Bing News

About

Bing News search engine uses the News Search API to:

  • Send search queries to Bing
  • Receive a list of relevant news articles

How to Add the Bing News Search Engine to SmartHub

Use the following instructions to add the Bing News search engine to SmartHub:

  1. Navigate to the SmartHub Administration page: http(s)://[web-app-url]/_admin
  2. Click Add New Search Engine.
  3. The Search Engine dialogue box appears.
  4. Select Type: Experimental
  5. Enter a search engine name.
  6. Select the search engine type "Bing News Experimental"
  7. Enter your parameters as set and defined in the table below into the appropriate fields.
  8. Click OK.

Parameters

Parameter Required? Description
Bing API Access Key yes This is the subscription key that you received when you signed up for this service in Cognitive Services.
Country code optional

A 2-character country code of the country where the results come from.

News category optional

The category of articles to return.

Freshness

Filter news articles by the following time values:

  • Day—Returns news articles that Bing discovered within the last 24 hours
  • Week—Returns news articles that Bing discovered within the last 7 days
  • Month—Returns news articles that Bing discovered within the last 30 days