# Yelp Reviews API

> Public reviews of a Yelp business by place ID: rating, text, date and reviewer, with paging and sorting.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/yelp/reviews
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/yelp/reviews/docs

## Facts

- Provider: Yelp
- Type: Data API
- Endpoint: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/yelp/reviews`
- Price: $0.0001 per call
- Free allowance: 100 calls per organization per UTC day, shared across eligible APIs
- Capabilities: api, yelp, reviews
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

`POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/yelp/reviews` with `Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY` and the parameters as a JSON body.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `place_id` | string | yes |  |
| `yelp_domain` | string | no |  |
| `hl` | string | no |  |
| `q` | string | no |  |
| `sortby` | string | no | relevance_desc, date_desc, date_asc, rating_desc, rating_asc, elites_desc |
| `rating` | string | no |  |
| `not_recommended` | boolean | no |  |
| `start` | integer | no |  |
| `num` | integer | no |  |
| `not_recommended_start` | integer | no |  |
| `timeout` | number | no |  |

## FAQ

### How do I use the Yelp Reviews API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/yelp/reviews with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.

### How much does the Yelp Reviews API cost?

$0.0001 per call. Every organization gets 100 free calls per UTC day, shared across eligible SandBase APIs including this one; after that each call is billed at this price from your SandBase balance. There is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Yelp Reviews API accept?

Required: place_id (string). Optional: yelp_domain (string), hl (string), q (string), sortby (one of relevance_desc, date_desc, date_asc, rating_desc, rating_asc, elites_desc), rating (string) and not_recommended (boolean) and 4 more. The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

### What does the Yelp Reviews API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).

### Do I need a Yelp developer account or API key?

No. Yelp Reviews runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for Yelp API access separately.

## README

### Yelp Reviews API

Public reviews of a Yelp business by place ID: rating, text, date and reviewer, with paging and sorting.

#### Request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/yelp/reviews" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"place_id": "dDz2erKJ_Z2HMur0tQ_iJA", "num": 10}'
```

The result is returned in `outputs[0].data`.

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `place_id` | string | Yes | Encoded Yelp business ID: letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens. |
| `hl` | string | No | Review language: a two-letter code with an optional two-letter region, such as en or fr-FR. |
| `not_recommended` | boolean | No | Not supported: Yelp does not expose its not-recommended reviews. true returns 422 unsupported_parameter. |
| `not_recommended_start` | integer | No | Not supported, because not_recommended is not supported. Any value returns 400. |
| `num` | integer | No | Number of reviews, 1 through 49. |
| `q` | string | No | Not supported: Yelp does not offer review text filtering. Any value returns 422 unsupported_parameter. |
| `rating` | string | No | Comma-separated star ratings to include, each from 1 through 5. |
| `sortby` | string | No | Review order. |
| `start` | integer | No | Review offset from 0 through 10,000. |
| `timeout` | number | No | Optional budget for the entire request in seconds, measured from gateway receipt until the response is ready to send. Includes admission, queueing and settlement. Must be greater t |
| `yelp_domain` | string | No | Supported first-party localized Yelp hostname, such as www.yelp.co.uk. Links in the response use this hostname. |

#### Pricing

Flat price per call. Failed calls are not charged.