yelp
A Yelp API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no Yelp Fusion API app approval. Use when the user wants to search local businesses by query and location sorted by rating or review count, fetch a business's full details by ID or by its Yelp URL handle/slug, or fetch a business's reviews. Also covers local business discovery, restaurant/service research, review sentiment input, and competitor monitoring for local businesses without Yelp Fusion API's app-approval process and daily call caps.
Overview
Yelp API
Local business search, business details, and reviews as clean JSON — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No Yelp Fusion API app approval, no daily call cap, no API key request form.
Base URL: https://yelp.fetcher.sh
Authentication
Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:
# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
# or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/search?query=ramen&location=San+Francisco"
# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
# with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
# Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.
Endpoints (4 — all GET, $0.003/call)
| Endpoint | What it returns |
|---|---|
/api/search | Businesses matching a query and location |
/api/place/{id} | A business's full details by ID |
/api/place/handle/{handle} | A business's full details by its Yelp URL handle/slug |
/api/place/{id}/reviews | A business's reviews |
Required on search: query, location. Optional: sortBy (recommended, rating, reviewCount), page. Reviews support page.
Scenarios
Highest rated first:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "query=ramen" -G \
--data-urlencode "location=San Francisco" \
--data-urlencode "sortBy=rating" \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/search"Most reviewed first:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "query=tacos" -G \
--data-urlencode "location=Austin, TX" \
--data-urlencode "sortBy=reviewCount" \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/search"A business's details by ID, or by its Yelp URL handle/slug:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/place/gary-danko-san-francisco"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/place/handle/gary-danko-san-francisco"A business's reviews, paginated:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "page=2" -G \
"https://yelp.fetcher.sh/api/place/gary-danko-san-francisco/reviews"MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"yelp": {
"url": "https://yelp.fetcher.sh/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
}
}
}Free: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, check_balance. Paid: fetch_data (any endpoint above), topup_credits, plus the named shortcut yelp_search. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the fetcher skill for the full flow.
Errors
400— missing/invalid parameter (message names it)401— unknown or rotated key402— payment required (x402 challenge) ortopup_required(credits exhausted)404— not a priced path- No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery)
Reference
- Full agent setup: https://yelp.fetcher.sh/skill.md
- OpenAPI 3.1 contract: https://yelp.fetcher.sh/openapi.json
- Condensed catalog: https://yelp.fetcher.sh/llms.txt
- Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive:
fetcherskill - Site: https://yelp.fetcher.sh
Files 1 file
Install it by hand
Deska runs this for you, for every agent you pick. To run it yourself in a terminal:
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill yelpMore from fetcher-sh
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