jackwener--opencli/docs/adapters/browser/yahoo.md

Yahoo Search

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: search.yahoo.com

Commands

Command	Description
opencli yahoo search <keyword>	Search Yahoo (powered by Bing) and extract results from the page

What works today

• Uses browser mode to search search.yahoo.com and extract ranked results via DOM queries.
• Supports --page for pagination. Yahoo returns approximately 7 results per page.
• Results include rank, title, URL, and snippet.
• --limit must be between 1 and 7; --page must be a positive integer.

Current limitations

• Requires browser mode.
• Yahoo returns fewer results per page (7) compared to other engines.
• Page 2+ results may include lower-quality or less relevant matches.
• Yahoo wraps URLs in a RU=.../RK= redirect structure; the adapter automatically decodes them.

Usage Examples

# Basic search
opencli yahoo search "machine learning"

# Limit results
opencli yahoo search "machine learning" --limit 5

# Pagination (second page)
opencli yahoo search "machine learning" --page 2

# JSON output
opencli yahoo search "machine learning" -f json

Prerequisites

• Requires Chrome running (Standalone mode will auto-launch) or the Browser Bridge extension.

Notes

• Yahoo Search is powered by Bing. Results are rendered server-side in the initial HTML.
• Yahoo uses RU= redirect URLs to wrap search results; the adapter extracts the real URLs automatically.
• Region/language filtering is not currently exposed as a parameter. Results depend on the browser session's locale.