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.
Run this endpoint
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.
3 optional filters available.
string
Required
Yelp business alias or the 22 character business id. Example: gary-danko-san-francisco.
gary-danko-san-francisco
string
Optional
One of relevance, newest, oldest, highest, lowest, elite. Defaults to relevance.
newest
integer
Optional
Only return reviews with this star rating, 1 to 5.
10
string
Optional
Cursor from the previous response next_after field. Omit for the first page.
example
Request Examples
<?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
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();
}
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));
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);
}
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
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()
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}")
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());
}
}
}
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))
}
#!/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"
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}");
}
}
}
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();
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
{
"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.
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"
}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
}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
}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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