Getting results from Bing Search new API! (Azure data market key approach)

bing_search.rb

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!

Very helpful. It seems not to be entirely valid Ruby, though. Had to use = instead of : for the default values for the search method.