Search code examples
javascriptazurebing-apibing-news-search-api

Trouble finding Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key for Azure Bing News

I am trying to create a successful request using Azure's Bing News API. The below screenshot from the docs says that the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key is a required header. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices-bingsearch/bing-news-api-v7-reference

enter image description here

I've made an account and according to this post Issue in accessing Bing Custom Web Search API v7 the key is found in the Bing Resource -> Keys & Endpoints:enter image description here

I've tried both keys and neither work. I receive error code 401 Access denied due to Invalid subscription key or wrong API endpoint. I noticed that the endpoint featured in this picture is different from the endpoints listed in the bing new docs. I tried the endpoint listed in the picture (just to see) and I got a 404 error.

Another thread says to go to the API Management on the Azure portal. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/62385/please-help-me-to-find-the-process-to-get-ampampam.html

Upon navigating to API Management menu it read "No API Management services to display". I can "Create API Management" but the subsequent forms asks for information that seems atypical to gain access to an API. Is this really where the key is created or am I doing something else wrong? Thank you.

Here is my code. I tried on Postman and ran into the same error.

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

function testFetch(){



let response = fetch("https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/news/trendingtopics", {
headers: {
    "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key": <redacted-key>,
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
}).then(async response => {
  try {
   const data = await response.json()
   console.log('response data?', data)
 } catch(error) {
   console.log('Error happened here!')
   console.error(error)
 }
})


 }

 testFetch()
Solution

  • Please use the following endpoint BING_HOST = "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search" and find the below snapshot for the same.

    Please follow the below documentation for bing news search.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-news-search/overview