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Yelp Business Reviews API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest

Retrieve public reviews for a Yelp business, 10 per page: review id, public url, star rating, full text, language, creation time (ISO 8601, UTC), author name, location, review and friend counts, reaction counts and photo urls. Sort by relevance, newest, oldest, highest, lowest or elite and filter by star rating. Page with the after cursor from the previous response next_after field. A business without reviews is a successful response with an empty list.

Yelp Business Reviews API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
business = gary-danko-san-francisco
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "business": {
            "encid": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
            "alias": "gary-danko-san-francisco",
            "name": "Gary Danko",
            "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/gary-danko-san-francisco"
        },
        "review_count": 6148,
        "total": 6149,
        "reviews": [
            {
                "id": "uP7LSWnXOFDQZs4uSMry4A",
...

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.

3 optional filters available.

business string Required

Yelp business alias or the 22 character business id. Example: gary-danko-san-francisco.

Example value gary-danko-san-francisco
sort string Optional

One of relevance, newest, oldest, highest, lowest, elite. Defaults to relevance.

Example value newest
rating integer Optional

Only return reviews with this star rating, 1 to 5.

Example value 10
after string Optional

Cursor from the previous response next_after field. Omit for the first page.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest",
    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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest');

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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest', 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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest',
    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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest")
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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest", 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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest', 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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest")
        .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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest", 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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest"
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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest"));
            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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest',
            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/yelp/reviews?business=gary-danko-san-francisco&sort=newest")
        .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.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "business": {
            "encid": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
            "alias": "gary-danko-san-francisco",
            "name": "Gary Danko",
            "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/gary-danko-san-francisco"
        },
        "review_count": 6148,
        "total": 6149,
        "reviews": [
            {
                "id": "uP7LSWnXOFDQZs4uSMry4A",
                "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/gary-danko-san-francisco?hrid=uP7LSWnXOFDQZs4uSMry4A",
                "rating": 5,
                "text": "The Fleet Week Weekend San Francisco Edition:",
                "language": "en",
                "created_at": "2026-10-11T15:39:21Z",
                "author": {
                    "id": "QbHmGJVS_Ztw5YtpCl3p6A",
                    "name": "Juan V.",
                    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
                    "url": "https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=QbHmGJVS_Ztw5YtpCl3p6A",
                    "review_count": 2028,
                    "friend_count": 5000
                },
                "helpful_count": 11,
                "thanks_count": 4,
                "love_this_count": 8,
                "photos": [
                    "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/HyRE7wLRiyc9LWh_2r0_lA/o.jpg"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "has_more": true,
        "next_after": "eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoxLCJ0eXBlIjoib2Zmc2V0Iiwib2Zmc2V0Ijo5fQ"
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "business_reviews",
        "billable": true
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A required query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "business": [
            "The business field is required."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
404

Resource Not Found

The requested Yelp business does not exist. This response is not billable.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "NOT_FOUND",
        "message": "The requested Yelp business was not found."
    },
    "success": false
}
502

Invalid Source Response

The upstream answered with a shape that no longer matches the documented contract. This response is not billable.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
        "message": "The Yelp API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}
503

Service Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The Yelp API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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