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BOSS API Guide

BOSS API Guide

A Guide for BOSS Developers

Abstract

Yahoo! Search BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is an initiative in Yahoo! Search to open up Yahoo!'s search infrastructure and enable third parties to build revolutionary search products leveraging their own data, content, technology, social graph, or other assets. This release includes Web, News, and Image Search as well as Spelling Suggestions.


Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
Getting Started
Who Should Read This Document
Contact Information
Terms of Use
BOSS Overview
Hostname
BOSS APPID
Universal BOSS API Arguments: Apply to Web, Images and News
Universal BOSS API Query Operators: Apply to Web, Images and News
Phrase Words
-(minus) Operator
Site (Domain) search
url vs clickurl
2. Web Search
Service URL Syntax
Simple Query Example
Simple XML Response
Optional Arguments (in addition to Universal arguments described in BOSS overview)
filter
type
view
Response Fields
Recommended Region/Language Usage
3. Image Search
Hostname Basic Example
Optional arguments (in addition to Universal arguments described in Boss Overview)
Response fields
Example XML Output
Sample implementation
4. News Search
Hostname Basic Example
Optional Arguments
Response fields
Example XML Output
5. Spelling Suggestions
Response fields
6. Appendix and FAQ's
Reserved Characters and Escape Values
Supported Regions and Languages for Web and News Search
FAQ's