Bing News API

SERP API Bing Query Parameters

including output options for parameters such as localization, geographical location, and pagination.

q ,Search Query(Required)

Parameter defines the search query. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Bing search.

Example Request:

Example with q:pizza parameter

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1"

Localization

cc ,Country(Optional)

This parameter defines that during crawling, you can specify that search results be displayed according to the habits of users in a specific country/region. It is a two-letter country/region code (for example: us, ru, uk).

Examples:

• cc=us → United States (English)

• cc=fr → France (French)

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,cc:jp

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "cc=jp"

setlang ,Language(Optional)

This parameter defines the language to search in. It follows the format gb characters followed by ISO_3166-1. (For example, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, etc.)

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,setlang:eu

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "setlang=eu"

Geographical Location

mkt ,Language(Optional)

This parameter defines the interface display language of search results during crawling. It adopts the format of <"language code">-<"country/region code">.

For example, en-US. This string is case-insensitive.

Examples:

• mkt=en-US → English (United States)

• mkt=zh-CN → Simplified Chinese

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,mkt:fr-fr

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "mkt=fr-fr"

Pagination

first ,Result offset(Optional)

Sets the result offset (default: 1). For example, first=10 skips the first 9 results.

This parameter is used to control the offset of Organic Search results, with a default value of 1. For example, when first=10, the system will promote the 10th organic search result to the top position.

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,first:10

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "first=10" \
 -d "count=10"

count ,Results per page(Optional)

Number of results per page (range: 1–50). Use with first for pagination.

The per-page parameter is used to control the number of search results displayed per page (minimum value: 1, maximum value: 50). The actual effective value will be affected by the first offset parameter.

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,count:10

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "first=10" \
 -d "count=10"

Advanced Filters

qft,Sort by Date(Optional)

This parameter defines whether adult content is blocked from search results. You can set it to either "strict" or "off".

Adult content filter:

• strict → Default (blocks adult content)

• off → Allows adult content

Example Request:

Example results for q : pizza,qft:interval="8"

curl -X POST https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer token" \
 -d "engine=bing_news" \
 -d "q=pizza" \
 -d "json=1" \
 -d "setlang=eu" \
 -d "qft=interval="8""

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