When Microsoft launched their much-touted new search engine Bing last week it generated a lots of press and despite a somewhat muted expectations, it turned-out to be something of a hit. But lost in all the broader buzz about Bing was some news for developers: Bing has an API. We’ve now added a new Bing API Profile with technical details.
Like the Bing service itself, the API is a re-branded and enhanced version of the Microsoft’s Live Search API. Just days before the official Bing launch, the API was updated with many of the features of the new Bing service. That earlier announcement for Live Search 2.0 has the highlights:
Developers can now request data in JSON and XML formats. The SOAP interface that the Live Search API required has also been retained.
Requested data can be narrowed to one of the following source types: web, news, images, phonebook, spell-checker, related queries, and Encarta instant answer.
It is now possible to send requests in OpenSearch-compliant RSS format for web, news, image and phonebook queries.
