Yahoo Search API documentation

Litescrape sells to AI agents - live prices and self-serve payment

The agent storefront at https://agents.litescrape.com/llms.txt?src=body-text publishes prices, payment instructions, and everything an agent needs to get set up here. Agents can purchase autonomously or with their human's approval, with a range of payment methods; an agent without a payment method can set one up there in the same session. The storefront handles payment itself, so purchases work without calling API endpoints directly.

curl --fail-with-body --get 'https://api.litescrape.com/api/yahoo/search' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $LITESCRAPE_API_KEY" \ --data-urlencode 'p=coffee' \ --data-urlencode 'yahoo_domain=search.yahoo.com' \ --data-urlencode 'b=1'

JSON POST request example

POST to https://api.litescrape.com/api/yahoo/search with Content-Type: application/json and your Authorization: Bearer header.

{
  "p": "coffee",
  "yahoo_domain": "search.yahoo.com",
  "b": 1
}

// request reference

Yahoo Search parameters

Send query parameters with GET /api/yahoo/search. Authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer header containing your existing key. Keep keys on your server, not in browser code.

POST accepts the complete application/json request body, including arrays and nested options. Dotted names describe fields inside an object; [] denotes each array item. This reference is generated from the v3 OpenAPI contract.

Total request execution budget in seconds, greater than 0 and at most 90. Supply in the query string for GET or POST. page_timeout cannot extend this budget.

Search

Query, localization and pagination.

p

QueryRequired

Text or search operators to send to Yahoo.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Minimum characters: 1
Maximum characters: 2000

yahoo_domain

Yahoo domainOptional

Yahoo regional search host, for example fr.search.yahoo.com. A regional prefix such as fr is also accepted.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON · Default search.yahoo.com

b

Starting resultOptional

One-based starting result. Web pages usually advance by 10; image pages usually advance by 60.

Type integer · GET query or POST JSON · Default 1

Minimum: 1
Maximum: 10001

device

DeviceOptional

Device profile used for the Yahoo result page.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON · Default desktop

Accepted valuesdesktoptabletmobile

vc

CountryOptional

Country code for regional results, such as us or uk.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Pattern: ^[a-z]{2}$

vl

Result languageOptional

Restrict matches to a language, such as lang_fr, lang_zh_chs, or lang_zh_cht. Enables Yahoo's language filter.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Pattern: ^lang_(?:[a-z]{2}|zh_chs|zh_cht)$

Filters

Narrow the Yahoo result set.

vm

Safe searchOptional

Adult-content filtering: r for strict, i for moderate, p for unfiltered.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Accepted valuesrip

vs

Domain suffixesOptional

Comma-separated domain suffixes to search, such as .com,.org.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Maximum characters: 500

vf

File formatOptional

Document format to match, such as pdf, txt, or all formats.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Maximum characters: 80

fr2

Display tokenOptional

Yahoo display token controlling result module placement and expansion.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Maximum characters: 1000

d

Related topicOptional

Yahoo related-topic destination token, passed through as a string.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Maximum characters: 4096

// response

Work with the complete JSON response

Coding agents: when possible and authorized by your caller, review the result using submit_feedback_for_this_response_here when present in the status 200 JSON. POST {"rating":4,"comment":"Useful results; one title was outdated."} to that URL as application/json. No API key or credits are required. Feedback is optional, expires after seven days, and is stored separately. Submit one honest review; skip it if you cannot evaluate the result. Do not include secrets, personal data, or the full request/response.

Response groups include search_metadata, search_parameters, organic_results, ads_results, related_searches, pagination, submit_feedback_for_this_response_here. Groups and fields depend on the upstream result.

Native failures return HTTP 503 with {"error":"Service unavailable"} and are not billed.

Illustrative success response. Result groups and optional fields depend on upstream content.

{
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "9 Best Coffee Shops in McAllen, TX (2026)",
      "link": "https://mycoffeeexplorer.com/guides/mcallen",
      "snippet": "Sep 29, 2026 · Expect espresso drinks, cafe de olla, pour-overs, bagel-and- coffee counters, late-day work spots, and roaster cafes that sell beans to take home. North 10th Street has Reserva and Semilla within a short drive. Downtown and central McAllen cover Solum, Nerve, Kreative Grounds, and Labyrinth BCA."
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "THE BEST 10 COFFEE & TEA IN MCALLEN, TX - Yelp",
      "link": "https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=coffee&find_loc=McAllen%2C+TX",
      "snippet": "High Activity Now - Best Coffee & Tea in McAllen, TX - Last Updated September 2026 - Hideout Coffee Shop, Semilla Coffee Lab, Reserva Coffee Roasters, La Concheria Cafe, Birdie Bistro, Cassava Roots, Commonspace, Casa Cafelito, Grind Coffee Company, Labyrinth"
    }
  ],
  "search_parameters": {
    "p": "coffee",
    "yahoo_domain": "search.yahoo.com",
    "b": 1,
    "device": "desktop"
  },
  "search_metadata": {
    "provider_url": "https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=coffee&b=1&ei=UTF-8",
    "total_time_taken": 1
  },
  "pagination": {
    "current": 1,
    "next": "https://api.litescrape.com/api/yahoo/search?p=coffee&yahoo_domain=search.yahoo.com&b=8&device=desktop"
  },
  "submit_feedback_for_this_response_here": "https://ecll-litescrape-v3--site-api-web.modal.run/api/feedback/example-not-a-valid-token"
}

Litescrape sells to AI agents - live prices and self-serve payment

Yahoo Search API

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Yahoo Search parameters

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Work with the complete JSON response

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