Yelp Scraper: Businesses, Reviews, Menus - No Login

Search Yelp by keyword and city, or paste business links, and get profiles with phones, websites, hours, photos, menus and reviews. Rows land in a table you can export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or read by API. You need no login and no API key, and 10 businesses take about a minute and cost about $0.044.

Table of contents

• What it does
• How it works
• Quick start
• Use cases
• Input
• Output
• Pricing
• Limits
• API, export and integrations
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Related Actors
• Support

What it does

Pick one of three modes in What to collect:

• Find businesses: run a Yelp search by keyword and location, or from a Yelp search link, and save one full profile per business.
• Business profiles: read the profiles for business links, aliases or IDs you already have.
• Reviews: save one row per review for the businesses you list, with text, rating, date, language and owner reply.

Optional extras add menus, more photos, questions with answers, and review rows next to each profile. Monitoring mode saves only businesses and reviews it has not seen in earlier runs.

Good fit

• You build a local lead list with phones and websites for a category and city.
• You compare ratings, price levels and amenities across competing venues.
• You read new reviews of your own or rival businesses on a schedule.
• You collect menu items and prices for restaurant research.

It is not a good fit if you need owner emails, reviewer contact details or private account data. Those fields are not collected. For a whole metro area, split the search by neighborhood or ZIP code, because each Yelp search stops at 240 positions, which give about 200 different businesses.

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How it works

1. You enter a search, or the businesses you already know, and choose what to collect.
2. The run reads public Yelp pages and data feeds. You supply no account, cookie or proxy.
3. Each business or review becomes one row. Open the rows in the Output tab, export them, or fetch them by API.

If one business cannot be read, the run skips it, writes the reason to RUN_SUMMARY and moves on.

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Quick start

1. Open the Input tab and keep What to collect on Find businesses (box 1).
2. Keep coffee in Search query, or type your own keyword (box 2).
3. Keep San Francisco in Search location, or type your own city (box 3).
4. Keep Maximum results at 10 (box 4).
5. Click Start.

6. When the run ends, open the Output tab (box 6).
7. Check name, rating, reviewsCount, address.formatted, phone and website (box 7). Some businesses publish no phone or website, so those cells can show null.

Expected result: 10 business rows in about a minute, for about $0.044 on the Free plan.

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Use cases

Buyer job	Input path	Output entity	Key fields	Next integration
Build a local lead list	Find businesses, keyword and city, Businesses with a website on	Business	name, phone, website, address, categories	CSV for a CRM or outreach sheet
Compare rival venues	Business profiles, list of links	Business	rating, reviewsCount, priceRange, amenities, hours	Google Sheets or BI table
Watch new reviews	Reviews, business IDs, Only new results on	Review	rating, text, date, ownerReply, url	Apify schedule plus Slack or Notion summary
Study restaurant menus	Business profiles, Menu and popular dishes on	Business	menu, popularDishes, menuUrl	JSON for pricing analysis
Analyse customer opinions	Reviews, date range and keywords	Review	text, language, translatedText, reactions	Text analysis or LLM pipeline

