Node Bing API

Node.js lib for the Azure Bing Web Search API

Changelog v2

In order to follow JavaScript best practices and allow the library to be promisified, the callback function is now the last parameter.

Installation

npm install node-bing-api

Usage

Require the library and initialialize it with your account key:

var Bing = require('node-bing-api')({ accKey: "your-account-key" });

Web Search:

Bing.web("Pizza", {
    top: 10,  // Number of results (max 50)
    skip: 3,   // Skip first 3 results
  }, function(error, res, body){

    // body has more useful information, but for this example we are just
    // printing the first two results
    console.log(body.d.results[0]);
    console.log(body.d.results[1]);
  });

Composite Search:

Bing.composite("xbox", {
    top: 10,  // Number of results (max 15 for news, max 50 if other)
    skip: 3,   // Skip first 3 results
    sources: "web+news", //Choises are web+image+video+news+spell
    newsSortBy: "Date" //Choices are Date, Relevance
  }, function(error, res, body){
    console.log(body);
  });

News Search:

Bing.news("xbox", {
    top: 10,  // Number of results (max 15)
    skip: 3,   // Skip first 3 results
    newsSortBy: "Date", //Choices are: Date, Relevance
    newsCategory: "rt_Business" // Choices are:
                                //   rt_Business
                                //   rt_Entertainment
                                //   rt_Health
                                //   rt_Politics
                                //   rt_Sports
                                //   rt_US
                                //   rt_World
                                //   rt_ScienceAndTechnology
    newsLocationOverride: "US.WA" // Only for en-US market
  }, function(error, res, body){
    console.log(body);
  });

Video Search:

Bing.video("monkey vs frog", {
    top: 10,  // Number of results (max 50)
    skip: 3,   // Skip first 3 result
    videoFilters: {
      duration: 'short',
      resolution: 'high'
    },
    videoSortBy: 'Date' // Choices are:
                        //   Date
                        //   Relevance
  }, function(error, res, body){
    console.log(body);
  });

Images Search:

Bing.images("Ninja Turtles", {skip: 50}, function(error, res, body){
  console.log(body);
});

Adding filter(s) for the Image Search

Bing.images("Ninja Turtles", {
    imageFilters: {
      size: 'small',
      color: 'monochrome'
    }
  }, function(error, res, body){
  console.log(body);
  });

Accepted filter values:

• Size:<Small | Medium | Large>
• Size:Height:<Height>
• Size:Width:<Width>
• Aspect:<Square | Wide | Tall>
• Color:<Color | Monochrome>
• Style:<Photo | Graphics>
• Face:<Face | Portrait | Other>

Related Search:

Bing.relatedSearch('berlin', {market: 'en-US'}, function (err, res, body) {
  var suggestions = body.d.results.map(function(r){ return r.Title; });
  console.log(suggestions.join('\n'));
});

Spelling Suggestions:

Bing.spelling('awsome spell', function (err, res, body) {
  console.log(body.d.results[0]); //awesome spell
});

Specify Market

Getting spanish results:

Bing.images("Ninja Turtles"
          , {top: 5, market: 'es-ES'}
          , function(error, res, body){

  console.log(body);
});

List of Bing Markets

Adult Filter

Bing.images('Kim Kardashian'
          , {market: 'en-US', adult: 'Strict'}
          , function(error, res, body){

  console.log(body.d.results);
});

Accepted values: "Off", "Moderate", "Strict".

Moderate level should not include results with sexually explicit images or videos, but may include sexually explicit text.

Web Only API Subscriptions

To use this library with a web only subscription, you can require and initialize it with an alternate root url:

var Bing = require('node-bing-api')
            ({ 
              accKey: "your-account-key", 
              rootUri: "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/SearchWeb/v1/" 
            });

Running Tests

In order to run the tests, the integration tests require to create a secrets.js file from the provided secrets.js.example example, and fill it in with a valid access key.

Then just mocha.

License

MIT