Yahoo! Social Directory API

Social Directory describes a user's identity on Yahoo!, including their Yahoo! profile information and their relationships across places like Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger. The APIs allow you to tap into that information to make your websites and your apps more social, increasing user engagement and creating distribution opportunities.

Sample data through YQL

Accessing the Data

Using the data in your application

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

Create a Project

Rate Limits

Use of the Social Directory 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 Social Directory developer service, you agree to the Terms of Use.

LEGACY API

Previous versions of the Social Directory API utilized a Web Service as a way to access user's Social Directory data. Documentation for the previous Social Directory web service remain available, including a screencast explaining its use and the PHP and Flash SDKs.

Documentation

Learn how to use the Social Directory 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 Social Directory developer forum to get help and touch base with other developers.