API reference
Yelp Business Search API
Businesses matching a query near a place, twenty per page, with rating, review count, price range, contact details and coordinates.
Endpoint
/v1/yelp/searchlive · proven1 creditParameters
Query parameters
Useful optional inputs
sort— Choose the documented source ordering before paging through results.Ordering keeps the normal endpoint price and does not guarantee exhaustive results.
dry_run— Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work.Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.
| Name | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
query | yes | What to look for | Cheese Curds |
location | yes | City, address or postcode | Madison, WI |
page | no | Page number (20 per page) | 1 |
sort | no | Result ordering | recommended |
dry_run | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. | 1 |
Examples
Make the request
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/yelp/search?query=Cheese%20Curds&location=Madison%2C%20WI" \ -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
TypeScript
const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/yelp/search?query=Cheese%20Curds&location=Madison%2C%20WI",
{ headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();
if (!body.success) {
// one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}
console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);Python
import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/yelp/search?query=Cheese%20Curds&location=Madison%2C%20WI",
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()
if not body["success"]:
# one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")
print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])Response
Response fields and example
This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.
{
"success": true,
"platform": "yelp",
"endpoint": "/v1/yelp/search",
"data": {
"count": 0,
"cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"items": [
{
"address": "example",
"alias": "example",
"categories": [
"example"
],
"city": "example",
"id": "example",
"images": [
"example"
],
"latitude": 0,
"longitude": 0,
"name": "example",
"neighborhoods": [],
"phone": "example",
"platform": "example",
"postal_code": "example",
"price_range": "example",
"rating": {
"max": 0,
"value": 0,
"votes": 0
},
"reviews_count": 0,
"state": "example",
"type": "example",
"url": "https://example.com/example"
}
],
"location": "example",
"page": 0,
"query": "example",
"total": 0,
"total_pages": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99,
"request_id": "req_…",
"cached": false
}The example is illustrative and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.
Schema basis: observed response shapes, not an exhaustive field specification. See schema coverage and validation limits.
Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.
| Field inside data | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
count | number | null | Number of records in this response, not lifetime or total matches. |
cursor | string | null | Opaque next-page token; pass it back unchanged. Null does not prove complete history. |
has_more | boolean | null | Source continuation indicator; null means unknown. |
items | array | null | Returned records. Source coverage and completeness vary. |
items[].address | string | null | Optional address supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].alias | string | null | Optional alias supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].categories | array | null | Optional categories supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].city | string | null | Optional city supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].id | string | null | Source identifier. Preserve the supplied type and exact value. |
items[].images | array | null | Optional images supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].latitude | number | null | Optional latitude supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].longitude | number | null | Optional longitude supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].name | string | null | Optional name supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].neighborhoods | array | null | Source array was empty in the reviewed captures; item fields remain unspecified. |
items[].phone | string | null | Optional phone supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].platform | string | null | Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].postal_code | string | null | Optional postal code supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].price_range | string | null | Optional price range supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].rating | object | null | Source rating; read its accompanying scale and vote count. |
items[].rating.max | number | null | Optional max supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].rating.value | number | null | Optional value supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].rating.votes | number | null | Optional votes supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].reviews_count | number | null | Optional reviews count supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].state | string | null | Optional state supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].type | string | null | Optional type supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].url | string | null | Original source URL when supplied. |
location | string | null | Optional location supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
page | number | null | Optional page supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
query | string | null | Optional query supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
total | number | null | Source-reported total; null is unknown. |
total_pages | number | null | Optional total pages supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
Optional fields reviewed from preserved successful responses. Additive fields and source variations remain allowed; validate the fields your workflow requires.
The example is invented and illustrates types only; zero and empty values are not claims about a real result.
Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference