Bing Web Search API

A Bing Web Search API is a web search API for MS Bing.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) provides the ability to query Bing's search engine programmatically.
  • It can return search results from the web containing webpages, images, news, videos or other types of information.
  • It can be useful for integrating search functionality into applications or websites.
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• Example(s):
  • Bing Search API v7 [1] (2017-10-16)
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Google Search API, which operates on Google's search engine.
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• See: Web Search API, Cloud Computing, Azure Resource.

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References

2023

• Bing Chat
  • The Bing Web Search API is a RESTful service that provides instant answers to user queries. You can use the Bing Web Search API to build web-connected apps and services that find webpages, images, news and more without advertisements¹. The Bing Web Search API provides the results as JSON based on search relevance and your Bing Web Search subscriptions³. You can get enhanced search details from billions of web documents and enable safe, ad-free, location-aware search results, surfacing relevant information from billions of web documents¹⁵. You can also use and display requirements of Bing Search APIs with your LLM². The Bing Search APIs let you build web-connected apps and services that find webpages, images, news and more without advertisements²⁴.
  • Source: Conversation with Bing, 10/29/2023
    1. Web Search API | Microsoft Bing. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/bing-web-search-api.
    2. What is the Bing Web Search API? - Azure AI services. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/Bing-Web-Search/overview.
    3. What is the Bing Web Search API? - Bing Search Services. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview.
    4. Bing Search API documentation - Bing Search Services. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/.
    5. Getting Started with the Bing Search APIs - CodeProject. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1221350/Getting-Started-with-the-Bing-Search-APIs.

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