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Input

Input fields

Field	Plain name	Type	Required	Default / prefill	Allowed values	Effect	Example	Recommendation
mode	What to collect	String	Yes	search	search, business, reviews	Picks the kind of rows you get	reviews	Start with search
query	Search query	String	For a search	prefill coffee	Text	Keyword, category or name to look up	plumber	Needs a location too
location	Search location	String	For a search	prefill San Francisco	Text	City, address, neighborhood or ZIP	94103	Narrow areas find more in total
businessUrls	Business URLs or aliases	Array	For business links	empty	Yelp /biz/ links or aliases	Reads these businesses	gary-danko-san-francisco	Regional Yelp links work too
businessIds	Business IDs	Array	No	empty	Yelp IDs	Reads reviews without a profile lookup	WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw	Cheapest path for review monitors
searchTerms	More search queries	Array	No	empty	Text	Runs each query in each location, replaces Search query	["bakery","deli"]	Multiplies search pages
locations	More search locations	Array	No	empty	Text	Replaces Search location	["Oakland","Berkeley"]	Use to cover a metro area
maxItems	Maximum results	Integer	No	10	1 or more	Total saved rows, business and review rows together	100	Main cost control
maxBusinessesPerSearch	Businesses per search	Integer	No	240	1 or more	Caps one query and location pair	50	Lower it for many pairs
searchSort	Search order	String	No	recommended	recommended, rating, review_count, distance	Yelp order for results	rating	Keep the default for full lists
category	Category alias	String	No	empty	Yelp category alias	Moves results toward a category. Yelp can still return nearby matches from other categories	coffee	Optional
priceLevels	Price levels	Array	No	empty	1, 2, 3, 4	Filters on Yelp's search page	["1","2"]	Optional
features	Business features	Array	No	empty	Yelp feature keys	Filters on Yelp's search page	DogsAllowed, WiFi.free	Optional
openNow	Open now	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Asks Yelp for open businesses, then drops any whose profile says closed. Unknown hours stay	true	Each dropped profile costs detail-page
includeAds	Include sponsored results	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Keeps sponsored search rows	true	Marked with isAd
searchUrls	Yelp search URLs	Array	No	empty	Yelp /search links	Replaces query and location, starts from the first page	https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=pizza&find_loc=Boston	Copy filters from Yelp
minRating	Minimum business rating	Number	No	0	0 to 5	Drops businesses below this rating, not reviews	4	The read still costs detail-page
minReviews	Minimum business review count	Integer	No	0	0 or more	Drops businesses with fewer reviews	50	The read still costs detail-page
onlyWithWebsite	Businesses with a website	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Drops businesses without a website	true	The read still costs detail-page
includeReviews	Also collect reviews	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Adds review rows after each business	true	Set Maximum results for both kinds
maxReviewsPerBusiness	Reviews per business	Integer	No	100	1 or more	Caps reviews for one business	20	Lower it for wide searches
reviewsSort	Review order	String	No	newest	recommended, newest, oldest, rating_desc, rating_asc, elites	Yelp review order	newest	Keep newest for monitors
ratings	Review ratings	Array	No	empty	1 to 5	Keeps reviews with these stars	["1","2"]	Good for complaints
language	Review language	String	No	en	Language code, empty for all	Filters reviews by language	es	Clear it to get every language
keywords	Review keywords	Array	No	empty	Text	Keeps reviews with at least one word	["parking"]	Filtered pages still cost
dateFrom	Reviews from	String	No	empty	YYYY-MM-DD or 30 days, 2 months	Oldest review date	30 days	Stops early with newest
dateTo	Reviews through	String	No	empty	YYYY-MM-DD	Newest review date, inclusive	2026-10-31	Optional
translateTo	Translate reviews to	String	No	empty	Language code	Adds translatedText where Yelp has it	en	Recommended reviews only
reviewType	Review list	String	No	recommended	recommended, not_recommended, removed	Picks Yelp's review list	not_recommended	The other two lists have fixed order
includeReviewerDetails	Public reviewer details	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Adds name, profile link, review count and Elite year	true	Leave off unless needed
maxPhotos	Photos per business	Integer	No	20	0 or more	First 25 come with the profile, more load paid pages	35	Keep at 25 or lower to avoid page fees
maxQuestions	Questions per business	Integer	No	2	0 or more	Up to 2 include a top-answer preview, more load paid pages	3	Keep at 2 or lower to avoid page fees
includeMenu	Menu and popular dishes	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Adds menu and popularDishes	true	Many businesses have no menu on Yelp
onlyNew	Only new results	Boolean	No	false	true, false	Saves only rows not seen in earlier runs	true	Needs State name
stateName	State name	String	With Only new results	empty	Letters, numbers, dashes	Names the memory shared between runs	sf-coffee	Use one name per monitor
deliveryConnector	Send results to (optional)	String	No	empty	Slack, Notion or another MCP connector	Sends a short summary after the run	Slack	See below
deliveryTarget	Notion page or channel (optional)	String	With some connectors	empty	Notion page link, Slack channel ID	Where the summary goes	C0123456789	Depends on the connector

Interacting settings

When	Input A	Input B	Effective behavior	Example	Cost or result effect
Lists replace single fields	searchTerms	query	The list wins	["deli"] and coffee	Only deli is searched
Links replace text	searchUrls	query, location	Links win	a pizza link and coffee	Only the link is searched
Find businesses gets links too	businessUrls	query	Both run	one link and one search	You pay for both
Reviews next to profiles	includeReviews	maxItems	Both kinds count toward the total	maxItems 50	Profiles can use up the total before reviews
Filters run after the read	minRating, minReviews, onlyWithWebsite, openNow	search and business, not reviews	Rejected profile saves no row	minRating 4	Each rejected profile costs one detail-page
Date limit and order	dateFrom	reviewsSort	With newest, reading stops at the first old page	30 days	Other orders read every page
Non-recommended lists	reviewType	reviewsSort, language, translateTo	The last three apply only to recommended	removed	Translation and language stay null
Monitor needs a name	onlyNew	stateName	No name means the run fails before any read	onlyNew alone	Costs the start fee only

Input examples

Search for businesses with a website:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "dentist",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "onlyWithWebsite": true
}

Expected output: up to 100 business rows that have a website.

