| Overview | ||||
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| Summary | Customizable search service | |||
| Category | Search | |||
| Tags | search | |||
| Date Added | 2008-07-10 | |||
| Description | BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index. BOSS gives you access to Yahoo!'s investments in crawling and indexing, ranking and relevancy algorithms, and powerful infrastructure. | |||
| API Home Page | http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ | |||
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| Protocol | ||||
| Protocols | REST | |||
| Data Formats | XML, JSON | |||
| Service Endpoint | http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/{vertical}/ ... | |||
| Functionality | ||||
| API Groups | web, image, news | |||
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| Client Install Required | No | |||
| Security | ||||
| Authentication Model | API key | |||
| SSL Support | No | |||
| Read-only Without Login | No | |||
| Support | ||||
| Vendor API Kits | Python | |||
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| Developer Support | ||||
| Signup and Licensing | ||||
| Signup Requirements | API key | |||
| Developer Key Required | Yes | |||
| Account with Service Required | No | |||
| Commercial Licensing | Yes | |||
| Non-Commercial Licensing | ||||
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| Terms of Service | ||||
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