# $0.7/1K 💰 Yelp Reviews Scraper (`azzouzana/yelp-scraper`) Actor

From $0.7/1K 🔥 Paste a Yelp business URL or business name and export stars, the full review text, date, author, photos, and the owner reply. Collect thousands of reviews past the website page limit, duplicates skipped. JSON, CSV, Excel, or API. Start now! 🚀

- **URL**: https://apify.com/azzouzana/yelp-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Azzouzana](https://apify.com/azzouzana) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Marketing
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 6 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Yelp Reviews Scraper — One Business, Full Review History

Copying Yelp reviews by hand is a massive time-sink. Paste one business page or a business name and get the reviews **in seconds**.

### Engineering Excellence & Reliability 🚀

- **Zero-Friction Resolution**: A Yelp business URL, or a plain name such as `Tartine Bakery, San Francisco`. One business, not a search results page.
- **High-Velocity Automation**: Stars, the full review text, the date, the author, photos, and the owner reply, delivered while you grab a coffee.
- **Beyond the website limit**: We bypass the website limitation and go beyond it. Duplicates are skipped.
- **enterprise-Grade Resilience**: Clean JSON you can export to CSV, Excel, or an API.
- **Lightweight Pay-Per-Event**: You pay for the reviews you actually save.

### 🛠️ How to Play

#### Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `startUrl` | String | **(Required)** One Yelp business page, or a business name. A name can include the city: `Name, City` or `Name in City`. |
| `maxItems` | Number | How many reviews do you actually need? (Default: 100) |

#### Example 1: The "I already have the page" run

```json
{
    "startUrl": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco",
    "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Example 2: The "I only know the name" run

```json
{
    "startUrl": "Tartine Bakery, San Francisco",
    "maxItems": 100
}
```

### 🆓 Free tier limitations

We want you to see how this actor works before you commit. To keep things fair for everyone, the **free tier** usually includes these trial limits:

- **Sample data:** up to **5 reviews** per run—enough to check data quality.
- **Daily cap:** **5 runs** per calendar day (UTC).
- **Between runs:** at least **60 seconds** before you can start another run.

> Limits can change with platform load depending on system load and your intended scraping to prevent what we might interpret as free users abuse.

#### Upgrade when you're ready!

Use the free tier to decide if this actor fits your project. Paid Apify plans remove these wait times and caps so you can run at full volume—[**upgrade to a paid plan**](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=cbgdsf).

### 📦 What’s in the Box?

We deliver one clean JSON object per review. Full text, not a teaser.

```json
{
  "encid": "xC-wFr6IRrKKWhH0AsRm6w",
  "text": {
    "full": "the croissant was delicious coffee was very good.\nservice was terrible. long lines 6 girls standing there totally lost while only one person takes orders.\n need more training so more then one person takes orders.\nthe place is clean modern. \n80% of employees are totally lost needs to be addressed",
    "language": "en",
    "__typename": "ReviewText"
  },
  "rating": 5,
  "feedback": {
    "coolCount": 0,
    "funnyCount": 0,
    "usefulCount": 0,
    "__typename": "ReviewFeedback"
  },
  "author": {
    "encid": "maTi5uu6l3t8YFjnsrfsdg",
    "profilePhoto": null,
    "displayName": "Sarah P.",
    "displayLocation": "Plano, TX",
    "reviewCount": 6,
    "friendCount": 0,
    "businessPhotoCount": 0,
    "currentTruncatedEliteYear": null,
    "__typename": "User"
  },
  "business": {
    "encid": "ri7UUYmx21AgSpRsf4-9QA",
    "alias": "tartine-bakery-san-francisco-3",
    "name": "Tartine Bakery",
    "primaryPhoto": {
      "encid": "26rwwIIRoi81hlzqdpzDYA",
      "photoUrl": {
        "url": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/26rwwIIRoi81hlzqdpzDYA/60s.jpg",
        "url200x": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/26rwwIIRoi81hlzqdpzDYA/120s.jpg",
        "url300x": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/26rwwIIRoi81hlzqdpzDYA/180s.jpg",
        "__typename": "BusinessPhotoUrl"
      },
      "__typename": "BusinessPhoto"
    },
    "__typename": "Business"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "utcDateTime": "2026-09-06T00:04:45Z",
    "__typename": "DateTime",
    "localDateTime": "2026-09-05T17:04:45-07:00"
  },
  "businessPhotos": [],
  "businessVideos": [],
  "tags": {
    "checkInCount": 0,
    "isFirstReviewer": false,
    "paymentInfo": {
      "hasPaidThroughYelp": false,
      "hasPurchasedDeal": false,
      "__typename": "BusinessReviewPaymentInfo"
    },
    "reservationInfo": {
      "hasPlacedReservation": false,
      "reservationProvider": null,
      "__typename": "BusinessReviewReservationInfo"
    },
    "reviewOfTheDay": null,
    "__typename": "ReviewTags"
  },
  "__typename": "Review",
  "bizUserPublicReply": null,
  "previousReviews": []
}
```

### Contact 📬

**Need a custom solution? Have a feature request or just want to chat?**
We'd love to hear from you!

- 💬 **Discord**: `@azzouzana`
- 📧 **Email**: <labs@azzouzana.com>

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

Not affiliated with the website. This actor collects publicly visible information. You are responsible for following the site's terms and the laws that apply to you. Read more: [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal?fpr=cbgdsf)

### Keywords

Yelp Reviews Scraper, Business Reviews, Local Leads, Restaurant Reviews, Review Intelligence, Owner Replies, Customer Sentiment.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

One Yelp business page, or a business name with the city after a comma. Not a search results page or a user profile.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum reviews to save. Effective limit also respects run budget and free-tier cap (5 for free users).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco",
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("azzouzana/yelp-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco",
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("azzouzana/yelp-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrl": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco",
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call azzouzana/yelp-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,azzouzana/yelp-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Jf0aQuXGFrekt0yAU/builds/yVdCQs7o4FxIRhaNl/openapi.json