YellowAPI provides a free API that allows users to search over 1.5 million Canadian business listings categorized into 1400 categories by name, location, or region. Data is gathered by 2,250 salespeople and curated by 700 internal staff. The API has basic GET requests to search for businesses and dealers, get business details, and is designed to be simple to use.

1. powered by

2. what’s behind YellowAPI?

3. FREE content

4. Beyond the 1 500 000 business
listings
Curated Canadian Geolocal Data
ü Rich Media : Virtual Profiles, Pictures & Videos
ü Geocoded listings
ü 1400 categories

5. Straight from the source
ü 2,250 sales people gathering data
ü 700 internal content curators

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11. the API

12. What is the YellowAPI?
Find a WHAT in a WHERE
What is WHAT?
Anything goes!
Business Names & Categories
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13. What is WHERE?
2 types of searches
Geo Search
Specific coordinates (Lat/Long)
Ranking is based on proximity
GREAT FOR LBS
Regional Search
Province, City, Borough, Postal Code, etc.
Ranking is based on relevance within the
specified region
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14. the HOW-TO
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15. YellowAPI.com the basics
ü Protocol: REST over HTTP
ü HTTP method: GET
ü Mandatory fields:
ü API key
ü UID
ü Response formats: XML or JSON
ü Rates:
ü Sandbox: 300 calls/day @ 1 call / second
ü Production: 5000 calls/day @ 2 calls/second
ü Constraints:
ü No caching
ü No ordering changes
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16. YellowAPI.com the calls
ü FindBusiness – main entry point
ü FindDealer – to find individual dealers (children) of a business
ü GetBusinessDetails – to get all our content
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17. Simple is beautiful
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18. the PORTAL
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