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'''Yahoo! Query Language''' ('''YQL''') is an [[SQL]]-like [[query language]] created by [[Yahoo!]] as part of their [[Yahoo! Developer Network|Developer Network]]. YQL is designed to retrieve and manipulate data from [[API]]s through a single Web interface, thus allowing [[mashup (digital)|mashups]] that enable developers to create their own applications<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/164067/yahoo_extends_yql_web_data_query_platform.html |work=[[PC World (magazine)|PC World]] |title=Yahoo Extends YQL Web Data Query Platform |date=April 29, 2009 |last=Perez |first=Juan Carlos }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> using [[Yahoo! Pipes]] online tool.

Initially launched in October 2008 with access to Yahoo APIs,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Launches-YQL-Execute-Updates-YSlow-660481/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731002123/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Launches-YQL-Execute-Updates-YSlow-660481/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |work=[[eWeek]] |title=Yahoo Launches YQL Execute, Updates YSlow |last=Kolakowski |first=Nicholas |date=April 29, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> February 2009 saw the addition of open [[data table]]s from third parties such as [[Google Reader]], the ''[[Guardian newspaper|Guardian]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="rww"/> Some of these APIs still require an [[API key]] to access them. On April 29 of 2009, Yahoo introduced the capability to execute the tables of data built through YQL using [[JavaScript]] run on the company's servers for free.<ref name="rww">{{cite news |url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/theres_a_great_amount_of.php |work=[[ReadWriteWeb]] |last=O'Dell |first=Jolie |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Developers: Never Mind the APIs, Here's YQL Execute }}</ref> On January 3, 2019, Yahoo retired the YQL API service.

==Examples==