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Getting results from Bing Search new API! (Azure data market key approach)
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require 'net/http' | |
require 'json' | |
module Bing | |
class Search | |
BASE_URL = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/v1/Composite?" | |
SINGLE_QUOTE_ENCODED = "%27" | |
def initialize(api_key) | |
@api_key = api_key | |
end | |
# $top can be removed for getting the first 50 results or more if specified! | |
def search(query, sources: "web", format: "json", top: 1) | |
url = "#{BASE_URL}Sources=#{stupid_encode(sources)}&Query=#{stupid_encode(query)}&$top=#{top}&$format=#{format}" | |
json_result = execute_http_request(url) | |
BingResult.new(json_result) | |
end | |
private | |
# must be replaced! | |
def stupid_encode(value) | |
"#{SINGLE_QUOTE_ENCODED}#{value}#{SINGLE_QUOTE_ENCODED}" | |
end | |
def execute_http_request(url) | |
uri = URI(url) | |
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri) | |
username = "" # according to microsoft documentation!!! | |
password = @api_key | |
request.basic_auth(username, password) | |
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, :use_ssl => true) do |http| | |
http.request(request) | |
end | |
response.body | |
end | |
end | |
class BingResult | |
def initialize(json_result) | |
@result = JSON.parse(json_result) | |
end | |
def total_count | |
@result["d"]["results"][0]["WebTotal"] || 0 | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
bing = Bing::Search.new(ENV.fetch("BING_API_KEY")) | |
result = bing.search("test") | |
result.total_count #=> 343000000 at the time! |
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Very helpful. It seems not to be entirely valid Ruby, though. Had to use = instead of : for the default values for the search method.