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Yahoo Web Search

GET https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change

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.

Yahoo Web Search 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
p = climate change
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "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."
        }
...

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.

p string Required

The search query (e.g., "climate change")

Example value climate change
b 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.

Example value 1
pz integer Optional

Results per page (fixed 7)

Example value 7
vm string Optional

Safe search: r = strict, i = moderate, p = off

Example value r
vc string Optional

Country/region (2-letter cc, e.g. "us")

Example value example
vl string Optional

Language (e.g., "en-US")

Example value example
fr2 string Optional

Tracking surface id (e.g., "piv-web")

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?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
<?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();
}
JavaScript
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));
JavaScript
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);
}
Ruby
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
Python
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()
Python
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}")
Java
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());
        }
    }
}
Go
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))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/yahoo/search?p=climate+change"
C#
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}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
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();
RUST
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
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "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.

400

HTTP 400

Missing required query parameter

422

HTTP 422

Invalid b, pz, vm, vc, vl or fr2 parameter

502

HTTP 502

Yahoo returned an unexpected response shape

503

HTTP 503

Yahoo Search is temporarily unavailable

503

HTTP 503

Yahoo is rate limiting requests

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