Yelp authentication setup: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:56, 22 October 2015

Things you will need before you start:

A Yelp account. The acountt must have a confirmed email address. If you do not have one, this process will fail.

Follow each of these steps:

1. Go to the Yelp development homepage: https://www.yelp.com/developers/

'2.Click on the link that says Get Started. If you are not logged in, it will prompt you to login. If you are logged in, it will ask you to provide several pieces of information:

Your website URL: Enter http://www.example.com
How you will use the API: Practice data analysis using Python
Industry: Select "Other" from drop-down; Enter "academic" in the box below.
Terms of Use: Read and, if you agree, click on the the checkbox marking that you ahve read and accept the Yelp API terms of use.

you should see a link (the first under the heading "Yelp Developers" on the left side of the page that says Manage API Keys. If you not logged in, you should see a link that says Get Started and when you click on it, it will prompt you to login. Once you log in, you'll need to navigate back to the developers page.

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 Things you will need before you start:
-* '''A Yelp account.'''
+* '''A Yelp account.''' The acountt ''must'' have a confirmed email address. If you do not have one, this process will fail.
 Follow each of these steps:
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 '''1.''' Go to the Yelp development homepage: https://www.yelp.com/developers/
-'''2.''' If you are already logged in, you should see a link (the first under the heading "Yelp Developers" on the left side of the page that says ''Manage API Keys''. If you not logged in, you should see a link that says ''Get Started'' and when you click on it, it will prompt you to login. Once you log in, you'll need to navigate back to [https://www.yelp.com/developers/ the developers page].
+'''2.''Click on the link that says '''Get Started'''. If you are not logged in, it will prompt you to login.  If you are logged in, it will ask you to provide several pieces of information:
+;Your website URL: Enter <tt>http://www.example.com</tt>
+;How you will use the API: Practice data analysis using Python
+;Industry: Select "Other" from drop-down; Enter "academic" in the box below.
+;Terms of Use: Read and, if you agree, click on the the checkbox marking that you ahve read and accept the Yelp API terms of use.
+you should see a link (the first under the heading "Yelp Developers" on the left side of the page that says ''Manage API Keys''. If you not logged in, you should see a link that says ''Get Started'' and when you click on it, it will prompt you to login. Once you log in, you'll need to navigate back to [https://www.yelp.com/developers/ the developers page].