class Bing

The Bing Class provides the ability to connect to the bing search api hosted on the windows azure marketplace. Before proceeding you will need an account key, which can be obtained by registering an accout at windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/sign-in-what-is-microsoft-account

Attributes

account_key[RW]

num_results[RW]

params[RW]

type[RW]

Public Class Methods

new(account_key, num_results, type, params = {}) click to toggle source

Create a new object of the bing class

>> bing_image = Bing.new('your_account_key_goes_here', 10, 'Image', {:Adult => 'Strict'}) 
=> #<Bing:0x9d9b9f4 @account_key="your_account_key", @num_results=10, @type="Image", @params={:Adult => 'Strict'}>

Arguments:

account_key: (String)
num_results: (Integer)
type:         (String)
params:       (Hash)

# File lib/searchbing.rb, line 17
def initialize(account_key, num_results, type, params = {})

        @account_key = account_key
        @num_results = num_results
        @type = type
        @params = params


end

Public Instance Methods

search(search_term, offset = 0) click to toggle source

Search for a term, the result is an array of hashes with the result data

>> bing_image.search("puffin", 25)
=> [{"__metadata"=>{"uri"=>"https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/Image?Query='puffin'&$skip=25&$top=1", "type"=>"Image

Arguments:

search_term: (String)
offset: (Integer)

# File lib/searchbing.rb, line 36
def search(search_term, offset = 0)

        user = ''
        sources_portion = URI.encode_www_form_component('\'' + @type + '\'')
        query_string = '$format=json&Query='
        query_portion = URI.encode_www_form_component('\'' + search_term + '\'')
        params = "&$top=#{@num_results}&$skip=#{offset}"
        @params.each do |k,v|
                params << "&#{k.to_s}=\'#{v.to_s}\'"
        end
        if type=='WebOnly'
          web_search_url = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/SearchWeb/v1/Web?"
          full_address = web_search_url + query_string + query_portion + params
        else
          web_search_url = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/v1/Composite?Sources="
          full_address = web_search_url + sources_portion + '&' + query_string + query_portion + params
        end


        uri = URI(full_address)
        req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
        req.basic_auth user, account_key

        res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https'){|http|
                http.request(req)
        }

        body = JSON.parse(res.body, :symbolize_names => true)
        result_set = body[:d][:results]
end