business_search: Search for businesses
In richierocks/yelp: Interface to the Yelp Fusion API

Description Usage Arguments Value References Examples

Use the Yelp business search API to find businesses close to a give location.

business_search(term, location, latitude = NULL, longitude = NULL,
  radius_m = 40000, categories = NULL, locale = get_yelp_locale(),
  limit = 20, offset = 0, sort_by = c("best_match", "rating",
  "review_count", "distance"), price = 1:4, open_now = FALSE,
  open_at = NULL, attributes = NULL,
  access_token = Sys.getenv("YELP_ACCESS_TOKEN", NA))

`term`	A string denoting the search term.
`location`	A string describing the location. If this is not provided, then `latitude` and `longitude` are compulsory.
`latitude`	A number representing the latitude to search close to.
`longitude`	A number representing the longitude to search close to.
`radius_m`	A number giving the radius, in metres, of the search circle around the specified location.
`categories`	A character vector of search categories to filter on, or `NULL` to return everything. See `SUPPORTED_CATEGORY_ALIASES` for allowed values.
`locale`	A string naming the locale. See `SUPPORTED_LOCALES` for allowed values.
`limit`	An integer giving the maximum number of businesses to return. Maximum 50.
`offset`	An integer giving the number of businesses to skip before returning. Allows you to return more than 50 businesses (split between multiple searches).
`sort_by`	A string naming the metric to order results by.
`price`	A vector of integers in 1 (cheap) to 4 (expensive) denoting price brackets.
`open_now`	A logical value of whether or not to only return businesses that are currently open.
`open_at`	A time when to check if businesses are open.
`attributes`	A character vector of business attributes to filter on. See `SUPPORTED_BUSINESS_ATTRIBUTES`.
`access_token`	A string giving an access token to authenticate the API call. See `get_access_token`.

A data frame with 24 columns. Each row corresponds to one business.

https://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v3/business_search

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## Marked as don't test because an access token is needed
delis_in_queens <- business_search("deli", "Queens, New York")
if(interactive()) View(delis_in_queens) else str(delis_in_queens)