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Yahoo! Refine This Search API

For some searches, Yahoo search results include a Refine This Search block. SerpApi is able to scrape, extract, and make sense of this information.

API Examples

JSON structure overview 

{
  ...
  "refine_this_search": [
    {
      "query": "String - Query of the related search",
      "link": "String - Link to the Yahoo! search",
      "serpapi_link": "String - Link to the search results in JSON by SerpApi"
    }
  ],
  ...
}

Results for: Coffee on mobile

Results for: Coffee on mobile

Code to integrate

  • require 'google_search_results' 

params = {
  engine: "yahoo",
  p: "Coffee",
  device: "mobile",
  api_key: "secret_api_key"
}

search = GoogleSearch.new(params)
refine_this_search = search.get_hash[:refine_this_search]

JSON Example

{
  ...
  "refine_this_search": [
    {
      "query": "keurig coffee makers",
      "link": "https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Awr9z5BlUlJkolgMbvFx.9w4;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3JlbC1taWQ-?p=keurig+coffee+makers&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&fr=fp-tts",
      "serpapi_link": "https://www.serpapi.com/search.json?device=mobile&engine=yahoo&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&p=keurig+coffee+makers"
    },
    {
      "query": "coffee tables",
      "link": "https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Awr9z5BlUlJkolgMb_Fx.9w4;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3JlbC1taWQ-?p=coffee+tables&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&fr=fp-tts",
      "serpapi_link": "https://www.serpapi.com/search.json?device=mobile&engine=yahoo&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&p=coffee+tables"
    },
    {
      "query": "coffee makers",
      "link": "https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Awr9z5BlUlJkolgMcPFx.9w4;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3JlbC1taWQ-?p=coffee+makers&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&fr=fp-tts",
      "serpapi_link": "https://www.serpapi.com/search.json?device=mobile&engine=yahoo&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-mid%2Cct%3Agossip&p=coffee+makers"
    },
    ...
  ],
  ...
}

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