Yahoo Image Search API Profile

The Yahoo Image Search API is part of BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) which provides API access to Yahoo!'s web, news, and image search technology. Unlike other search APIs, developers can use BOSS technology with very few restrictions.

The Image Search API provides access to Yahoo!'s image search technology and allows users to search the Internet for images. It uses a RESTful protocol and responses are formatted in either XML, JSON or PHP.

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Yahoo Image Search: Highlights

Summary: Image search services

Category: Search

Tags: search photo

Protocols: REST

Data Formats: XML, JSON, PHP

API home: http://developer.yahoo.com/search/image/V1/im ...

This is 1 of: 43 APIs by Yahoo

Yahoo Image Search: Specifications

Functionality

API Groups

Example API Methods: imageSearch

Client Install Required: No

Service Endpoint: http://api.search.yahoo.com/ImageSearchServic ...

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements: Application ID required

Developer Key Required: Yes

Account Required: Yes

Commercial Licensing: Upon request

Provider: yahoo.com

Company: Yahoo

Non-Commercial Lic.: OK within Rate Limits

Data Licensing

Usage Fees: None

Usage Limits

Terms of Service: API Terms of Service

Security

Authentication Model: API Key

SSL Support: No

Read-only Without Login: No

Support

Vendor API Kits: Search SDK

Community API Kits: Libraries

API Blog

Site Blog

API Forum: Yahoo Groups yws-search-general Mailing List

Developer Support

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Comments

April 19, 2006 at 15:53: Comment by: John Shaw
Yahoo Image search API is good, with good samples which can be downloaded from Y!...But the support docs for us newbies is non-existent

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