Overview
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/
Latest API News	Yahoo's Best BOSS Search Mashups Yahoo's BOSS Advances Search APIs
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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
Example API Methods
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	API key
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits	Python
Community API Kits
API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	API key
Developer Key Required	Yes
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing	Yes
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees
Usage Limits
Terms of Service

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