Bing News Search
Retrieve the latest news results from Bing News based on a specific query. Useful for monitoring breaking stories, conducting media analysis, tracking brand mentions, and gaining insights into trending topics and global events through Bing’s news index.
If you already know that you want to use Bing News Search, this page is the one you should read. It shows the required input, the filters you can apply, how pagination works, and what localization controls are available.
At a Glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Bing News Search |
| Scraper | bing_news |
| Engine | bing_news_search |
| Website | Bing |
| Website URL | bingnews.com |
| Output Format | json |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Parameter Count | 8 |
| Parameter Groups | Search Query (1), Localization (1), Geographic Location (1), Advanced Parameters (1), Pagination (2), Request Controls (1), Advanced Filters (1) |
Required Parameters
If you are sending your first request with this engine, start here. Requiredness is based on properties.<field>.must, not the top-level required array.
| Field | Type | Group | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Search Query | The keyword or phrase you want this search engine to look up. |
Available Parameters
The sections below follow the same parameter groups as the backend, but the field descriptions have been rewritten into shorter, user-facing wording so they are easier to scan.
Search Query
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Yes | The keyword or phrase you want this search engine to look up. |
Localization
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
cc | string | No | Country code used to localize Bing-family results. |
Additional Constraints
cc：Options: 36 options. Examples:AR,AU,AT,BE,BR
Geographic Location
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mkt | string | No | Bing market code that combines language and country, such as en-US. |
Additional Constraints
mkt：Options: 37 options. Examples:es-ar,en-au,de-at,nl-be,fr-be
Advanced Parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
qft | string | No | Bing News recency or sort filter. |
Additional Constraints
qft：Options: 5 options. Examples:interval="4",interval="7",interval="8",interval="9",sortbydate="1"
Pagination
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
count | string | No | Requested number of results to return on one page. |
first | string | No | Start position used for Bing-style pagination. |
Request Controls
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
device | string | No | Device type used when requesting results, such as desktop or tablet. |
Additional Constraints
device：Default:desktop；Options: 1 options. Examples:desktop
Advanced Filters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
safeSearch | string | No | Bing safe-search level. |
Additional Constraints
safeSearch：Options: 3 options. Examples:off,moderate,strict