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Microsoft Bing provides a comprehensive suite of search APIs that enable developers to integrate web, image, video, news, entity, and visual search capabilities into their applications. These APIs are part of Azure AI Services and provide intelligent search experiences powered by Bing's web-scale index.
Microsoft Bing publishes 18 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Autosuggest API, Custom Search API, Entity Search API, and 15 more. Tagged areas include Search, Web Search, Image, Video, and News.
Microsoft Bing’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.
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aid: microsoft-bing
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/quickstarts/quickstart
name: Microsoft Bing
description: Microsoft Bing provides a comprehensive suite of search APIs that enable developers to integrate web, image,
video, news, entity, and visual search capabilities into their applications. These APIs are part of Azure AI Services and
provide intelligent search experiences powered by Bing's web-scale index.
deliveryModel:
model: saas
open_source: false
commercial: true
callable_host: true
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: high
source:
- openapi
- pricing
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: freemium
onboarding: self-serve
trial: false
try_now: true
public: false
label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
confidence: medium
source:
- plans
- authentication
- security
generated: '2026-09-03'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-bing.png
tags:
- Search
- Web Search
- Image
- Video
- News
- Azure AI
- Autosuggest
- Visual Search
- Defunct
tags_raw:
- Search
- Web Search
- Images
- Videos
- News
- Azure AI
- Autosuggest
- Visual Search
- Defunct
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-bing:image-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Image Search API
description: The Bing Image Search API enables developers to search for images across the web with advanced filtering options.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Image
- Azure AI
tags_raw:
- Search
- Images
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:video-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Video Search API
description: The Bing Video Search API allows developers to search for videos across the web and retrieve video metadata.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-video-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Video
- Azure AI
tags_raw:
- Search
- Videos
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-video-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:news-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing News Search API
description: The Bing News Search API returns relevant news articles from across the web for a given query.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- News
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:entity-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Entity Search API
description: The Bing Entity Search API returns structured information about people, places, organizations, and other entities.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-entity-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Entities
- Knowledge Graph
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-entity-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:autosuggest
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Autosuggest API
description: The Bing Autosuggest API provides intelligent search query suggestions as users type.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-autosuggest/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Autosuggest
- Autocomplete
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-autosuggest/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:spell-check
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Spell Check API
description: The Bing Spell Check API provides contextual spell checking using machine learning models.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-spell-check/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Spell Check
- NLP
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-spell-check/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:visual-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Visual Search API
description: The Bing Visual Search API enables image-based search by analyzing uploaded images or image URLs.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-visual-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Visual Search
- Image Recognition
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-visual-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:custom-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Custom Search API
description: The Bing Custom Search API allows developers to create tailored search experiences by defining a custom view
of the web.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-custom-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Custom Search
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-custom-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:local-business-search
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Bing Local Business Search API
description: The Bing Local Business Search API returns information about local businesses based on search queries and location.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-local-business-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Search
- Local Business
- Places
- Azure AI
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-local-business-search/overview
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-autosuggest-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Autosuggest API
description: The Autosuggest API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for autosuggest.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Autosuggest
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-autosuggest-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-custom-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Custom Search API
description: The Custom Search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for custom search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Custom Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-custom-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-entity-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Entity Search API
description: The Entity Search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for entity search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Entity Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-entity-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-image-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Image Search API
description: The Image Search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for image search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Image Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-image-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-news-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing News Search API
description: The News Search API from Microsoft Bing — 2 operation(s) for news search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- News Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-news-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-spell-check-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Spell Check API
description: The Spell Check API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for spell check.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Spell Check
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-spell-check-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-video-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Video Search API
description: The Video Search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for video search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Video Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-video-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-visual-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Visual search API
description: The Visual search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for visual search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Visual Search
tags_raw:
- Visual search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-visual-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
- aid: microsoft-bing:microsoft-bing-web-search-api
x-status: retired
x-status-basis: 'Microsoft Lifecycle, fetched 2026-09-23: Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11; existing instances decommissioned,
no new signups; successor is Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agents. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement
(roadmap#623)'
name: Microsoft Bing Web Search API
description: The Web Search API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for web search.
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/overview
baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
tags:
- Web Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/microsoft-bing-web-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
- type: APIReference
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/reference/endpoints
common:
- type: Website
url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
url: agentic-access/microsoft-bing-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/microsoft-bing-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/microsoft-bing-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/microsoft
- type: Portal
url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/pricing
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/quickstarts/quickstart
- type: Authentication
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/create-bing-search-service-resource
- type: SDKs
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/quickstarts/sdk/web-search-client-library
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/legal
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- url: https://blogs.bing.com/search/feed
type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: microsoft
x-relationship: product
x-status: defunct
x-successor: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-classic/agents/how-to/tools-classic/bing-grounding
x-status-basis: 'Bing Search APIs retired 2025-08-11 per Microsoft Lifecycle (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement,
fetched 2026-09-23): existing instances decommissioned, no new signups. Every API in this record is that product. Endpoints
still answer 401 to a keyless probe, so the lifecycle page is the evidence. roadmap#623'
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