# Yelp Search Full API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/yelp/search-full)

> Same search and the same PlaceList as GET /v1/yelp/search: same required query + location, the same optional cursor, sort, and ads, and the same fields on every business. Results are in Yelp's recommended order; sort=rating and sort=review_count are refused with a free 400. A location Yelp does not cover returns an empty list and is not billed.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/yelp/search/full` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | Search term as typed on Yelp, for example Pizza or coffee. |
| `location` | yes | City or full location string, for example New York, NY or San Francisco, CA, United States. Required with query. |
| `cursor` | no | Cursor from the previous page's next_cursor. Omit on page 1. Pages hold 10 regular businesses (plus any sponsored ones when ads=true); the cursor is a numeric offset such as 10. |
| `sort` | no | Result order. Only recommended (the default, Yelp's recommended order) is served. rating and review_count are refused with a free 400: no source can order Yelp search by them. To rank by rating or review count, sort the returned items by place.rating.value or place.reviews_count yourself. (recommended \| rating \| review_count) |
| `ads` | no | When true, sponsored businesses are added after the page's regular results. They are not marked as sponsored. Default false. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/yelp/search/full" \
  --data-urlencode "query=Pizza" \
  --data-urlencode "location=New York, NY" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the Yelp Search Full API return?

Returns the same PlaceList as GET /v1/yelp/search on the full-search path, documented to carry fuller business cards. Same query, location, sort, ads, and cursor. The response uses the same JSON envelope as every SocialCrawl endpoint, with the data, credits_used and request_id fields.

### When should I use the Yelp Search Full endpoint?

Use it when you want the fuller search card. Same required params as /v1/yelp/search.

### How much does the Yelp Search Full API cost?

Each call costs 1 credit, so the 100 free credits every new account gets cover 100 calls. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Yelp Search Full API need?

The required parameters are query (search term as typed on Yelp, for example Pizza or coffee), location (city or full location string, for example New York, NY or San Francisco, CA, United States). It also accepts 6 optional parameters, all listed on this page.

### How do I call the Yelp Search Full API?

Send a GET request to https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/yelp/search/full?query=Pizza&location=New%20York%2C%20NY with your API key in the x-api-key header. An Authorization: Bearer header works too.

See the full Yelp API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/yelp

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

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