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# SERP API Bing Query Parameters

Learn about Thordata’s SERP API - Bing search query parameters.

**Search Term**
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Example:

```sh
curl -k "https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp_USERNAME:PASSWORD
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="160">Name</th><th width="230">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>q</td><td>Search Term</td><td>Specify search keywords</td><td>q=pizza</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Localization**
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Used to specify the language and habits of search results, as well as advertisements. Example:

```sh
curl -k "https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza&cc=af&mkt=zh-hk" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp_USERNAME:PASSWORD
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="115">Name</th><th width="312">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>cc</td><td>Country</td><td>Result region (affects search results), set only the country, country/region code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).</td><td>cc=US，cc=CN..</td></tr><tr><td>mkt</td><td>Language</td><td>Target market (affects search results and ads), set both language and country.</td><td>mkt=en-US，mkt=zh-CN...</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Geolocation**
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Used to specify the encoded location for the search, which will change the geographical location of the search. You can download a file containing all available values here. Example:
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curl -k "<https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza\\&location=Antarctica\\&lat=73\\&lon=42>" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp\_USERNAME:PASSWORD

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="116">Name</th><th width="306">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>location</td><td>Location</td><td>Specify the geographic location of the search results, to be used together with the lat (latitude) and lon (longitude) parameters.</td><td>location=Ecuador&#x26;lat=73&#x26;lon=42</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Pagination**
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Used to define the result offset (the offset from which results start) and the number of search results. The default number of search results is 10, with a maximum of 100. The actual number of results returned may be less than the requested number. Example:

```sh
curl -k "https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza&first=10&count=100" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp_USERNAME:PASSWORD
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="160">Name</th><th width="248">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>first</td><td>Pagination</td><td>Specify search page number (offset)</td><td>first=10 (Page 2)</td></tr><tr><td>count</td><td>Results per page</td><td>Specify the number of results per search page</td><td>count=50 (Maximum value 100)</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Safety**
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Used to decide whether search results should block adult content. Example:

```sh
curl -k "https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza&adlt=strict" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp_USERNAME:PASSWORD
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="160">Name</th><th width="230">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>adlt</td><td>Safe</td><td>nable/Disable Adult Content Filtering</td><td>adlt=strict (Enable)
<br>adlt=off (Disable)</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Parsing**
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A custom Thordata parameter that allows the return of parsed JSON instead of raw HTML. Example:

```sh
curl -k "https://www.bing.com/search?q=pizza&json=1" --proxy scraping.thordata.com:30001 --proxy-user td-customer-serp_USERNAME:PASSWORD
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="110">Parameter</th><th width="160">Name</th><th width="207">Function</th><th>Parameter Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>json</td><td>Parsing</td><td>Specify output format</td><td>No json value (returns HTML)
<br>json=1 (returns JSON)
<br>json=2 (returns JSON + HTML)</td></tr></tbody></table>