Site Explorer API: Notifying Yahoo of Changes

Tell the Yahoo! Index when you have new content available.

The Ping service allows you to notify Yahoo! when your site changes. You may notify us about a single page, or a set of pages that need attention. This call is very similar to the Update Notification service, but does not require an appid.

Request URL

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping

Request parameters

See information on constructing REST queries

Sample Request Url: http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http://www.yahoo.com

Response

There is no schema for this service. If successful, the service will return a success message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Success xmlns="urn:yahoo:api"> <Message>Update notification has successfully submitted.</Message> </Success>

Rate Limits

The Site Explorer APIs are limited to 5,000 queries per IP address per day and to noncommercial use. See information on rate limiting.

Terms of Use

Please see our Usage Policy to learn about acceptable uses and how to request additional queries.

Errors

The Site Explorer service returns the standard errors. There are no service-specific errors.

Support & Community

The Site Explorer APIs are discussed on the yws-search-general mailing list.