Quickstart: Use the Bing Entity Search Python client library
Use this quickstart to begin searching for entities with the Bing Entity Search client library for Python. While Bing Entity Search has a REST API compatible with most programming languages, the client library provides an easy way to integrate the service into your applications. The source code for this sample can be found on GitHub.
Prerequisites
Python 2.x or 3.x.
It is recommended that you use a Python virtual environment. You can install and initialize a virtual environment with the venv module. You can install virtualenv with:
python -m venv mytestenv
Install the Bing Entity Search client library with:
cd mytestenv
python -m pip install azure-cognitiveservices-search-entitysearch
Create and initialize the application
Create a new Python file in your favorite IDE or editor, and add the following import statements.
from azure.cognitiveservices.search.entitysearch import EntitySearchClient from azure.cognitiveservices.search.entitysearch.models import Place, ErrorResponseException from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
Create a variable for your subscription key and endpoint. Instantiate the client by creating a new
CognitiveServicesCredentials
object with your key.subscription_key = "YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" endpoint = "YOUR-ENDPOINT" client = EntitySearchClient(endpoint=endpoint, credentials=CognitiveServicesCredentials(subscription_key))
Send a search request and receive a response
Send a search request to Bing Entity Search with
client.entities.search()
and a search query.entity_data = client.entities.search(query="Gibralter")
If entities were returned, convert
entity_data.entities.value
to a list, and print the first result.if entity_data.entities.value: main_entities = [entity for entity in entity_data.entities.value if entity.entity_presentation_info.entity_scenario == "DominantEntity"] if main_entities: print(main_entities[0].description)