Reviews API Always Returns "Resource could not be found"

[ahmad-hossain]

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Overview

• Client ID: VQTO1d8iD6iEq2DKAbop4g
• Issue type: bug/help
• Summary: Unable to retrieve reviews for business: "Resource could not be found"
• Platform: Tested using CURL from Yelp docs

Description

Goal: Retrieve the top review of a given business Problem: When calling the Reviews API for any business, I receive a 404 "Resource could not be found" error. What I have tried:

• Changing sort_by
• Trying business aliases instead of business id
• Trying business ids/aliases for several different businesses
• Adjusting the limit: Tried multiple values between 0 and 20

Note: I am retrieving business ids/aliases via the businesses search API, and can successfully retrieve businesses using CURL with this API.

Sample Request:

curl --request GET \
     --url 'https://api.yelp.com/v3/businesses/veq1Bl1DW3UWMekZJUsG1Q/reviews?limit=1&sort_by=yelp_sort' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer MY_API_KEY_HERE' \
     --header 'accept: application/json'

More information

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Endpoint

Fusion Search API

Parameters or Sample Request

https://api.yelp.com/v3/businesses/veq1Bl1DW3UWMekZJUsG1Q/reviews?limit=1&sort_by=yelp_sort

Response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "description": "Resource could not be found."
  }
}

Extra information

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[rockdog]

Hi @ahmad-hossain, access to the reviews endpoint is not part of your plan. More details can be found here: https://docs.developer.yelp.com/page/start-your-free-trial

[ahmad-hossain]

Silly me, thank you!