Integrate the Yelp API with the Filter API

The Yelp API provides access to rich data on local businesses across various categories, including restaurants, bars, and service providers. Leveraging Yelp's API on Pipedream allows you to automate the retrieval of business information, ratings, and customer reviews, which can be instrumental in making data-driven decisions for market analysis, customer insights, or even personal use. By stitching the Yelp API into Pipedream workflows, you unlock potential for real-time monitoring, data collection, and cross-application synergy, enhancing your business intelligence and operational efficiency.

Connect Yelp#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    yelp: {
      type: "app",
      app: "yelp",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.yelp.com/v3/businesses/search`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.yelp.$auth.api_key}`,
      },
      params: {
        location: `san francisco, ca`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Filter#

The Filter API in Pipedream allows for real-time data processing within workflows. It's designed to evaluate data against predefined conditions, enabling workflows to branch or perform specific actions based on those conditions. This API is instrumental in creating efficient, targeted automations that respond dynamically to diverse datasets. Using the Filter API, you can refine streams of data, ensuring that subsequent steps in your Pipedream workflow only execute when the data meets your specified criteria. This cuts down on unnecessary processing and facilitates the creation of more intelligent, context-aware systems.

Connect Filter#

export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    let condition = false
    if (condition == false) {
      $.flow.exit("Ending workflow early because the condition is false")
    } else {
        $.export("$summary", "Continuing workflow, since condition for ending was not met.")
    }
  },
})