Bing Search API in Ruby

TL;DR

Turns out Microsoft's documentation was wrong and you're supposed to just use your account key as the password in the request instead of the encoded string. `` require 'net/http' accountKey [your value] url = 'https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/v1/Web?Query=%27xbox%27&$top=50&$format=json' uri = URI(url) req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri) req.basic_auth '', accountKey res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https'){|http| http.request(req) } puts res.body `` Okay, after an hour of frustration I figured out a way to do it.

Fix

1. Turns out Microsoft's documentation was wrong and you're supposed to just use your account key as the password in the request instead of the encoded string. `` require 'net/http' accountKey [your value] url = 'https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/v1/Web?Query=%27xbox%27&$top=50&$format=json' uri = URI(url) req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri) req.basic_auth '', accountKey res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https'){|http| http.request(req) } puts res.body

Expected: You get the expected result; the problem is gone.

When to use

• You are dealing with this situation.
• The symptom matches: Bing Search API in Ruby.

When NOT to use

• Unrelated issues with a different cause.
• You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

Compatibility

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Variant phrasings

Bing Search API in Ruby

Why it happens

Stack Overflow #13660455 (accepted answer, 7 votes, 3 answers): I read the "Bing Search API - Quick Start" but I don't know how to make this http request in Ruby (Weary) How to translate "Streamcontextcreate()" in Ruby? And What does it mean? "Bing Search API - Quick Start" I would want to use a Ruby sdk but those I found are deprecated ex (Rbing) https://github.com/mikedemers/rbing Do you know a up-to-date Wrapper for Bing Search API (Web only results)?

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