Engagement Metrics API
This is a Yelp Partner API
Access is disabled by default. See Yelp Partner APIs on how to get access.
Overview
The Engagement Metrics API returns a business’s consumer engagement score, by week, relative to all other North America-based businesses on Yelp.
Access and Credentials
This API is reserved for Yelp Knowledge partners. To inquire about becoming a Yelp Knowledge partner please visit here. Upon registration, the client will be permitted access to this endpoint. Credentials can be generated here.
Authentication
Refer here for more about authentication for this API
Request
To use this endpoint, make the GET request to the following URL with at a minimum the business_ids parameter.
GET https://api.yelp.com/v3/businesses/engagement
Accepted parameters are listed below:
| Parameter name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| business_ids | Comma separated list of Yelp business id of the locations you'd like metrics for. Maximum of 20 business_ids per request. | nBvdJyM7TCHp5ppX31SC5Q, VImbIWfxODVsiRHebSQePw |
| date_range_start | The first week of data you want. | 2018-02-01 |
| date_range_end | The last week of data you want | 2018-03-01 |
Sample Request
GET https://api.yelp.com/v3/businesses/engagement?business_ids=nBvdJyM7TCHp5ppX31SC5Q,WoI1IisL_AgmWdiJLRb-Zw
Sample Response
{
"data": [
{
"business_id": "nBvdJyM7TCHp5ppX31SC5Q",
"metrics": [
{
"start_of_week_date": "2018-02-05",
"engagement_metric": 20,
"intent_metric": 10
},
{
"start_of_week_date": "2018-02-12",
"engagement_metric": 20,
"intent_metric": 10
}
]
},
{
"business_id": "VImbIWfxODVsiRHebSQePw",
"metrics": [
{
"start_of_week_date": "2018-02-05",
"engagement_metric": 20,
"intent_metric": 10
},
{
"start_of_week_date": "2018-02-12",
"engagement_metric": 20,
"intent_metric": 10
}
]
}
]
}
Response Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| business_id | string | Unique Yelp ID of the business. |
| metrics | object[] | List of metrics for the business in the specified week. |
| start_of_week_date | date | The first day of the week for the associated metrics. |
| engagement_metric | int | Amalgam of page views, website clicks, bookmarks, calls & messages to business, clicks on directions, reviews & photos posted, check-ins. Indicative of consumer engagement relative to all other North America-based businesses on Yelp. Values range from 1-20 |
| intent_metric | int | Amalgam of all engagement attributes included in Consumer Engagement Metric except page views. Indicative of consumer intent relative to all other North America-based businesses on Yelp. Values range from 1-10. |
Updated 6 months ago