Open documentation ↗Overview
The Image Search API lets you send a search query to Bing and get back a list of relevant images. This section provides technical details about the query parameters and headers that you use to request images and the JSON response objects that contain them. For examples that show how to make requests, see [Searching the Web for Images](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/bing-image-search/search-the-web).
Image Search Client is a development API from microsoft.com. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 3 endpoints.
At a glance
- Authentication
- API key
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Development
- Base URL
https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0- Version
- 1.0
- Endpoints
- 3
- OpenAPI
- Specification ↗
- Spec updated
- 2020-07-22
Make a first request
Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.
curl -X GET "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/images/details" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"const response = await fetch("https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/images/details", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
},
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);import requests
response = requests.request(
"GET",
"https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/images/details",
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
},
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Endpoints
| Method | Path | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /images/details | The Image Detail Search API lets you search on Bing and get back insights about an image, such as webpages that include the image. This section provides technic |
| GET | /images/search | The Image Search API lets you send a search query to Bing and get back a list of relevant images. This section provides technical details about the query parame |
| GET | /images/trending | The Image Trending Search API lets you search on Bing and get back a list of images that are trending based on search requests made by others. The images are br |
Questions
Does the Image Search Client API need an API key?
Yes. The Image Search Client API uses API key authentication; the documentation explains how to get credentials.
Does the Image Search Client API support HTTPS?
Yes, the Image Search Client API is served over HTTPS.
How many endpoints does the Image Search Client API have?
Its OpenAPI description lists 3 endpoints in version 1.0. All of them are shown on this page.
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