// request reference
Yelp Reviews parameters
Send query parameters with GET /api/yelp/reviews. Authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer header containing your existing key. Keep keys on your server, not in browser code.
The groups below list every request field, including compatibility restrictions. Read the extended reference for detailed types, defaults, parameter combinations and additional examples.
Business reviews
Fetch Yelp’s first-party public review feed for one encoded business ID.
place_idRequired encoded Yelp business ID.
Example / input hint: dDz2erKJ_Z2HMur0tQ_iJA
yelp_domainSupported first-party localized Yelp hostname.
Example / input hint: www.yelp.com
hlReview language such as en or fr-FR.
Example / input hint: en
sortbyYelp review ordering.
relevance_descdate_descdate_ascrating_descrating_ascelites_descratingComma-separated ratings from 1 through 5.
Example / input hint: 5,4
startOffset from 0 through 10,000.
Example / input hint: 0
num1 through 49 reviews.
Example / input hint: 10
Unavailable feed controls
These explicit controls return an actionable unsupported-parameter error.
qYelp does not expose review text filtering in this feed.
Example / input hint: parking
not_recommendedYelp does not expose its hidden review feed.
truefalsenot_recommended_startUnavailable because the hidden feed is not exposed.
Example / input hint: 0
// response
Work with the complete JSON response
Response groups include reviews, search_information, review_languages, pagination. Groups and fields depend on the upstream result.
The SDK examples use raise_for_error() or raiseForError() so API errors are not mistaken for successful results.