"Yelp" (Service Connection)
"Yelp" (Service Connection)
Connecting & Authenticating
ServiceConnect["Yelp"] creates a connection to the Yelp API. If a previously saved connection can be found, it will be used; otherwise, a new authentication request will be launched.
Requests
ServiceExecute["Yelp","request",params] sends a request to the Yelp API, using parameters params. The following gives possible requests.
Search Businesses
"BusinessList" — a List of businesses filtered by location, phone number, or query term
"BusinessDataset" — a Dataset of businesses filtered by location, phone number, or query term
| "Location" | (required) | GeoLocation or other place name | |
| "Radius" |  | search radius | |
| "Query" | None | query terms | |
| "Phone" | None | phone number | |
| "SortBy" | "BestMatch" | sorting order ("Distance", "Rating", "BestMatch") | |
| MaxItems | 20 | number of elements to return | |
| "StartIndex" | 0 | index number of first result to return | |
| "Categories" | None | category or list or categories to filter by | |
| "InterpretEntities" | False | whether to use Interpreter to find canonical representations of cities, states, etc. |
Business Details
"BusinessInformation" — data about a specific business
| "BusinessID" | (required) | business ID | |
| "InterpretEntities" | False | whether to use Interpreter to find canonical representations of cities, states, etc. |
List categories
"Categories" — a list of valid categories
| "Query" | None | query terms | |
| "Parent" | None | used to filter by parent alias |