Cost note: about 12 search pages plus 100 businesses, about $0.47 on the Free plan. Each rejected profile adds $0.0014. Set a timeout of 10 minutes in Run options, because 100 search rows took about 6 to 7 minutes.

Read one profile with menu and extra photos:

{
  "mode": "business",
  "businessUrls": ["https://www.yelp.com/biz/sotto-mare-san-francisco-4"],
  "includeMenu": true,
  "maxPhotos": 35
}

Expected output: one business row with menu, popularDishes and up to 35 items in photos.

Cost note: about $0.003 for the profile, plus $0.0014 for each extra photo page.

Monitor the newest reviews of one business:

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "businessIds": ["WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "onlyNew": true,
  "stateName": "gary-danko-reviews"
}

Expected output: first run saves the matching reviews. Later runs save only reviews not seen before, and the dataset can be empty.

Cost note: a later run with nothing new costs the start fee plus $0.0014 per review page read, from about $0.0017.

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Output

Output fields

Field	Meaning	Type	Can be empty?	Example / enum	Source / notes
recordType	Row kind	String	No	business, review	Set by the run
status	Row completeness	String	No	complete	Set by the run
source	Data source	String	No	Yelp	Set by the run
businessId	Yelp business ID	String	No	UXCtOlad97FzZNWyxOii3g	Use for later review runs
name	Business name	String	Business rows only	Q Specialty Coffee	Profile
alias	Yelp link slug	String	Business rows only	q-specialty-coffee-san-francisco	Profile
businessName	Business of this review	String	Review rows only	Gary Danko	Review
businessAlias	Slug of that business	String	Review rows only	gary-danko-san-francisco	Review
reviewId	Yelp review ID	String	Review rows only	xtEERBKGS2OT72htwE2oDA	Review
url	Yelp link to the row	String	No	https://www.yelp.com/biz/...	Profile or review
rating	Star rating	Number	Yes	4.2	Average on businesses, stars on reviews
reviewsCount	Yelp review total	Integer	Yes	356	Profile
categories	Yelp categories	Array	Empty array	{alias, title}	Profile
address	Street, city, region, postal code, country and formatted	Object	Yes	3490 California St, Ste A	Profile
neighborhoods	Yelp neighborhoods	Array	Empty array	Presidio Heights	Profile
coordinates	Latitude and longitude	Object	Yes	37.786916, -122.451689	Profile
phone	Public phone	String	Yes, often	(415) 757-0536	null if the business lists none
website	Business website	String	Yes	http://www.qspecialtycoffee.com	null if the business lists none
menuUrl	Menu link	String	Yes, often	Link	Profile
priceRange	Price level	String	Yes	$$	Profile
isClosed	Closed for good	Boolean	Yes	false	Profile
isOpenNow	Open at read time	Boolean	Yes	true	Profile
hours	Opening hours	Array	Empty array	Weekday and times	Profile
specialHours	Holiday hours	Array	Yes	Date and times	Profile
description	Text from the business	String	Yes	Text	Profile
summary	Yelp's summary	String	Yes	Text	Profile
yearEstablished	Founding year	Integer	Yes, often	1999	Profile
history	Business history text	String	Yes, often	Text	Profile
amenities	Name, label and value	Array	Empty array	Validated parking	Profile
photos	Photo or video items	Array	Empty array	{photoId, url, caption, label}	For business videos, url is the thumbnail
photosCount	Photos on Yelp	Integer	Yes	120	Profile
questions	Questions and answers	Array	Empty array	{text, answers}	Answer depth depends on maxQuestions
popularDishes	Popular menu items	Array	Yes	{name, priceText}	With Menu and popular dishes
menu	Menu items with prices	Array	Yes, or absent	Item name and price	With Menu and popular dishes. null if the business has none or Yelp refused the menu, and menuBlocked in RUN_SUMMARY counts refusals
ranking	Position in the search	Integer	Yes	3	Search rows, order changes between runs
isAd	Sponsored result	Boolean	Yes	false	Search rows
searchQuery	Query that found it	String	Yes	coffee	Search rows
searchLocation	Location that found it	String	Yes	San Francisco	Search rows
snippet	Short text Yelp shows on the search page, usually from a review	String	Yes	Just discovered the great coffee shop...	Search rows
text	Review text	String	Review rows only	Text	Review
translatedText	Yelp translation	String	Yes	Text	With Translate reviews to
language	Review language	String	Yes	en	Review
date	Review date, UTC	String	Review rows only	2026-11-02T04:16:53Z	Review
reactions	Reader reactions	Object	Yes	{helpful, thanks, love_this, oh_no}	Review
videos	Review videos	Array	Empty array	Link	Review
ownerReply	Reply from the business	Object	Yes	{text, date}	Review
previousReviews	Earlier reviews by the same person	Array	Empty array	{rating, text, date}	Review
reviewer	Reviewer details	Object	Yes, or absent	Display name, profile link	With Public reviewer details
recommendationStatus	Yelp review list	String	Yes	not_recommended	Non-recommended lists
fetchedAt	Read time, UTC	String	No	2026-11-04T12:05:48Z	Set by the run

