News SourceType (Bing, Version 2.0)
This SourceType provides:
News specific to a topic, such as Entertainment
News specific to a location, such as Missoula or Missouri
Breaking news (if any) as the first result.
Top news stories. To receive top news stories, send a request with the Query parameter without a value - that is, send an empty query. For more information, see the next section.
About News Results
News results are presented on the basis of the presence or absence of the following optional request parameters:
LocationOverride, Category, and SortBy are mutually exclusive. Specifically:
If LocationOverride is specified, then Category and SortBy, if specified, are ignored, and LocationOverride is used.
If LocationOverride is not specified, and Category is specified, the SortBy, if specified, is ignored, and Category is used.
If neither LocationOverride nor Category is specified, and SortBy is specified, then SortBy is used.
The Empty Query Scenario
To view top news stories, send a request with the query parameter empty. (That is, Query=)
Request Parameters
Required Parameters
The following parameters are required for all requests:
Note
To get results from a given SourceType, you must specify it in a SearchRequest.Sources statement.
Optional Parameters
The following optional parameters are applicable to this SourceType.
Note
This parameter is not applicable to the Empty Query Scenario. For more information, see the section of this name in this topic.
Note
This parameter is not applicable to the Empty Query Scenario. For more information, see the section of this name in this topic.
Response Fields
The following response fields are common to all source types:
The following response fields are specific to the News SourceType:
Request and Response Examples
For examples of requests and responses for this SourceType specific to a given protocol, see:
Code Samples
For examples of code that sends a request that specifies this SourceType and parses the response, see News SourceType Code Samples.