Yahoo Scraper API

The Piloterr Yahoo Scraper API lets you extract public data from Yahoo as clean, structured JSON — no proxies, headless browsers or HTML parsing to maintain. Endpoints available in production:

• Yahoo Search API — Query Yahoo via API and retrieve structured organic results with country and language.

Use it for SEO rank tracking, SERP monitoring, ad intelligence, market research or grounding LLM answers with fresh search results.

Endpoint	Path	Credits	What you get
Yahoo Search API	/v2/yahoo/search	1	Query Yahoo via API and retrieve structured organic results with country and language.

Table of contents

• How it works
• Yahoo Search API
• Code examples in other languages
• Practical use cases
• Why Piloterr?
• FAQ
• Related scrapers
• Support

How it works

1. Create a free Piloterr account and copy your API key from the dashboard.
2. Send a GET (or POST) request to https://api.piloterr.com/v2/... with the header x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY.
3. Receive structured JSON — Piloterr handles rendering, proxies, retries and parsing.

export PILOTERR_API_KEY="your-api-key"
pip install requests        # Python
# TypeScript: Node.js 18+ (native fetch), run with `npx tsx file.ts`

Every endpoint accepts both GET (query string) and POST (JSON body with the same fields).

Yahoo Search API

Query Yahoo via API and retrieve structured organic results with country and language.

GET | POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/yahoo/search · 1 credit per request · Full reference

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	✅	Search query sent to Yahoo Search.
page	number	—	Page number. Page 1 is the first page of results.
gl	string	—	Country code, for example us, fr, gb, de, jp.
hl	string	—	Language code, for example en, fr, de, ja, zh.

Python example

import json
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.piloterr.com/v2/yahoo/search",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["PILOTERR_API_KEY"]},
    params={
        "query": "openai",
    },
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:2000])

TypeScript example

type YahooSearch = {
  organic_results?: {
    link?: string;
    title?: string;
    domain?: string;
    snippet?: string;
    position?: number;
    displayed_link?: string;
  }[];
  search_parameters?: {
    q?: string;
    gl?: string;
    hl?: string;
    page?: number;
    engine?: string;
  };
};

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "query": "openai",
});

const response = await fetch(`https://api.piloterr.com/v2/yahoo/search?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.PILOTERR_API_KEY! },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Piloterr error ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);

const data = (await response.json()) as YahooSearch;

console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2).slice(0, 2000));

POST variant

POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/yahoo/search
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "openai"}

Output example

Example response from the API reference, abridged — real values depend on the page you scrape.

{
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "link": "https://openai.com/",
      "title": "OpenAI",
      "domain": "openai.com",
      "snippet": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company.",
      "position": 1,
      "displayed_link": "https://openai.com"
    }
  ],
  "search_parameters": {
    "q": "openai",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "page": 1,
    "engine": "yahoo"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
organic_results[]	object[]
organic_results[].link	string
organic_results[].title	string
organic_results[].domain	string
organic_results[].snippet	string
organic_results[].position	integer
organic_results[].displayed_link	string
search_parameters	object
search_parameters.q	string
search_parameters.gl	string
search_parameters.hl	string
search_parameters.page	integer
search_parameters.engine	string

Code examples in other languages

Ready-to-run examples live in the examples/ folder. Each one reads your key from the PILOTERR_API_KEY environment variable.

Language	Search
cURL (Bash)	search
PHP	search
C#	search
Go	search
Java	search
Ruby	search
Node.js	search

Practical use cases

• SEO rank tracking — Track positions of your pages and competitors on target keywords.
• SERP monitoring — Watch features, snippets and new entrants on strategic queries.
• LLM grounding — Feed AI agents and RAG pipelines with fresh search results.
• Ad intelligence — See who advertises on your keywords and with which messages.
• Market research — Map competitors, news and trends at scale.

Why Piloterr?

• No infrastructure — no proxies, headless browsers or CAPTCHA solving to run yourself.
• Structured JSON — stable, documented fields instead of brittle HTML selectors.
• Pay per request — transparent credit cost per endpoint, failed requests are retried for you.
• One API key, hundreds of sources — Yahoo plus many other e-commerce, search and company data endpoints in the Piloterr library.
• Any language — plain HTTPS + JSON, with examples for Python, TypeScript, cURL, PHP, C#, Go, Java, Ruby and Node.js.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Yahoo?

Collecting publicly available data is generally allowed in many jurisdictions, but rules depend on your country, the data you collect and how you use it. Avoid personal data unless you have a lawful basis, respect the website's terms where they apply, and get legal advice for your specific use case. This is not legal advice.

Do I need proxies or a headless browser?

No. Piloterr handles rendering, proxy rotation and retries on its side. You only send an HTTPS request with your x-api-key header and receive JSON.

How much does a request cost?

Credits per call: /v2/yahoo/search 1. See the Piloterr website for plans.

What data does the Yahoo API return?

Each endpoint returns structured JSON: Yahoo Search — organic_results[], organic_results[].link, organic_results[].title, organic_results[].domain, organic_results[].snippet, organic_results[].position.

How do I paginate Yahoo results?

Use the page parameter and keep requesting while the response indicates more results.

Can I target a specific country or language?

Yes, use gl, hl — see the parameter tables above for accepted values.

Which languages are supported?

Any language that can make an HTTP request. This README shows Python and TypeScript; the examples/ folder contains cURL, PHP, C#, Go, Java, Ruby and Node.js.

Related scrapers

• Bing Scraper API
• Brave Scraper API
• DuckDuckGo Scraper API
• Google Scraper API
• Google Ads Transparency Scraper API
• All Piloterr scrapers on GitHub

Support

• 💬 Join the Piloterr Discord to ask questions and share what you build.
• 📚 Browse the API reference (OpenAPI) and the Piloterr library.
• 🔑 Get your API key.

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