YQL, now with no-auth
Today we pushed the latest version of YQL live, and it now supports a new “public” endpoint:
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=show%20tables
Unlike the oauth entrypoint, that requires oauth signing and so on, this one needs no signing, no app id, no nothing – just your query. Its that easy.
So you can just run it in a browser: show tables
… and go crazy! You can find upcoming events in North Beach sorted by start time, or get a list of Sushi restaurants with a 4 star or more rating in San Francisco.
A couple of caveats:
- this only gives you access to public data. If you want access to a user’s social network or other more personal info you’ll still need to sign things and go in through the oauth endpoint. So the social tables won’t show up in /public
- there are low rate limits on this endpoint. If you want a higher rate limit you’ll need to tell us who you are by getting a consumer key and secret from developer.yahoo.com and sign the oauth request.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Hi Jonathan,
Could you be a bit more specific about the current rate limits for YQL? They don’t seem to be documented anywhere that I’ve been able to find. I realize such things may be in a state of flux, but before I jump in I’d like to know how deep the pool is.
Thanks,
Michael
July 5th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
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