Yelp Fusion ACTION
Search Businesses
Search businesses matching given criteria See docs here
- Action
- Read only
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Yelp Fusion account once, then configure and run Search Businesses from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "yelp-search-businesses",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
yelp: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
location: "Location",
latitude: "Latitude",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "yelp-search-businesses",
"configured_props": {
"yelp": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"location": "Location",
"latitude": "Latitude"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "yelp",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "yelp-search-businesses",
arguments: {
location: "Location",
latitude: "Latitude",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
location Location | string | The geographic area to be used when searching for businesses. Examples: "New York City", "NYC", "350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118".
Required if latitude and longitude are not provided. Optional |
latitude Latitude | string | Latitude of the location to search from.
Required if location is not provided. If longitude is provided, latitude is required too. Optional |
longitude Longitude | string | Longitude of the location to search from.
Required if location is not provided. If latitude is provided, longitude is required too. Optional |
term Search Term | string | Search term, e.g. "food" or "restaurants". The term may also be the business's name, such as "Starbucks". If term is not included, the action will default to searching across businesses from a small number of popular categories. Optional |
maxResults Max Results | integer | The maximum amount of businesses to be listed. Yelp enforces a limit of 1000. Default is 200. Optional |
categories Categories | string[] | Categories to filter the search results with. See the list of supported categories. The category alias should be used (e.g. "discgolf", not "Disc Golf"). Optional |
price Price | integer[] | Pricing levels to filter the search result with. Optional |
attributes Attributes | string[] | Additional filters to return specific search results. If multiple attributes are used, only businesses that satisfy all the attributes will be returned. Optional |
additionalOptions Additional Options | object | Additional parameters to pass in the request, such as open_now. See the docs for all the parameters. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- yelp-search-businesses
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Yelp Fusion
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