnly":true}'

2. the same call, run

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/yelp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"ramen","location":"San Francisco, CA","sort":"rating_high","priceLevels":["1","2"],"limit":20}'

Inputs

Everything you can send in one search call. Required inputs first.

Input	Type	What it does
query *	string	≤300 chars
location *	string	≤120 chars
sort	enum
priceLevels	enum list	Yelp's dollar-sign tiers, "1" ($) to "4" ($$$$). Any listed tier matches; empty = every price level.
features	text list	Yelp's own feature slugs, e.g. "outdoor_seating", "delivery". each ≤40 chars
limit	integer	1-100

What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

Show all 29 rows

Field	Type
businessSlug	string
businessName	string
businessUrl	string
address	any
city	string
state	string
neighborhoods	list of string
latitude	number
longitude	number
phone	string
website	string
menuUrl	string
rating	number
totalReviews	integer
starBreakdown	any
reviewInsights	any
reviewHighlights	any
popularDishes	any
attributes	any
specialties	string
summary	string
yearEstablished	integer
history	string
photos	list of string
healthInspections	any
hoursToday	list of string
qaCount	integer
qaContent	any
details	object

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

businessName	address	city	state	phone	rating
Taqueria Sol	402 Market St	San Diego	CA	(619) 555-0133	4.7
Casa Lumen Tacos	88 Harbor Dr	San Diego	CA	(619) 555-0190	4.4
El Faro Fish Tacos	9 Ocean Blvd	San Diego	CA	(619) 555-0177	4.5

Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

Request	Records	At the list price
One business	1	$0.000225
10 businesses	10	$0.0022
A full page	100	$0.022

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it without writing code

Open the Yelp Search API in the playgroundThe playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

No login, no Yelp account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

Use it from your tools

Questions people ask.

What does the Yelp Search API return?

One row per business: name, address, city, state, phone, rating, total reviews, year established, today's hours, the business slug and URL, the menu URL and photos.

What do I pass in?

A keyword query and a location are required. Optional: sort (relevance, rating_high or most_reviewed), price levels 1 to 4, Yelp's own feature slugs such as outdoor_seating or delivery, and a limit of 1 to 100.

How much does it cost?

$0.000225 per business at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Try this endpoint in the playground

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Why people pick API for Agents

One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
$0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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