null means Yelp shows no value for that field. An empty array means the list exists and has no items. A field is absent only when the row kind does not use it or its option is off.

Output entities and surfaces

Situation	Dataset, API, KVS or live view	Result shape	User action
Normal	Dataset table with Business profiles, Reviews and All fields views, API /items, RUN_SUMMARY	status complete	Export or fetch
Domain-empty	Empty dataset, RUN_SUMMARY complete or not_found	No rows, counts in the summary	Widen the search or check the link. A monitor with nothing new also ends here
Partial	Saved rows stay, run SUCCEEDED, RUN_SUMMARY partial, stopReason ITEMS_SKIPPED, CHARGE_LIMIT or DEADLINE	Rows plus itemErrors, itemErrorSample where relevant	Rerun skipped IDs or raise the limit
Technical failure	Run FAILED, RUN_SUMMARY error or partial, stopReason holds the code	Saved rows stay in the dataset	See Troubleshooting. No page or row fee is taken for a failed read

RUN_SUMMARY also holds savedCount, businessCount, reviewCount, filteredOut, skippedSeen, notFound and delivery. menuBlocked and searchRowsUnreadable appear only when they are above 0. If a business is skipped and the run still reaches maxItems, status is complete, stopReason is MAX_ITEMS and itemErrors still counts the skip. REPORTS is the same summary with dataset and run links.

Output example

{
  "recordType": "review",
  "status": "complete",
  "source": "Yelp",
  "businessId": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
  "businessName": "Gary Danko",
  "businessAlias": "gary-danko-san-francisco",
  "reviewId": "xtEERBKGS2OT72htwE2oDA",
  "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/gary-danko-san-francisco?hrid=xtEERBKGS2OT72htwE2oDA",
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "Review text as published on Yelp.",
  "translatedText": null,
  "language": "en",
  "date": "2026-11-02T04:16:53Z",
  "reactions": { "helpful": 0, "thanks": 0, "love_this": 0, "oh_no": 0 },
  "photos": [],
  "videos": [],
  "ownerReply": null,
  "previousReviews": [],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-11-03T00:06:42.987Z"
}

Send results to Slack or Notion

Choose a connector in Send results to (optional) and, where asked, fill in Notion page or channel (optional). After the run you get the row count, the status, up to 25 rows, and links to the dataset and the run. Delivery trouble never changes the rows. Its outcome is stored in delivery in RUN_SUMMARY.

Use case → fields

Use case	Fields to read
Lead list	name, phone, website, address.formatted, categories
Rival comparison	rating, reviewsCount, priceRange, amenities, hours
Review monitoring	businessName, rating, text, date, ownerReply.text, url
Menu research	menu, popularDishes, menuUrl

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Pricing

Pay per event. Platform usage is included in these prices.

Pricing unit	When you pay	No plan or Free	Gold and above
Run start	Once per run	$0.00027	$0.00027
Business	One saved business row	$0.0027	$0.00189
Search page	One Yelp search page read, including a valid empty page	$0.0165	$0.01155
Review	One saved review row	$0.000255	$0.0001785
Detail page	One extra page read: a review page, extra photo or question page, a business that does not exist, or a profile your filter rejected	$0.0014	$0.00098

Paid Apify plans save more: Bronze 10%, Silver 20%, Gold, Platinum and Diamond 30%. The start fee stays the same on every plan.

