Yelp API Example

Prerequisite: When using Eclipse import:
scribe-1.1.0.jar
commons-code-1.4.jar

Create 2 files Yelp.java and YelpApi2.java as seen bellow

/*
 Example code based on code from Nicholas Smith at http://imnes.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-use-yelp-v2-from-java-including.html
 For a more complete example (how to integrate with GSON, etc) see the blog post above.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

import org.scribe.builder.ServiceBuilder;
import org.scribe.model.OAuthRequest;
import org.scribe.model.Response;
import org.scribe.model.Token;
import org.scribe.model.Verb;
import org.scribe.oauth.OAuthService;

/**
 * Example for accessing the Yelp API.
 */
public class Yelp {

  OAuthService service;
  Token accessToken;

  /**
   * Setup the Yelp API OAuth credentials.
   *
   * OAuth credentials are available from the developer site, under Manage API access (version 2 API).
   *
   * @param consumerKey Consumer key
   * @param consumerSecret Consumer secret
   * @param token Token
   * @param tokenSecret Token secret
   */
  public Yelp(String consumerKey, String consumerSecret, String token, String tokenSecret) {
    this.service = new ServiceBuilder().provider(YelpApi2.class).apiKey(consumerKey).apiSecret(consumerSecret).build();
    this.accessToken = new Token(token, tokenSecret);
  }

  /**
   * Search with term and location.
   *
   * @param term Search term
   * @param latitude Latitude
   * @param longitude Longitude
   * @return JSON string response
   */
  public String search(String term, double latitude, double longitude) {
    OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, "http://api.yelp.com/v2/search");
    request.addQuerystringParameter("term", term);
    request.addQuerystringParameter("ll", latitude + "," + longitude);
    this.service.signRequest(this.accessToken, request);
    Response response = request.send();
    return response.getBody();
  }

  // CLI
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Update tokens here from Yelp developers site, Manage API access.
    String consumerKey = "";
    String consumerSecret = "";
    String token = "";
    String tokenSecret = "";

    Yelp yelp = new Yelp(consumerKey, consumerSecret, token, tokenSecret);
    String response = yelp.search("burritos", 30.361471, -87.164326);

    System.out.println(response);
  }
}

import org.scribe.model.Token;
import org.scribe.builder.api.DefaultApi10a;

/**
 * Service provider for "2-legged" OAuth10a for Yelp API (version 2).
 */
public class YelpApi2 extends DefaultApi10a {

  @Override
  public String getAccessTokenEndpoint() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public String getAuthorizationUrl(Token arg0) {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public String getRequestTokenEndpoint() {
    return null;
  }

}

Run as Application

Result >>

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Some of...","image_url":"http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/xu52oukDlihjAwj1yMj_JA/ms.jpg","snippet_image_url":"http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/photo/J8tjmmtWHonDkM_o8Ar7TA/ms.jpg","display_phone":"+1-850-436-2080","rating_img_url_large":"http://media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/201012162752244354/img/ico/stars/stars_large_4_half.png","id":"taco-rock-pensacola","categories":[["Restaurants","restaurants"]],"rating_img_url_small":"http://media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/201012161127761206/img/ico/stars/stars_small_4_half.png"},{"distance":10525.534364389803,"mobile_url":"http://m.yelp.com/biz/o58NSWL6t3Ne-5B8NZ55RA","rating_img_url":"http://media1.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/201012161694360749/img/ico/stars/stars_3.png","review_count":13,"name":"Cactus Flower Cafe","rating":3.0,"url":"http://www.yelp.com/biz/cactus-flower-cafe-pensacola","location":{"city":"Pensacola","display_address":["3425 N 12th Ave","Pensacola, FL 32503"],"geo_accuracy":8,"postal_code":"32503","country_code":"US","address":["3425 N 12th Ave"],"coordinate":{"latitude":30.448200225830099,"longitude":-87.208297729492202},"state_code":"FL"},"phone":"8504328100","snippet_text":"Reasons to go:\n\n1. 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