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Meomix:
How do i get the proper API code to make my search engine work? My search engine requires 3 codes, the Yahoo Boss API the Bing API and then the YouTube API. I thought the API code was something like this "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%27Xbox%27" but that syntax produces no effect. The bloody Yahoo API code requires me to enter my credit card information to even get the required details. I have spent over 10 hours trying to get this to work, do i have to upload some php files to my server? What?
By the way i'm using Extreme Search Personal Edition.
Freedom Kira:
Uh, I don't think API is the right term here... I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for. URL syntax, perhaps?
megido-rev.M:
Well, "api." does appear in the URL. Either way, I'm still not exactly sure what the exact problem is even after finding that other post via Google.
Meomix:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on September 02, 2012, 05:35:57 AM ---Uh, I don't think API is the right term here... I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for. URL syntax, perhaps?
--- End quote ---
I'm looking for a Search API url to input into my search engine as it isn't returning any results, i thought the url syntax leading to the API was this "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%27Xbox%27" several guides said that the bing api is at https://api.datamarket.azure.com but it returned zero results whatsoever after inputting it into my search engines url box, after more searching i found that bing has upgraded their search api url from http://www.bing.com/api/search=? to https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/SearchWeb/Web? whats worse is that instead of inputting the API ID (some numeral authentication token from bing) straight into the search api url so that it can return search results, in the new version you now have to paste the api url into the browser bar then copy the API ID (which is now called the Account key) and paste it into the password box that appears in order to view the rss feeds, i seriously do not know how to make this bloody thing return results.
Here is how the input fields look like, i tried actual code but it seems like the fields are designed for url syntax only.
Freedom Kira:
Hmm. I have not used such an API before and I doubt other people have either. Could you explain a bit? From what I can tell, the API gives direct access to each search engine, so you can search and get results through your own custom interface, is that correct?
Is there no documentation you can check? That seems very unprofessional, especially from Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo. I'm sure there's a tutorial somewhere.
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