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Yelp Categories API

Yelp business category taxonomy

Yelp Categories API is one of 5 APIs that Yelp publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 20 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Categories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and 20 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.yelp.com.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.yelp.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Yelp Categories API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Yelp Fusion API key passed as a bearer token in the Authorization header.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Categories 2

Yelp business category taxonomy

GET
/v3/categories
Get All Categories
getAllCategories 1 param → 200401429
GET
/v3/categories/{alias}
Get Category Details
getCategory 2 params → 200401404429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Category (5 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Category
object
5 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

yelp-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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