Yahoo BOSS Search (Limited Web) : Valid AppID but requires registration

Question

I had this BOSS API working for years, but since yesterday (I think), we don't get any new results , only this message:

{"error":{"lang":"en-US","description":"Valid AppID but requires registration."}}

Other people seem to have the same problem, since the question was posted on Yahoo BOSS board as well, but without answer, I just thought maybe someone here will know what to do :)

Credit card and billing seem to be in order.

Is there anything I can do from my side, or is this yahoo's issue?

Thanks!

Dushan

Answer 1

As of April 11, 2018, the Yahoo BOSS API is really not working anymore (it's indicated as March 31, 2016, but it actually worked until April 2018).

https://developer.yahoo.com/boss/search/

Answer 2

The easiest would be to test your AppID in clean environment.

Either by testing Example Code provided at BOSS Search API and see if you get the same error.

Or by querying directly boss.search table at Yahoo Console (populate your ck and secret).

So maybe it's just temporary glitch. If it is not, contact Yahoo Support.

Answer 3

Yahoo BOSS support confirmed it was something on their own side but they were dragging their feet over a month. All it was needed was to create a new account with Yahoo, register an app and fill in the same billing info. With the new account created everything worked fine :)