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post/yelp/v1/business/search1 credit

Find a Yelp business by name (plus optional location) and return its Yelp business ID, name and Yelp URL. Pass the business ID straight into business/reviews or business/details. No Yelp account required.

Working example

Parameters

namerequired

Business name to look up on Yelp — e.g. 'Blue Bottle Coffee'.

locationoptional

City / neighborhood to disambiguate same-named branches (strongly recommended).

limitoptional

Max ranked candidate matches to return (1–10). (1–10)

resolveAlloptional

Resolve the Yelp business ID for every returned candidate (uses more calls). Default: resolve only the top match.

request preview

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/yelp/v1/business/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Blue Bottle Coffee","location":"San Francisco"}'

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