ANNOUNCEMENT: Upcoming change to Yelp Fusion API Authentication – What to do?

Hi support team,

I got this info below from Yelp – What is in need to do to still use the yelp API for import listing details?

Best, Alex

Hello Yelp Developer!
As part of our efforts to make it easier to use the Yelp Fusion API, we are planning to deprecate the token endpoint (https://api.yelp.com/oauth2/token) on March 1, 2018. Instead of access tokens, we will use API Keys. For more details, please see our Authentication guide.

Your access tokens have been automatically converted into API Keys that will never expire. If you had previously cached your access token, then no action is required and they will automatically keep working as API Keys. If you were not caching your access token, please see “Where is my client secret going?” for next steps. This change applies to both our Fusion and GraphQL APIs.

We want to give you plenty of time to remove all calls to the token endpoint so here is the timeline:

December 7, 2017 – Your API Key appears on the Manage App page. You should start using this API Key for calls to the Yelp Fusion API and GraphQL API. Just replace the access token in your code with your API Key.
March 1, 2018 – The token endpoint will be deprecated and you will need to remove all calls to the token endpoint. All calls to the Yelp Fusion API and GraphQL API should be authenticated with your API Key.

Thanks,
Yelp Team