Bing News Search

Microsoft Bing News Search REST API enables developers to retrieve relevant news articles, trending topics, and category-filtered news with image thumbnails and publisher metadata. The API provides search queries against Bing's news index, returning results with titles, descriptions, URLs, publication dates, and related media content.

Bing News Search publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: News Category API, News Search API, and Trending Topics API. Tagged areas include News, Search, Microsoft, Bing, and Media.

The Bing News Search catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bing News Search’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, API reference, pricing, getting-started guide, support, and 9 more developer resources.

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58.5/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs

NewsSearchMicrosoftBingMediaHeadlinesTrending Topics

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Composite quality — 58.5/100 · strong

Contract Quality 15.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bing News Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

NewsArticle

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TrendingTopic

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bing-news
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bing-news/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bing News Search
description: Microsoft Bing News Search REST API enables developers to retrieve relevant news articles, trending topics, and
  category-filtered news with image thumbnails and publisher metadata. The API provides search queries against Bing's news
  index, returning results with titles, descriptions, URLs, publication dates, and related media content.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bing-news.png
tags:
- News
- Search
- Microsoft
- Bing
- Media
- Headlines
- Trending Topics
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: bing-news:news-category
  name: Bing News Category API
  description: Returns top news articles filtered by category (e.g., Business, Entertainment, Sports, Health, ScienceAndTechnology,
    Politics, World). Supports multiple markets with locale-specific category taxonomies. No search query is required; results
    reflect top headlines for the chosen category in the specified market.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/how-to/category-news
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news
  tags:
  - News
  - Category
  - Headlines
  - Bing
  - Microsoft
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/how-to/category-news
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: bing-news:trending-topics
  name: Bing Trending News Topics API
  description: Returns news topics that are currently trending on social networks. Supports filtering by Unix epoch timestamp
    (since parameter) to retrieve topics discovered after a specific point in time. Results include topic names, related search
    queries, and image thumbnails. Only available in supported markets.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/how-to/trending-news
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/trendingtopics
  tags:
  - News
  - Trending
  - Social
  - Topics
  - Bing
  - Microsoft
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/how-to/trending-news
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: bing-news:bing-news-news-category-api
  name: Bing News Search News Category API
  description: Get top news articles by category
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
  tags:
  - News Category
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bing-news-news-category-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bing-news-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bing-news-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bing-news-finops.yml
- aid: bing-news:bing-news-news-search-api
  name: Bing News Search News Search API
  description: Search for news articles by keyword query
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
  tags:
  - News Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bing-news-news-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bing-news-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bing-news-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bing-news-finops.yml
- aid: bing-news:bing-news-trending-topics-api
  name: Bing News Search Trending Topics API
  description: Get currently trending news topics from social networks
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search
  tags:
  - Trending Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bing-news-trending-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bing-news-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bing-news-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bing-news-finops.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/bing-news-search/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bing-news-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bing-news-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bing-news-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bing.com/news
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
- type: APIReference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/reference/endpoints
- type: Authentication
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/create-bing-search-service-resource
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/legal
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/quickstarts/quickstarts
- type: SDKs
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/cognitive-services/Bing-News-Search/quickstarts/client-libraries
- type: Support
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/142/bing-category-bing-search-apis-azure-bing-news
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com