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YellowAPI provides a free API that allows users to search over 1.5 million Canadian business listings categorized into 1400 categories by name, location, or region. Data is gathered by 2,250 salespeople and curated by 700 internal staff. The API has basic GET requests to search for businesses and dealers, get business details, and is designed to be simple to use.
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- 4. Beyond the 1500 000 business listings Curated Canadian Geolocal Data ü Rich Media : Virtual Profiles, Pictures & Videos ü Geocoded listings ü 1400 categories
- 5. Straight from thesource ü 2,250 sales people gathering data ü 700 internal content curators
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- 12. What is theYellowAPI? Find a WHAT in a WHERE What is WHAT? Anything goes! Business Names & Categories Dra$ and confiden,al p.12
- 13. What is WHERE? 2types of searches Geo Search Specific coordinates (Lat/Long) Ranking is based on proximity GREAT FOR LBS Regional Search Province, City, Borough, Postal Code, etc. Ranking is based on relevance within the specified region Dra$ and confiden,al p.13
- 14. the HOW-TO Dra$ and confiden,al p.14
- 15. YellowAPI.com the basics ü Protocol: REST over HTTP ü HTTP method: GET ü Mandatory fields: ü API key ü UID ü Response formats: XML or JSON ü Rates: ü Sandbox: 300 calls/day @ 1 call / second ü Production: 5000 calls/day @ 2 calls/second ü Constraints: ü No caching ü No ordering changes Dra$ and confiden,al p.15
- 16. YellowAPI.com the calls ü FindBusiness – main entry point ü FindDealer – to find individual dealers (children) of a business ü GetBusinessDetails – to get all our content Dra$ and confiden,al p.16
- 17. Simple is beautiful Dra$ and confiden,al p.17
- 18. the PORTAL Dra$ and confiden,al p.18
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- 20. Questions & Comments Follow Us Like! Links to our profiles on YellowAPI.com Post your questions on Twitter or Facebook Surprises during the day for our followers!