404 Resource Not Found for Microsoft Cognitive API v7 News Search

Question

Hello,

I am attempting to use the following endpoint: https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news/search To do news searches for particular stocks. For example here is a complete URL: https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news/search?q=Applied+UV+Inc.&count=10&offset=0&mkt=en-us&safeSearch=Moderate I attach the needed "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key" header with the associatied API Key. I keep getting a 404 error. I have double checked everything I can think of (active subscription, the key, expiration date) but its all failing. The search worked perfectly back on the 28th of October so I do not understand what is happening now.

Answer 1

Hello @Ian the Nerd , Thanks for using Microsoft Q&A Platform.

Currently, this might have impacted in your case as well, please follow the documentation:

Bing Search APIs will transition from Azure Cognitive Services to Azure Marketplace on 31 October 2023.  The existing instances of the Bing Search APIs under Azure Cognitive Services will no longer be supported after 31 October 2023. You can continue to create new instances of Bing Search APIs under the Azure Marketplace. Please read this documentation for more Infromation: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/updates/bing-search-apis-will-transition-from-azure-cognitive-services-to-azure-marketplace-on-31-october-2023/

There is a similar issue. Kindly review the related thread: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1421100/bing-custom-search-api-is-returning-404

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Vasavi

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