download_bing_images.py

from azure.cognitiveservices.search.imagesearch import ImageSearchAPI
from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
from PIL import Image
import requests
from io import BytesIO
import os

# create an Azure account 
# and get your API key from here: 
# https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/bing-image-search-api/
subscription_key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
founders = ["Jeff Bezos","Bill Gates","Larry Page"]
offsets=[0,150,300,450]

client = ImageSearchAPI(CognitiveServicesCredentials(subscription_key))

for founder in founders:
    prefix=r'.\data\bing\{}'.format(founder)
    os.makedirs(prefix)
    count=0
    
    for offset in offsets:
        image_results = client.images.search(
            query=founder,
            count=150,
            offset=offset,
            image_content='Face',
            image_type='Photo')
        for result in image_results.value:
            url=result.content_url
            try:
                response = requests.get(url)
                img = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
                path=prefix+'\{}.{}.jpg'.format(count,founder)
                img.save(path)
                count+=1
            except:
                print('Connection error or wrong format')