Yahoo! Shopping Web Services

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.

How Do I Get Started?

1. Get an Application ID.
2. Read online documentation.

Shopping Web Service APIs

Catalog Listing

Find 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. Access user reviews. Locate product specifications. Catalog Listing API v2 documentation.

Note, the User Product Review API v1, and Catalog Specification API v1 are now provided by this API.

Product Search

Search for product offerings using text string queries. Modify the searches using Department Codes, price, and other criteria. Search by Product Category. Narrow your searches using multiple refinement parameters which can include sub-categories and specific product attributes. Product Search API v3 documentation.

Merchant Search

Retieve information about particular Yahoo! Shopping merchants. Get customer satisfaction ratings (overall, shipping options, timely delivery, ease of purchase, and customer service). Obtain merchant information URLs, and certification status. Merchant Search API v1 documentation.

Related Information

Terms of Use

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.

Commercial Syndication Program

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.

Support & Community

The Shopping Web Services are discussed on the yws-shopping mailing list.