You can use Yahoo! Shopping Web Services to search our database of millions of product offers and thousands of merchants available through the Yahoo! Shopping site. The API can be used to create applications that provide comparison shopping and product search functionality as well as display user reviews. Below you'll find all you need to get started with the Shopping Web Services APIs.
The Shopping Web Services are discussed on the yws-shopping mailing list.
Lets you find the individual offers inside a Yahoo! Shopping Buyers' Guide catalog.
Search for all merchant offers for a specific product. Refine by zip to see tax, shipping, and total price.
Now includes user reviews and specifications for a product, in addition to merchant offers.
Lets you retrieve data about the merchants making offers on Yahoo! Shopping.
Lets you find products effectively.
Search for product offerings using text string queries. Modify the searches using Department Codes, price, and other criteria.
In addition to V1 features, search by Product Category. Narrow your searches using multiple refinement parameters which can include subcategories and specific product attributes.
In addition to V2 features, returns more robust search narrowing options, including both sub-categories and product attributes, for all search queries.
Lets you get user reviews for a product. User reviews are now also available in Catalog Listing V2.
Lets you get specifications for a product. Specifications are now also available in Catalog Listing V2.
To access Yahoo! Developer Network, you will need to get an application ID
Next you can read the online Yahoo! Shopping web services documentation and the general Yahoo! Web Service FAQs.
For all Web sites and applications that present data from the Yahoo! Shopping API, the attribution text "Powered by Yahoo! Shopping" must be presented. You may link the attribution text back to the Yahoo! Shopping site.
Developers can now syndicate products from Yahoo! Shopping and make money! The Shopping Paid Syndication Program lets web sites make money by integrating with Yahoo! Shopping. Whether you're working on a shopping mash-up, a next generation social commerce destination, or you simply want to integrate shopping comparison features into your content site, this program is for you. Yahoo! Shopping will be accepting a limited number of applicants for the Shopping Paid Syndication Program during the initial beta phase. To apply for the beta, visit the Syndication Program sign-up page.
We'd love to see what you've come up with! To share your applications and find other examples of developer creativity, please visit the Yahoo! Applications Gallery. You'll be able to upload, download, rate, and review applications from all over the world, using all sorts of Yahoo! data and services.
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