Quickstart: Get news results using the Bing News Search REST API and Go
Warning
On October 30, 2020, the Bing Search APIs moved from Azure AI services to Bing Search Services. This documentation is provided for reference only. For updated documentation, see the Bing search API documentation. For instructions on creating new Azure resources for Bing search, see Create a Bing Search resource through the Azure Marketplace.
This quickstart uses the Go language to call the Bing News Search API. The results include names and URLs of news sources identified by the query string.
Prerequisites
- Install the Go binaries.
- Install the go-spew library to use a deep pretty printer to display the results. Use this command to install the library:
$ go get -u https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew.
Create an Azure resource
Start using the Bing News Search API by creating one of the following Azure resources:
- Available through the Azure portal until you delete the resource.
- Use the free pricing tier to try the service, and upgrade later to a paid tier for production.
- Available through the Azure portal until you delete the resource.
- Use the same key and endpoint for your applications, across multiple Azure AI services.
Create a project and import libraries
Create a new Go project in your IDE or editor. Then, import net/http for requests, ioutil to read the response, encoding/json to handle the JSON text of results, and the go-spew library to parse the JSON results.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
"encoding/json"
"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
)
Create a struct to format the news search results
The NewsAnswer struct formats the data provided in the response JSON, which is multilevel and complex. The following implementation covers the essentials:
// This struct formats the answer provided by the Bing News Search API.
type NewsAnswer struct {
ReadLink string `json: "readLink"`
QueryContext struct {
OriginalQuery string `json: "originalQuery"`
AdultIntent bool `json: "adultIntent"`
} `json: "queryContext"`
TotalEstimatedMatches int `json: totalEstimatedMatches"`
Sort []struct {
Name string `json: "name"`
ID string `json: "id"`
IsSelected bool `json: "isSelected"`
URL string `json: "url"`
} `json: "sort"`
Value []struct {
Name string `json: "name"`
URL string `json: "url"`
Image struct {
Thumbnail struct {
ContentUrl string `json: "thumbnail"`
Width int `json: "width"`
Height int `json: "height"`
} `json: "thumbnail"`
} `json: "image"`
Description string `json: "description"`
Provider []struct {
Type string `json: "_type"`
Name string `json: "name"`
} `json: "provider"`
DatePublished string `json: "datePublished"`
} `json: "value"`
}
Declare the main function and define variables
The following code declares the main function and assigns the required variables. Confirm that the endpoint is correct, and then replace the token value with a valid subscription key from your Azure account. You can use the global endpoint in the following code, or use the custom subdomain endpoint displayed in the Azure portal for your resource.
func main() {
// Verify the endpoint URI and replace the token string with a valid subscription key.
const endpoint = "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news/search"
token := "YOUR-ACCESS-KEY"
searchTerm := "Microsoft Cognitive Services"
// Declare a new GET request.
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", endpoint, nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// The rest of the code in this example goes here in the main function.
}
Query and header
Add the query string and access key header.
// Add the query to the request.
param := req.URL.Query()
param.Add("q", searchTerm)
req.URL.RawQuery = param.Encode()
// Insert the subscription-key header.
req.Header.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", token)
GET request
Create the client and send the GET request.
// Instantiate a client.
client := new(http.Client)
// Send the request to Bing.
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
Send the request
Send the request and read the results by using ioutil.
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// Close the connection.
defer resp.Body.Close()
// Read the results
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
Handle the response
The Unmarshall function extracts information from the JSON text returned by the Bing News Search API. Then, display nodes from the results with the go-spew pretty printer.
// Create a new answer object
ans := new(NewsAnswer)
err = json.Unmarshal(body, &ans)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
fmt.Print("Output of BingAnswer: \r\n\r\n")
// Iterate over search results and print the result name and URL.
for _, result := range ans.Value{
spew.Dump(result.Name, result.URL)
}
Results
The following output contains the name and URL of each result:
(string) (len=91) "Cognitive Services Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2019 - 2025"
(string) (len=142) "https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/cognitive-services-market-global-industry-analysis-and-opportunity-assessment-2019---2025-2019-02-21"
(string) (len=104) "Microsoft calls for greater collaboration to harness the power of AI to empower people with disabilities"
(string) (len=115) "https://indiaeducationdiary.in/microsoft-calls-greater-collaboration-harness-power-ai-empower-people-disabilities-2/"
(string) (len=70) "Microsoft 'Intelligent Cloud Hub' to build AI-ready workforce in India"
(string) (len=139) "https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/cloud-computing/microsoft-intelligent-cloud-hub-to-build-ai-ready-workforce-in-india/67187807"
(string) (len=81) "Skills shortage is stopping many Asian companies from embracing A.I., study shows"
(string) (len=106) "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/20/microsoft-idc-study-skills-shortages-stopping-companies-from-using-ai.html"
(string) (len=143) "Cognitive Computing in Healthcare Market Emerging Top Key Vendors- Apixio, MedWhat, Healthcare X.0, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and IBM 2017-2025"
(string) (len=40) "http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4163064"
(string) (len=49) "Microsoft launches AI skills initiative in Brazil"
(string) (len=80) "https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-launches-ai-skills-initiative-in-brazil/"
(string) (len=45) "Kuwait's CITRA and Microsoft host AI OpenHack"
(string) (len=70) "http://www.itp.net/618639-kuwaits-citra-and-microsoft-host-ai-openhack"
(string) (len=51) "CITRA and Microsoft collaborate to host AI workshop"
(string) (len=123) "https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/CITRA_and_Microsoft_collaborate_to_host_AI_workshop-ZAWYA20190212105751/"