• Zero results: a valid empty search costs the start fee plus one search page, about $0.017. A review page or a missing business costs one detail page.
• Filter with no match: you pay for the pages read, because filters run after the read. A rejected profile costs one detail page and saves no row. filteredOut in RUN_SUMMARY counts every rejected profile and review.
• Nothing new in a monitor: you pay for the search or review pages read. Seen businesses are not read again.
• Partial results: you pay only for what was saved and read. A failed Yelp response costs nothing, so in a full source outage you pay only the start fee, $0.00027.

Cost examples

Free plan prices.

Scenario	Input scope	Expected item-event count	Base charge	Optional charge	Stop-cap behavior
10 businesses	1 search	10 business, 1 search page	$0.04377	None	Stops at Maximum results
100 businesses	1 search, 10-minute timeout	100 business, 12 search pages	$0.46827	Rejected profiles $0.0014 each	About 6 to 7 minutes. The default 5-minute timeout saves about 50 to 80
1 profile by link	1 alias	1 business	$0.00297	Menu has no fee and adds about 5 seconds. Extra photo pages $0.0014 each	Ends after the profile
3 profiles, 35 photos, 3 questions	3 aliases	3 business, 18 detail pages	$0.03357	Included	Ends after the third profile
100 reviews	1 business	100 review, 3 detail pages	$0.02997	None	Stops at Maximum results
1,000 reviews	1 business	1,000 review, 21 detail pages	$0.28467	None	Stops at Maximum results
7,000 reviews	2 businesses, 10-minute timeout	7,000 review, 143 detail pages	$1.98547	None	About 7 minutes. The default 5-minute timeout saves about 5,000
Review date filter with no match	1 business, about 6,000 reviews read	126 detail pages	$0.17667	None	About 5 minutes, so a larger business can hit the default timeout
Monitor, nothing new	1 business, 1 review page	1 detail page	$0.00167	None	Dataset stays empty
Empty search	1 search	1 search page	$0.01677	None	Dataset stays empty
Source outage	Any	Start only	$0.00027	None	Run fails with no rows

Maximum cost per run: set it in Run options. The run stops before going over and keeps saved rows, with stopReason CHARGE_LIMIT. The lowest accepted value is $0.02.

The start fee scales with run memory per GB. The default 256 MB run pays it once.

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Limits

• Public data only. The run uses no login and no customer cookies. Yelp's terms of service apply to how you use the data, so check them for your case.
• The source can change. The run depends on Yelp's public data feeds, which are not a documented API. If Yelp changes one, reads fail with a *_FORMAT_CHANGED code rather than saving wrong data.
• Countries. Tested on US businesses through Yelp's public frontend. Other countries can work but are not all tested.
• Search depth. Yelp shows 240 positions per query and location. It repeats some businesses on later pages, and the run saves each one once, so two deep searches gave 185 and 204 different businesses from 24 pages. Repeats cost no row, so a page brings about 8 rows, not 10. There is no automatic map splitting, so use several locations for bigger areas.
• Search order. Yelp's order differs between runs, so a monitor with a low Maximum results can return different businesses each time.
• Photos and questions. A profile includes up to 25 gallery items and 2 question previews. Larger values load paid pages. For business videos, url is the thumbnail only.
• Non-recommended and removed reviews. These lists have a fixed order, and language and translation are null.
• Monitor memory. Only new results keeps the latest 100,000 hashed IDs, so a very old row can come back. If the memory cannot be opened, you get all results and a stateWarning in RUN_SUMMARY.
• Batch handling. A business that cannot be read is skipped with a reason in itemErrorSample, which lists up to 25 of them. Three failed businesses in a row stop the run as FAILED, because that points at a wider problem, and rows already saved stay.
• Time. With the default 5-minute timeout, one business gives about 5,000 reviews, and a search gives about 50 to 80 businesses, or about 20 with menus. The number depends on the query. When time runs out, saved rows stay and the run ends with stopReason DEADLINE. Raise the timeout for more.
• Run budget. Each run has internal limits on requests and bytes that grow with Maximum results, ending with REQUEST_LIMIT or BYTE_LIMIT. A single Yelp response over 8 MiB ends the run the same way.
• Menus. The menu is read directly, without paid unblocking. If Yelp refuses it, the profile stays with menu null.
• Retries. A failed search read is retried at most once, and other reads at most twice. A search page with no business data is read one more time, so one page can take up to 4 requests. You still pay for one page. A search result without profile data is skipped and counted in searchRowsUnreadable.
• Small review runs. Each review page costs one detail page, so 1 to 10 reviews cost more than a flat per-review price.
• Not included. Email lookup, AI summaries and custom scripts.

