Yelp Reviews API

POST

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Read Yelp reviews of one business, 10 per page, with text, rating, date, author, photo count and useful, funny and cool votes. Pass next_page_token back as page_token for the next page; tokens last 24 hours.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Yelp Reviews endpoint (yelp/reviews).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to yelp and action to reviews, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - url: Accepts a Yelp business URL featuring a /biz/ slug for the profile and reviews actions to fetch business metadata or user reviews. User profile links are not supported.
- Optional parameters:
  - page_token: Pagination token: pass back next_page_token from the previous response to get the next page; omit it for the first page. Keep every other parameter unchanged. Tokens last 24 hours and each page is one call.
  - limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 10. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values are accepted and capped at the maximum. (default: 10)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, text, rating, rating_scale, posted_at, author_name, useful_count, funny_count, cool_count, photo_count, business_name, business_url.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "yelp",
  "action": "reviews",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-bottle-coffee-san-francisco"
  }
}
- Price: $1.39 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesyelpPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYesreviewsCapability identifier, fixed value.
urlbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Accepts a Yelp business URL featuring a /biz/ slug for the profile and reviews actions to fetch business metadata or user reviews. User profile links are not supported.
page_tokenbody.paramsNot declaredNo-Pagination token: pass back next_page_token from the previous response to get the next page; omit it for the first page. Keep every other parameter unchanged. Tokens last 24 hours and each page is one call.
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–10)No10The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 10. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values are accepted and capped at the maximum.

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "yelp",
  "action": "reviews",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-bottle-coffee-san-francisco"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "yelp",
  "action": "reviews",
  "results": [
    {
      "text": "Love Blue Bottle. This one was a bit tricky to find. It's tucked in around the corner but we'll worth it. Very friendly staff and very fast. True coffee lovers really dig BB.",
      "rating": 5,
      "posted_at": "Mar 25, 2023",
      "useful_count": 0,
      "funny_count": 0,
      "cool_count": 0,
      "photo_count": 1,
      "business_name": "Blue Bottle Coffee - Mint Plaza",
      "business_url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-bottle-coffee-san-francisco",
      "platform": "yelp",
      "rating_scale": 5
    },
    {
      "text": "It is neatly tucked behind a big building so when you look for Blue Bottle you should try to find the Mint Plaza 1st, then heads towards the back. My usual is the New Orleans Style Cold Brew, but today I opted for a simple Cold Brew to cool down with. When I asked the barista for…",
      "rating": 4,
      "posted_at": "Sep 17, 2021",
      "useful_count": 3,
      "funny_count": 0,
      "cool_count": 2,
      "photo_count": 4,
      "business_name": "Blue Bottle Coffee - Mint Plaza",
      "business_url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-bottle-coffee-san-francisco",
      "platform": "yelp",
      "rating_scale": 5
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": …,
  "pagination": { … },
  "count": 10,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
textBody text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
ratingRating. The scale varies by platform: rating_scale on the same row gives the maximum (usually 5; Booking, Douban, iQIYI and NAVER use 10). Convert with rating_scale before comparing across platforms, or the comparison can come out backwards.
rating_scaleMaximum of rating in the same row: 5 for five-star scales, 10 for ten-point scales. Present only when the row has a rating.
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
author_nameAuthor's display name.
useful_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
funny_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
cool_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
photo_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
business_nameKeeps the platform's own meaning
business_urlKeeps the platform's own meaning
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

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