Yelp Scraper
Spider read yelp.com in 1.1 s without a browser and returned 2,016 lines of clean markdown.
* Business one-shot questions & answers (e.g. "Does Capital Grille in Costa Mesa, CA offer vegan options?")* Business comparisons (e.g., “Compare Red King and Original King ramen dishes at Ramen Nagi in Palo Alto”)* Making restaurant reservations (e.g., "I’d like a reservation for four at Chubby Cattle in Chicago this Friday at 8pm")* Updating or canceling restaurant reservations and signing up for waitlists* Requesting quotes from Services professionals* Providing turn-by-turn directions* Other advanced or specialized tasks outside the business domainBusiness search with contextual search summariesThe Yelp AI API can search and recommend businesses based on user context such as location, category, and preferences.`POST https://api.yelp.com/ai/chat/v2Authorization: Bearer <Your API Key>Content-Type: application/json"query": "Popular Mexican restaurants in Orange County, LA that are reasonably priced","text": "I found 3 popular, reasonably priced Mexican restaurants in Orange County, LA. Guelaguetza Restaurante is known for authentic Oaxacan mole and live music. El Compadre stands out for its flaming margaritas and mariachi performances. Martin's Cocina y Cantina offers a vibrant atmosphere and strong margaritas near SoFi Stadium.","business_id": "IzRINfSLBr6k_dq1e2WNew""business_id": "1ZzhJds84q831qpnJC-ZFA""business_id": "guN1ZhKrXvQabzxqdtJTYQ""alias": "guelaguetza-restaurante-los-angeles","name": "Guelaguetza Restaurante","url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/guelaguetza-restaurante-los-angeles?adjust_creative=uKZbO3XxGEy7Htt5nSGiRw&utm_campaign=yelp_api_v3&utm_medium=api_v3_public_ai_api_chat_v2&utm_source=uKZbO3XxGEy7Htt5nSGiRw","address1": "3014 W Olympic Blvd","formatted_address": "3014 W Olympic Blvd\nLos Angeles, CA 90006""BusinessAcceptsAndroidPay": false,"BusinessAcceptsApplePay": false,"BusinessUrl": "http://www.ilovemole.com/","AboutThisBizBioPhotoDict": {"AboutThisBizBusinessRecommendation": [],The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on yelp.com.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=restaurants&find_loc=San+Francisco");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=restaurants&find_loc=San+Francisco");
await page.content(10000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const businesses = [];
document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='serp-ia-card']").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector("a[data-testid='biz-name']")?.textContent?.trim();
const rating = el.querySelector("[aria-label*='star rating']")?.getAttribute("aria-label");
const reviews = el.querySelector("[data-font-weight='semibold']")?.textContent?.trim();
const categories = el.querySelector("[class*='priceCategory']")?.textContent?.trim();
if (name) businesses.push({ name, rating, reviews, categories });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: businesses.length, businesses: businesses.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What yelp.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001465 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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