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API, export and integrations

• API: start runs and read rows with the Apify API.
• Export: download CSV, Excel, JSON, XML or HTML from the Output tab.
• Scheduling: use Apify schedules with Only new results for monitors.
• Webhooks: call your endpoint when a run ends with Apify webhooks.
• SDK: use the Python or JavaScript client.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~yelp-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"search","query":"coffee","location":"San Francisco","maxItems":10}'

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Connect the Apify MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com?tools=cliqtomedia/yelp-scraper.

• Minimal input: {"mode":"search","query":"coffee","location":"San Francisco","maxItems":10}
• Key fields: name, rating, reviewsCount, address.formatted, phone, website, url
• Typical run: 10 businesses, about a minute, about $0.044
• Limits: keep maxItems low, and read RUN_SUMMARY to tell empty results from skipped items.

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Troubleshooting

The run fails right after it starts

Symptom: stopReason is SEARCH_INPUT_REQUIRED, BUSINESS_INPUT_REQUIRED or STATE_NAME_REQUIRED.

Likely reason: a search needs both a query and a location or a search link, the other modes need links or IDs, and a monitor needs a name.

Check: the input of the run.

Action: fill in the missing field. You pay only the start fee.

The dataset is empty

Symptom: the run succeeded with no rows.

Likely reason: the search has no matches, filters rejected every profile or review, or a monitor found nothing new.

Check: filteredOut, skippedSeen and notFound in RUN_SUMMARY.

Action: loosen the filters or the search. For a monitor, an empty dataset is a normal result.

The run failed on a link or input value

Symptom: FAILED with stopReason INVALID_INPUT_OR_RUNTIME.

Likely reason: a business link or a search link is not a Yelp link, or another input value is wrong.

Check: the links in the input. A business link has /biz/ and a search link has /search.

Action: fix the value and start again. You pay only the start fee.

Some businesses are missing

Symptom: status is partial and stopReason is ITEMS_SKIPPED, or itemErrors is above 0 and stopReason is MAX_ITEMS.

Likely reason: Yelp returned an error or incomplete data for those businesses.

Check: itemErrors and itemErrorSample in RUN_SUMMARY.

Action: rerun with those IDs. Skipped businesses are not charged as business rows.

The run failed with a source code

Symptom: FAILED with SEARCH_HTTP_ERROR, SEARCH_DATA_MISSING, NETWORK_ERROR, TRANSPORT_UNAVAILABLE, BUSINESS_HTTP_ERROR or a *_FORMAT_CHANGED code.

Likely reason: Yelp blocked or changed that route, or three businesses failed in a row.

Check: the code in RUN_SUMMARY, and any rows already saved.

Action: retry later. If the same code repeats, send it through the Issues tab.

Fewer rows than requested

Symptom: stopReason is CHARGE_LIMIT, DEADLINE, REQUEST_LIMIT or BYTE_LIMIT.

Likely reason: the run reached the maximum cost, the timeout or an internal budget.

Check: savedCount and the run options.

Action: raise the maximum cost or the timeout, or split the job into smaller runs. Search takes about 4 to 6 seconds per business, and about 15 with menus.

Phone or website is empty

Symptom: phone or website is null.

Likely reason: the business lists none on Yelp. In a test search for coffee in San Francisco, about 6 of 10 profiles had a phone and 7 of 10 a website.

Check: the business page on Yelp.

Action: turn on Businesses with a website if you need that field. Rejected profiles still cost one detail page each.

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FAQ

Do I need a Yelp account or API key?

No. You need only an Apify account.

Can I get owner emails?

No. The run saves the phone and website the business publishes on Yelp.

Can I get more than 240 businesses?

Yes, with several locations or queries. Each pair stops at 240 positions, and repeats inside a pair are removed, so expect about 200 different businesses.

Why do two identical searches differ?

Yelp reorders results between runs, repeats some businesses on later pages and adds sponsored positions. Use a larger Maximum results for a steadier list.

How do I get only new reviews?

Turn on Only new results, set a State name, and start the same input on a schedule.

Can I set a cost limit?

Yes. Set Maximum cost per run in Run options. Rows saved before the limit stay yours.

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