YQL Documentation

YQL Introduction

• What is YQL?
• Why Use YQL?
• Usage Information and Limits
• Internationalization Support

Getting Started

• How to Run YQL Statements
• The Two-Minute Tutorial
• First YQL Application
• Summary of YQL Statements
• YQL Web Service URLs

Using YQL

• SELECT Statement
• INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE (I/U/D)
• Filtering Query Results (WHERE)
• Joining Tables With Sub-selects
• Sort and Other Functions
• Best Practices for Forming YQL Statements
• Remote and Local Processing
• Paging and Table Limits
• Using the Query Builder
• Response Data
• Authorization

YQL Examples

• Making YQL Queries with JavaScript
• Making YQL Queries with PHP
• YQL Social Application
• YQL INSERT: WordPress Open Application
• Getting Updates with YQL
• Data Scraping with YQL

YQL Open Data Tables

• Using YQL Open Data Tables
• Invoking an Open Data Table Definition within YQL
• Setting Key Values for Open Data Tables
• Open Data Tables Reference
• Debugging Open Data Tables and Network Calls
• Executing JavaScript in Open Data Tables
• JavaScript Objects, Methods, and Variables Reference
• Execution Rate Limits
• YQL Streaming
• Using Hosted Storage with YQL
• JavaScript and E4X Best Practices for YQL
• Open Data Tables Security and Access Control
• Batching Multiple Calls into a Single Request
• Troubleshooting

YQL Open Data Table Examples

• Hello World Table
• Yahoo! Messenger Status
• OAuth Signed Request to Netflix
• Request for a Flickr frob
• Celebrity Birthday Search Using IMDB
• Shared Yahoo! Applications
• CSS Selector for HTML
• Open Data Table Examples of I/U/D
• Flickr Photo Search
• Digg Events via Gnip
• Batching Multiple Calls into a Single Request

Other Resources

• Screencasts
• Slideshows
• Additional Code Examples/Tutorials
• YQL Module for YUI
• Using YQL for Developers (Cheat sheet)
• Creating Open Data Tables for YQL (Cheat sheet)