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News Search Client API

by microsoft.com

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Overview

The News Search API lets you send a search query to Bing and get back a list of news that are relevant to the search query. This section provides technical details about the query parameters and headers that you use to request news and the JSON response objects that contain them. For examples that show how to make requests, see [Searching the web for news](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/bing-news-search/search-the-web).

News 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
Spec updated
2020-07-22

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

MethodPathWhat it does
GET/newsThe News Category API lets you search on Bing and get back a list of top news articles by category. This section provides technical details about the query para
GET/news/searchThe News Search API lets you send a search query to Bing and get back a list of news that are relevant to the search query. This section provides technical deta
GET/news/trendingtopicsThe News Trending Topics API lets you search on Bing and get back a list of trending news topics that are currently trending on Bing. This section provides tech

Questions

Does the News Search Client API need an API key?

Yes. The News Search Client API uses API key authentication; the documentation explains how to get credentials.

Does the News Search Client API support HTTPS?

Yes, the News Search Client API is served over HTTPS.

How many endpoints does the News 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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