Yahoo! Mail Web Service

Yahoo! Mail is a free, web-based email service. With the Mail API, you can build applications that display message summary information, parse message contents, manage folders, and even compose and send messages.

Sample data through YQL

Accessing the Data

Using the data in your application

In order to access Mail Web Service data in your application, you’ll need to get a Yahoo! API key and configure it to use Mail Web Service. You can do this by creating a project for your application.

Create a Project

Rate Limits

Use of the Mail Web Service developer service should not exceed reasonable request volume. Access through YQL is limited to 10,000 signed calls per hour and 1,000 unsigned calls per hour, as defined in the YQL Terms of Use. If you believe your application will exceed such volume, please contact us.

TERMS OF USE

By using the Mail Web Service developer service, you agree to the Terms of Use.

RESOURCES

Client libraries in Python, PHP and VB.NET are available to make using the Mail developer service easier.

Documentation

Learn how to use the Mail Web Service API through descriptions of its queries and parameters. In addition, the documentation also inculdes sample code to help get you started.

» Read Documentation

Community

Forum

Join the conversation on the Mail Web Service developer forum to get help and touch base with other developers.