404 Client Error: Resource Not Found

Question

I am trying to use visual search api and I am using endpoint "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/visualsearch" as suggested in the documentation but I am getting the 404 Client Error. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/915811/httperror-404-client-error-resource-not-found-for-1.html and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/168598/404-client-error-resource-not-found.html suggest that I am using the same endpoint.

Has the endpoint changed again?

Answer 1

Apologies @Dokook Choe I misread your request.

Note: Make sure that you are using a POST and not a GET (GET is standard for browsers so that is why you might be seeing the 404 code in your browser as well)

I tried out the visual search with postman and I am getting a 401 unauthorized error which means I believe the API is serving. You can try the following code with your API key and see if you get a successful response:

curl -X POST -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: **<yourkeygoeshere>**" -F knowledgeRequest="{\"imageInfo\":{\"url\":\"https://contoso.com/path/image.jpg\"}}" https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/visualsearch?mkt=en-us

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-visual-search/how-to/get-insights

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Answer 2

Hi @Dokook Choe

1) Yes, https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/visualsearch returns 404 error because it does not follow the standard for an endpoint call.

2) If you are authenticated and have a subscription to the API, your link should be https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/search?q=mt+rainier

You can use cURL to test it out (with your API key):

curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: <yourkeygoeshere>" https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/search?q=mt+rainier  

Search the web for images

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-image-search/how-to/get-images

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