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The Bing Application Programming Interface (API), enables developers to programmatically submit queries to and retrieve results from the Microsoft Bing Search Engine.

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What are the Ajax authorization headers for a Bing API request?

I'm sending an ajax request to the Bing Search API. The URL I am using for the request works when I put it in the browser. With ajax I get a 401 error "The authorization type you provided is not supported. Only Basic and OAuth are…
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Is there a Microsoft hosted solution to test a Bing Maps Key?

Is there a Microsoft hosted/certified secure Bing Maps Key validator available online? I need to check if the key works What the basic services activated in it are. Thanks.
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Bing Translate Widget for multiple language on the same page

While my site is manually translated to dozens of languages, the forum entries in it obviously aren't. That's where auto-translation can be useful. I've been using Google's Translate button but currently experiencing problems with it (in this…
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Retrieving remaining transactions from Bing Web Search API

I'm working on a Windows Form that uses Bing Web Search API and I would like to display the remaining transactions I have left for the month. What would be the best way to do this? Should I use a WebRequest to do this, and if so how? Here is a…
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Bing search API results decreases with increase in web.offset(skip)value

I am testing a query with Bing service explorer which returns the number of records to about 600k but while navigating to next page the results keeps on decreasing and will eventually come to zero. I am using both Bing Search API and Bing Search…
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What are the query length limits for the Bing WebSearch API?

Given that the Bing API docs consist primarily of an error-ridden, two-page Word document, I have not been able to find the answer to this online. Trial and error has produced inconsistent results, and given that queries cost money, I'd rather not…
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How do I use the Bing Search API in Windows Phone?

I'm trying to use the Bing Search API to find images as backgrounds to the tiles inside of my app. I've included the BingSearchContainer.cs in my Project but I can't make it work with the sample code provided here. Any guidelines for how to use the…
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Bing maps: Specified credentials invalid

I can't seem to get Bing to accept my API key from my dev server-- I've set up an API key from the bingmapsportal.com site, and set the URL to http://localhost and generated the key successfully. I then implement the map as shown in the API docs, as…
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Disable Route Changing and hide waypoints in Bing Maps

Good day, I am working with Bing Maps (purely html and javascript) for tracking a vehicle moving along a predefined route. I have created the routes using the DirectionsManager, however the user has the ability to drag the route to change it. I…
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urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401 while querying using the new Bing API ( in azure marketplace )

So, I ve made corrections based on most of the answers under the same roof in stack overflow, I'm still unable to resolve this problem. queryBingFor = "Google Fibre" quoted_query = urllib.quote(queryBingFor) account_key =…
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What search engines have full-featured API's?

It seems surprisingly difficult to run search queries programmatically via an API against the major engines. Google doesn't have a general purpose API for its search, apparently and surprisingly. They have a "custom search engine" which is designed…
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How to make pushpin draggable over the map in bingmap wpf

I am working on bingmap wpf. I have created pushpins on click event of mouse. Now I need to make it draggable and track the coordinate as per the pushpin location. Anybody has any idea on how to make the pushpin draggable and in which function we…
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Any way to get news image thumbnails from bing-api news items?

Is there any way to get thumbnails that go along with news items using the bing api? bing.com has images for each news item (http://www.bing.com/news?q=games for example) and you would think the api would have this feature too.
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Rails site search with Bing API example?

Previously these folks promised a release of their implementation of Bing search for their site at the following article: http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/06/29/learnhub-powered-by-rails-searches-with-bing/ Is anyone familiar with a Ruby or Rails lib…
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Bing map hover waypoint pushpin icons

i'm developing a web application with bing map. I used this method to change the waypoint pushpin icon: directionsManager.setRenderOptions({ itineraryContainer: document.getElementById('itineraryDiv'), waypointPushpinOptions: { …
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