Language and region support for the Bing News Search API
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.
The Bing News Search API supports numerous countries/regions, many with more than one language. Specifying a country/region with a query serves primarily to refine search results based on interests in that country/region. Additionally, the results may contain links to Bing, and these links may localize the Bing user experience according to the specified country/region or language.
You can specify a country/region using the cc query parameter. If you specify a country/region, you must also specify one or more language codes using the Accept-Language HTTP header. The supported languages vary by countr/region; they are given for each country/region in the Markets table.
Alternatively, you may specify the market using the mkt query parameter and a code from the Markets table. Specifying a market simultaneously specifies a country/region and a preferred language. The setLang query parameter may be set to a language code in this case; usually this is the same language specified by mkt unless the user prefers to see Bing in another language.
Supported markets for news search endpoint
For the /news/search endpoint, the following table lists the market code values that you may use to specify the mkt query parameter. Bing returns content for only these markets. The list is subject to change.
For a list of country/region codes that you may specify in the cc query parameter, see Country Codes.
| Country/region | Language | Market code |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Danish | da-DK |
| Austria | German | de-AT |
| Switzerland | German | de-CH |
| Germany | German | de-DE |
| Australia | English | en-AU |
| Canada | English | en-CA |
| United Kingdom | English | en-GB |
| Indonesia | English | en-ID |
| Ireland | English | en-IE |
| India | English | en-IN |
| Malaysia | English | en-MY |
| New Zealand | English | en-NZ |
| Republic of the Philippines | English | en-PH |
| Singapore | English | en-SG |
| United States | English | en-US |
| English | general | en-WW |
| English | general | en-XA |
| South Africa | English | en-ZA |
| Argentina | Spanish | es-AR |
| Chile | Spanish | es-CL |
| Spain | Spanish | es-ES |
| Mexico | Spanish | es-MX |
| United States | Spanish | es-US |
| Spanish | general | es-XL |
| Finland | Finnish | fi-FI |
| France | French | fr-BE |
| Canada | French | fr-CA |
| Belgium | Dutch | nl-BE |
| Switzerland | French | fr-CH |
| France | French | fr-FR |
| Italy | Italian | it-IT |
| Hong Kong SAR | Traditional Chinese | zh-HK |
| Taiwan | Traditional Chinese | zh-TW |
| Japan | Japanese | ja-JP |
| Korea | Korean | ko-KR |
| Netherlands | Dutch | nl-NL |
| People's republic of China | Chinese | zh-CN |
| Brazil | Portuguese | pt-BR |
| Russia | Russian | ru-RU |
| Sweden | Swedish | sv-SE |
| Türkiye | Turkish | tr-TR |
Supported markets for news endpoint
For the /news endpoint, the following table lists the market code values that you may use to specify the mkt query parameter. Bing returns content for only these markets. The list is subject to change.
For a list of country/region codes that you may specify in the cc query parameter, see Country Codes.
| Country/region | Language | Market code |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Danish | da-DK |
| Germany | German | de-DE |
| Australia | English | en-AU |
| United Kingdom | English | en-GB |
| United States | English | en-US |
| English | general | en-WW |
| Chile | Spanish | es-CL |
| Mexico | Spanish | es-MX |
| United States | Spanish | es-US |
| Finland | Finnish | fi-FI |
| Canada | French | fr-CA |
| France | French | fr-FR |
| Italy | Italian | it-IT |
| Brazil | Portuguese | pt-BR |
| People's republic of China | Chinese | zh-CN |
Supported markets for news trending endpoint
For the /news/trendingtopics endpoint, the following table lists the market code values that you may use to specify the mkt query parameter. Bing returns content for only these markets. The list is subject to change.
For a list of country/region codes that you may specify in the cc query parameter, see Country Codes.
| Country/region | Language | Market code |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | German | de-DE |
| Australia | English | en-AU |
| United Kingdom | English | en-GB |
| United States | English | en-US |
| Canada | English | en-CA |
| India | English | en-IN |
| France | French | fr-FR |
| Canada | French | fr-CA |
| Brazil | Portuguese | pt-BR |
| People's republic of China | Chinese | zh-CN |
Country codes
The following are the country/region codes that you may specify in the cc query parameter. The list is subject to change.
| Country/region | Country code |
|---|---|
| Argentina | AR |
| Australia | AU |
| Austria | AT |
| Belgium | BE |
| Brazil | BR |
| Canada | CA |
| Chile | CL |
| Denmark | DK |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| Germany | DE |
| Hong Kong SAR | HK |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Italy | IT |
| Japan | JP |
| Korea | KR |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Mexico | MX |
| Netherlands | NL |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Norway | NO |
| People's Republic of China | CN |
| Poland | PL |
| Portugal | PT |
| Republic of the Philippines | PH |
| Russia | RU |
| Saudi Arabia | SA |
| South Africa | ZA |
| Spain | ES |
| Sweden | SE |
| Switzerland | CH |
| Taiwan | TW |
| Türkiye | TR |
| United Kingdom | GB |
| United States | US |
Next steps
For more information about the Bing News Search endpoints, see News Search API v7 reference.