Bing News API

Question

I am creating a site that allows users to search for articles and that is working fine, I am getting a lot of results. However, when I use the endpoints for U.S latest news, breaking world wide news, and world wide news, I only get 12 results per endpoint. Is this because I am using the free tier? If so why does it allow me to search for thousands but only allows 12 for the above endpoints?

Answer 1

I have used the correct category for my endpoint but it still shows 12 results. I have tried using postman too and same results. I want it to show a list in pagenation.

        public async Task OnGetAsync(int pageNumber = 1)
        {
            PageNumber = pageNumber;
            int pageSize = 10; // Number of articles per page
            int offset = (PageNumber - 1) * pageSize;

            try
            {
                string apiKey = "be1137cec3e34918ba30c5ce7495ea42";
                string apiUrl = $"https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news?category=US&count={pageSize}&offset={offset}&mkt=en-US";

                using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
                {
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", apiKey);
                    var response = await client.GetAsync(apiUrl);

                    if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                    {
                        var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                        var newsData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, object>>(responseData);

                        if (newsData != null && newsData.ContainsKey("value"))
                        {
                            NewsArticles = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<dynamic>>(newsData["value"].ToString());
                            TotalResults = newsData.ContainsKey("totalEstimatedMatches") ? Convert.ToInt32(newsData["totalEstimatedMatches"]) : 0;
                            TotalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)TotalResults / pageSize);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            ViewData["Message"] = "No news articles found.";
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        string errorContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                        _logger.LogError($"API Request failed. Status code: {response.StatusCode}, Response: {errorContent}");
                        ViewData["Message"] = "An error occurred while fetching news from the Bing News API.";
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                _logger.LogError(ex, "An error occurred while fetching news from Bing News API.");
                ViewData["Message"] = "An error occurred. Please try again later.";
            }

Answer 2

I worked it out. Thanks.

Answer 3

Breaking news

string apiUrl = $"https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search?q=breaking+news+OR+urgent+OR+attack+OR+emergency&count={pageSize}&offset={offset}&mkt=en-US&sortBy=Date&freshness=Day";

World wide news

string apiUrl = $"https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search?q=breaking+world+news+OR+crisis+OR+disaster+OR+war&count={pageSize}&offset={offset}&mkt=en-US&sortBy=Date&freshness=Day";