Overview
Summary	Search services
Category	Search
Tags	search
Date Added	2006-02-14
Description	Four search types within this service. Context Search: The Contextual Web Search service returns web pages matching a context-based query, helping you make your searches more powerful. Related Suggestion: The Related Suggestion service returns suggested queries to extend the power of a submitted query, providing variations on a theme to help you dig deeper. Spelling Suggestion: The Spelling Suggestion service returns suggested spelling for a given term. Web Search: The Web Search service allows you to search the Internet for web pages by submitting queries via REST.
API Home Page	http://developer.yahoo.com/search/web/
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	XML XSD Schema
Service Endpoint	http://search.yahooapis.com/WebSearchService/ ...
Functionality
API Groups	Context Search, Related Suggestion, Spelling Suggestion, Web Search
Example API Methods	contextSearch, webSearch
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	Application ID required
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits	Kit with Perl, Python, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Flash
Community API Kits
API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum	Yahoo Groups yws-search-web Mailing list
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	Account and developer ID required
Developer Key Required	Yes
Account with Service Required	Yes
Commercial Licensing	Upon request
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees
Usage Limits	5,000 queries per day per IP address
Terms of Service	API Terms of Service

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