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Yelp Business Info API

Returns one Yelp business by its 22-character encid: name, unrounded rating, review count, price level, address, coordinates, categories, photos, and timezone.

GET /v1/yelp/business/info

Last updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

When to use the Yelp Business Info API

Use it when you already have a Yelp encid. Alias slugs return not found. GET /v1/yelp/search finds businesses by term and location.

From the API reference

Returns a unified Place for one Yelp business: name, alias URL, unrounded star rating on a 5-star scale, exact review count, price level, address, coordinates, categories, photos, and timezone. Identify the business by its 22-character Yelp encid (id). A Yelp URL works only when the /biz/ segment is that encid; alias slugs return 404 (auto-refunded). Phone is not present on the upstream payload. To find an encid, start from GET /v1/yelp/search.

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Yelp API

What can you do with the Business Info API?

The Business Info endpoint gives you structured Yelp data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

# GET /v1/yelp/business/info: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 60: the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 60 --retry 3 -o response.json \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/yelp/business/info?id=zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg" && cat response.json
# GET /v1/yelp/business/info: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid

import requests

API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 60  # the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/yelp/business/info"


def backoff(attempt):
    # Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
    return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)


def socialcrawl(params):
    # One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
    idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
    for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
        try:
            res = requests.get(
                URL,
                params=params,
                headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
                timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
            )
            body = res.json()
        except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
            # A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
            if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
                raise
            time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
            continue
        if body["success"]:
            return body
        error = body["error"]
        # Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
        if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
            return None  # refunded: nothing to read
        retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
        # SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
        permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
        if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
            raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
        # Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
        time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))


params = {
    "id": "zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
    print(body["data"])
// GET /v1/yelp/business/info: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000; // the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;

type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
  | { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
  | { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };

const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);

async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
  // One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
  const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
  for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
    let res: Response;
    let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
    try {
      res = await fetch(url, {
        headers: {
          "x-api-key": API_KEY,
          "Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
        },
        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
      });
      body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
    } catch (error) {
      // A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
      if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
      await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
      continue;
    }
    if (body.success) return body;
    // Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
    if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
    const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
    // SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
    const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
    if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
      throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
    }
    // Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
    await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
  }
}

const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/yelp/business/info");
url.searchParams.set("id", "zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg");

const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
idNoYelp business encid, the 22-character opaque id (for example zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg for Prince Street Pizza). Alias slugs such as prince-street-pizza-new-york-2 are not accepted on this surface: they come back as not found.
urlNoYelp business URL. Only URLs whose /biz/ segment is the 22-character encid resolve. Alias URLs such as https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-street-pizza-new-york-2 come back as not found.
Example Response

What does the Yelp Business Info API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "yelp",
  "endpoint": "/v1/yelp/business/info",
  "data": {
    "place": {
      "id": "zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg",
      "name": "Prince Street Pizza",
      "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-street-pizza-new-york-2",
      "category": "Pizza",
      "rating": {
        "value": 4.3,
        "max": 5
      },
      "reviews_count": 5716,
      "price_level": "$",
      "address": "27 Prince St\nNew York, NY 10012\nUnited States",
      "phone": null,
      "latitude": 40.7230777,
      "longitude": -73.9945444,
      "verified": null,
      "description": null,
      "image_urls": [
        "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Jo9jBP5y6G_bG_g3H31fiw/ls.jpg",
        "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Jo9jBP5y6G_bG_g3H31fiw/258s.jpg"
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pizza"
      ],
      "ext": {
        "timezone": "America/New_York",
        "hours": [
          {
            "date": null,
            "day_name": "Sunday",
            "is_open": true,
            "opens_at": "10:00",
            "closes_at": "03:00"
          },
          {
            "date": null,
            "day_name": "Monday",
            "is_open": true,
            "opens_at": "10:00",
            "closes_at": "03:00"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false,
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the Yelp Business Info API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Yelp Business Info data?

We handle the complexity of Yelp data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

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Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

See your data before you code

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import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
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How do I get Yelp business data with an API?
Call GET /v1/yelp/business/info with id, the 22-character Yelp business encid, for example zj8Lq1T8KIC5zwFief15jg. It returns one business as a unified Place, and you can find the encid first with GET /v1/yelp/search.
What does the Yelp business info endpoint return?
It returns the name, Yelp URL, unrounded star rating on a 5-star scale, exact review count, price level, address, coordinates, categories, photos and timezone. A phone number is not part of the response.
Can I look up a Yelp business by its URL or alias?
Yes, but only when the /biz/ segment of the URL is the 22-character encid. Alias slugs such as prince-street-pizza-new-york-2 come back as not found, and that call is refunded automatically. Search the business by name and location to get its encid.
How much does the Yelp API cost?
A business lookup costs 1 credit on the standard tier. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription. The 100 free credits on a new account cover 100 lookups.
Do I need a Yelp API key to use this?
No. You call SocialCrawl with one SocialCrawl API key, and the Yelp data is sourced for you. The business comes back in the same Place schema that TripAdvisor places use, which keeps multi-platform local data comparable.
Can I get Yelp reviews and search results too?
Yes. GET /v1/yelp/business/reviews returns 10 reviews a page with owner replies and cursor pagination, and GET /v1/yelp/search returns 10 businesses a page for a term and location. Search results use Yelp's recommended order, and sorting by rating or review count is refused.

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