Microsoft Bing

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 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Autosuggest API, CustomSearch API, EntitySearch API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Search, Web Search, Image, Videos, and News.

Microsoft Bing’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

18 APIs

Search Web Search Image Videos News Azure AI Autosuggest Visual Search

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Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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 18

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

Open Collections 11

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Bing Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

SDKs

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

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-bing
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-bing/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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.
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/microsoft-bing.png
tags:
- Search
- Web Search
- Image
- Videos
- News
- Azure AI
- Autosuggest
- Visual Search
tags_raw:
- Search
- Web Search
- Images
- Videos
- News
- Azure AI
- Autosuggest
- Visual Search
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-bing:image-search
  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
  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
  - 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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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-customsearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing CustomSearch API
  description: The CustomSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for customsearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Custom Search
  tags_raw:
  - CustomSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-customsearch-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-entitysearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing EntitySearch API
  description: The EntitySearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for entitysearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Entity Search
  tags_raw:
  - EntitySearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-entitysearch-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-imagesearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing ImageSearch API
  description: The ImageSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for imagesearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Image Search
  tags_raw:
  - ImageSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-imagesearch-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-newssearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing NewsSearch API
  description: The NewsSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 2 operation(s) for newssearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - News Search
  tags_raw:
  - NewsSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-newssearch-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-spellcheck-api
  name: Microsoft Bing SpellCheck API
  description: The SpellCheck API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for spellcheck.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Spell Check
  tags_raw:
  - SpellCheck
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-spellcheck-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-videosearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing VideoSearch API
  description: The VideoSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for videosearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Video Search
  tags_raw:
  - VideoSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-videosearch-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-visualsearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing VisualSearch API
  description: The VisualSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for visualsearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Visual Search
  tags_raw:
  - VisualSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-visualsearch-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-websearch-api
  name: Microsoft Bing WebSearch API
  description: The WebSearch API from Microsoft Bing — 1 operation(s) for websearch.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/overview
  baseURL: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Web Search
  tags_raw:
  - WebSearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bing-websearch-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: 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

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