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This weekend I completed the Bing API integration with our DotNetNuke search module, VenexusSearch. I created this video to show the basics of how to configure and add the API key to the WebSearchProviders. I also show how search results are returned from the Bing API by searching for "Bing API" through this site, and how the social networking features of commenting, rating, and voting affects the search results for future queries.

Here is the basics of the VB.Net code to do a Bing API call using the Web sourcetype:
            Dim service As New LiveSearchService()
            Dim request As New net.live.search.api.SearchRequest()
            With request
                .Query = queryText
                .AppId = APIKey
                .Sources = New net.live.search.api.SourceType() {net.live.search.api.SourceType.Web}
            End With
            Dim response As net.live.search.api.SearchResponse = service.Search(request)
            For Each result As WebResult In response.Web.Results
                  'here are the main variables:

                  'result.Description
                  'result.Title
                  'result.Url
            Next
          

I also want to note that I am very impressed with the API. There are a lot of new methods when compared to the Live API. I have not had a chance to explore all of them, including Images, Instant Answers, MobileWeb, News, Phonebook, Spelling, Translation, Video, and Web, but I look forward to integrating these other areas in the future.

If you have any other ideas about Bing API integration with DNN or any questions. Please contact us.