Yahoo! Open Technologies
Jonathan LeBlanc – Technology Evangelist
Yahoo! Developer Network – Partner Integrations
Blog: www.nakedtechnologist.com
Twitter: jcleblanc

Build Your Own Search Service
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How Do I Use It?
Development and Stuff
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BOSS – Requesting Data
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/{service}/v1/
{query}?appid={yourBOSSappid}&[params]
Params
• start • format
• count • callback
• lang • sites
• region
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What Can I Build With This Thing?
BOSS Examples in Practice
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New Presentation Models
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Client / Browser Integrations
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New Ranking Models
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Vertical/niche search products
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Yahoo! Query Language (YQL)
SELECT * FROM Internet
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SELECT * FROM Internet
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YQL – Query Structure
SELECT myColumn, myTitle
FROM myTable(0, 50)
WHERE myColumn = 'value' AND myTitle = 'title‘
LIMIT 3 OFFSET 10 |
sort(field='myColumn') | reverse()
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YQL – Available Tables
YQL Command: SHOW tables (77 Standard / 147 with community)
<table>atom</table> <table>music.release.artist</table> <table>social.connections</table>
<table>csv</table> <table>music.release.id</table> <table>social.contacts</table>
<table>feed</table> <table>music.release.popular</table> <table>social.presence</table>
<table>flickr.photos.exif</table> <table>music.release.search</table> <table>social.profile</table>
<table>flickr.photos.info</table> <table>music.track.id</table> <table>social.updates</table>
<table>flickr.photos.interestingness</table> <table>music.track.popular</table> <table>upcoming.category</table>
<table>flickr.photos.recent</table> <table>music.track.search</table> <table>upcoming.country</table>
<table>flickr.photos.search</table> <table>music.video.category</table> <table>upcoming.events</table>
<table>flickr.photos.sizes</table> <table>music.video.id</table> <table>upcoming.events.bestinplace</table>
<table>flickr.places</table> <table>music.video.popular</table> <table>upcoming.groups</table>
<table>flickr.places.info</table> <table>music.video.search</table> <table>upcoming.metro</table>
<table>geo.places</table> <table>music.video.similar</table> <table>upcoming.state</table>
<table>geo.places.ancestors</table> <table>mybloglog.community.find</table> <table>upcoming.user</table>
<table>geo.places.belongtos</table> <table>mybloglog.member</table> <table>upcoming.venue</table>
<table>geo.places.children</table> <table>mybloglog.member.contacts</table> <table>uritemplate</table>
<table>geo.places.neighbors</table> <table>mybloglog.member.newwithcontacts</table> <table>weather.forecast</table>
<table>geo.places.parent</table> <table>mybloglog.member.newwithme</table> <table>xml</table>
<table>geo.places.siblings</table> <table>mybloglog.members.find</table> <table>yahoo.identity</table>
<table>geo.placetypes</table> <table>mybloglog.stats.find</table> <table>yap.setsmallview</table>
<table>gnip.activity</table> <table>rss</table> <table>yql.admin.blockedips</table>
<table>html</table> <table>search.images</table> <table>yql.admin.blockedscripts</table>
<table>json</table> <table>search.news</table>
<table>local.search</table> <table>search.siteexplorer.inlinks</table>
<table>microformats</table> <table>search.siteexplorer.pages</table>
<table>music.artist.id</table> <table>search.spelling</table>
<table>music.artist.popular</table> <table>search.suggest</table>
<table>music.artist.search</table> <table>search.termextract</table>
<table>music.artist.similar</table> <table>search.web</table>
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YQL – Table Contents
YQL Command: DESC social.connections
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YQL - Running a Query
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/yql?[params]
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?[params]
Params
• q=[QUERY]
• format=[xml / json]
• callback=[function name]
• diagnostics=[true / false]
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YQL – Output Types
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YQL Open Data Tables
Structure the internet
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YQL – Open Data Tables
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YQL – Using an Open Data Table
USE ‘{TABLE URL}’ as digg;
SELECT * FROM digg WHERE topic=‘apple’;
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YQL Execute
Augment the Internet
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End Result
What’s this data going to do for me?
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Getting Started
BOSS Main Page
http://developer.yahoo.com/boss
YQL Main Page
http://developer.yahoo.com/yql
YQL Console
http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console
Developer Forums
http://developer.yahoo.com/forums
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Thank You
Questions?
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