Retrieve Yahoo web search results for a query. Returns organic results with position, title, link, displayed link and snippet, plus people also ask, a videos carousel, an AI answer when Yahoo serves one, related searches, ads and pagination. Results are paginated with the b parameter (offset, step 7); has_more comes from the pager of the same page.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
6 optional filters available.
string
Required
The search query (e.g., "climate change")
climate change
integer
Optional
1-based result offset, step 7. Omit or pass 1 for the first page; pass 8 for page 2, 15 for page 3.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page (fixed 7)
7
string
Optional
Safe search: r = strict, i = moderate, p = off
r
string
Optional
Country/region (2-letter cc, e.g. "us")
example
string
Optional
Language (e.g., "en-US")
example
string
Optional
Tracking surface id (e.g., "piv-web")
example
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
search_parameters
organic_results
people_also_ask
videos_carousel
ai_answer
related_searches
ads
pagination
+1 more
Common organic_results fields
position
title
link
displayed_link
{
"search_parameters": {
"p": "climate change",
"b": 1,
"pz": 7
},
"organic_results": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "Climate change - Wikipedia",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change",
"displayed_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org \u203a wiki \u203a Climate_change",
"snippet": "Present-day climate change includes both global warming \u2014the ongoing increase in global average temperature \u2014and its wider effects on Earth's climate system."
}
],
"people_also_ask": [
{
"question": "What are the steps of climate change?",
"answer": "Climate change occurs through a series of interconnected processes that alter the Earth's climate system."
}
],
"videos_carousel": [
{
"title": "How the World Reacted as Global Warming Warnings Grew | Heat (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS)",
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSEkygwmh3A",
"thumbnail": "https://up.yimg.com/ib/th/id/OVF.j2JRq7Ih0XwnvxQTPU5PKw?pid=Api&w=296&h=156&c=7&p=0&rs=1&qlt=95"
}
],
"ai_answer": null,
"related_searches": [
{
"query": "climate change definition"
}
],
"ads": [],
"pagination": {
"offset": 1,
"has_more": true,
"next_offset": 8
},
"response_time_ms": 1290
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
HTTP 400
Missing required query parameter
HTTP 422
Invalid b, pz, vm, vc, vl or fr2 parameter
HTTP 502
Yahoo returned an unexpected response shape
HTTP 503
Yahoo Search is temporarily unavailable
HTTP 503
Yahoo is rate limiting requests
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