Mail Web Service

Yahoo! Mail Web Service Code Samples

The Yahoo! Mail Web Service offers two different ways to communicate: SOAP and JSON-RPC. The best choice depends on the programming language you intend to use to develop your application. Not all languages that support SOAP are compatible with the Yahoo! Mail Web Service, but all languages that support JSON-RPC are compatible with the Yahoo! Mail Web Service.

A list of languages you can use with JSON-RPC is available at JSON.org. Please also read our instructions on Using JSON with Yahoo! Web Services.

Technology Test Results:

Language	SOAP	JSON-RPC
.NET	Yes, tested successfully	Yes
Java	Yes, Axis2 and JAX-WS tested successfully	Yes
Perl	No, SOAP Lite tested with incompatibilities	Yes
PHP 4	No, Nusoap and Pear SOAP tested with incompatibilities	Yes
PHP 5	Yes, built-in SOAP extension tested successfully	Yes
Python	No, ZSI and SOAPpy tested with incompatibilities	Yes

Code Samples

C#
Requires the Yahoo! Mail WSDL.
Java - JAX-WS or Axis2
Requires the Axis2 SOAP library or the JAX-WS library, and the Yahoo! Mail WSDL listed above.
Perl
Perl class with test cases for Y! Mail and Y! Photos.
Python
Python class with test cases for Y! Mail and Y! Photos.