Yahoo! Open TechnologiesJonathan LeBlanc – Technology Evangelist

Yahoo! Developer Network – Partner Integrations

Blog: www.nakedtechnologist.com

Twitter: jcleblanc

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Build Your Own Search Service

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How Do I Use It?Development and Stuff

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BOSS – Requesting Data

http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/{service}/v1/

{query}?appid={yourBOSSappid}&[params]

Params

• start • format

• count • callback

• lang • sites

• region

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What Can I Build With This Thing? BOSS Examples in Practice

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New Presentation Models

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Client / Browser Integrations

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New Ranking Models

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Vertical/niche search products

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Yahoo! Query Language (YQL) SELECT * FROM Internet

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SELECT * FROM Internet

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SELECT myColumn, myTitle

FROM myTable(0, 50)

WHERE myColumn = 'value' AND myTitle = 'title‘

LIMIT 3 OFFSET 10 |

sort(field='myColumn') | reverse()

YQL – Query Structure

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YQL Command: SHOW tables (77 Standard / 147 with community)

YQL – Available Tables

<table>atom</table><table>csv</table><table>feed</table><table>flickr.photos.exif</table><table>flickr.photos.info</table><table>flickr.photos.interestingness</table><table>flickr.photos.recent</table><table>flickr.photos.search</table><table>flickr.photos.sizes</table><table>flickr.places</table><table>flickr.places.info</table><table>geo.places</table><table>geo.places.ancestors</table><table>geo.places.belongtos</table><table>geo.places.children</table><table>geo.places.neighbors</table><table>geo.places.parent</table><table>geo.places.siblings</table><table>geo.placetypes</table><table>gnip.activity</table><table>html</table><table>json</table><table>local.search</table><table>microformats</table><table>music.artist.id</table><table>music.artist.popular</table><table>music.artist.search</table><table>music.artist.similar</table>

<table>music.release.artist</table><table>music.release.id</table><table>music.release.popular</table><table>music.release.search</table><table>music.track.id</table><table>music.track.popular</table><table>music.track.search</table><table>music.video.category</table><table>music.video.id</table><table>music.video.popular</table><table>music.video.search</table><table>music.video.similar</table><table>mybloglog.community.find</table><table>mybloglog.member</table><table>mybloglog.member.contacts</table><table>mybloglog.member.newwithcontacts</table><table>mybloglog.member.newwithme</table><table>mybloglog.members.find</table><table>mybloglog.stats.find</table><table>rss</table><table>search.images</table><table>search.news</table><table>search.siteexplorer.inlinks</table><table>search.siteexplorer.pages</table><table>search.spelling</table><table>search.suggest</table><table>search.termextract</table><table>search.web</table>

<table>social.connections</table><table>social.contacts</table><table>social.presence</table><table>social.profile</table><table>social.updates</table><table>upcoming.category</table><table>upcoming.country</table><table>upcoming.events</table><table>upcoming.events.bestinplace</table><table>upcoming.groups</table><table>upcoming.metro</table><table>upcoming.state</table><table>upcoming.user</table><table>upcoming.venue</table><table>uritemplate</table><table>weather.forecast</table><table>xml</table><table>yahoo.identity</table><table>yap.setsmallview</table><table>yql.admin.blockedips</table><table>yql.admin.blockedscripts</table>

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YQL Command: DESC social.connections

YQL – Table Contents

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YQL - Running a Query

http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/yql?[params]

http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?[params]

Params• q=[QUERY]• format=[xml / json]• callback=[function name]• diagnostics=[true / false]

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YQL – Output Types

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YQL Open Data Tables Structure the internet

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YQL – Open Data Tables

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YQL – Using an Open Data Table

USE ‘{TABLE URL}’ as digg;SELECT * FROM digg WHERE topic=‘apple’;

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YQL Execute Augment the Internet

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End Result What’s this data going to do for me?

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Getting Started

BOSS Main Pagehttp://developer.yahoo.com/boss

YQL Main Pagehttp://developer.yahoo.com/yql

YQL Consolehttp://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console

Developer Forumshttp://developer.yahoo.com/forums

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Thank You Questions?