Bing Reverse Image Search

Perform a reverse image search using Bing Images. This allows users to find visually similar images, identify the original source of an image, discover related content, and analyze image usage across the web.

If you already know that you want to use Bing Reverse Image 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 Reverse Image Search
Scraper	`bing_reverse_image`
Engine	`bing_reverse_image_search`
Website	Bing
Website URL	bingreverseimage.com
Output Format	`json`
Version	`1.0.0`
Parameter Count	`7`
Parameter Groups	Crop Area (4), Geographic Location (1), Pagination (1), Image Input (1)

Request Example

This is the real request body used to validate bing_reverse_image during this docs refresh. For /v1/serp, the engine field should be the engine's scraper value.

curl -X POST "https://run.xcrawl.com/v1/serp" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"engine":"bing_reverse_image","image_url":"https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png"}'

Response Example

The JSON below comes from the same live response. Long strings, data URLs, and large arrays were shortened so the example stays readable.

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "cached": true,
    "created_at": "2026-03-26 08:19:01 UTC",
    "id": "01KMMKK0EN6RCTWP9W9RDQXAHC",
    "json_endpoint": "https://serp.xcrawl.com/01KMMKK0EN6RCTWP9W9RDQXAHC.json",
    "processed_at": "2026-03-26 08:19:01 UTC",
    "raw_html_file": "https://serp.xcrawl.com/01KMMKK0EN6RCTWP9W9RDQXAHC.html",
    "status": "completed",
    "total_time_taken": 13
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "bing_reverse_image",
    "image_url": "https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png"
  },
  "total_credits_used": 1,
  "image_info": {
    "domain": "www.google.com",
    "format": "png",
    "link": "https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=imgurl%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fimages%2Fbranding%2Fgooglelogo%2F2x%2Fgooglelogo_color_272x92dp.png&view=detailv2&iss=sbi",
    "original": "https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png",
    "source": "https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png"
  },
  "related_content": [
    {
      "cdn_original": "https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.f2e8f84fe9e7bb07d1b103058897d963?rik=1N3Ab%2f43E5NphQ&pid=ImgRaw&r=0",
      "domain": "cdn.logojoy.com",
      "format": "png",
      "height": 519,
      "link": "https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=8uj4T%2bnn&id=FEE4E79E06C4C1FB08DE8569931337FE6FC0DDD4&thid=OIP.8uj4T-nnuwfRsQMFiJfZYwHaCg&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fcdn.logojoy.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f20230801145... [truncated, 497 chars]",
      "original": "https://cdn.logojoy.com/wp-content/uploads/20230801145608/Current-Google-logo-2015-2023-1536x519.png",
      "position": 1,
      "source": "https://looka.com/blog/google-logo/",
      "thumbnail": "https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.8uj4T-nnuwfRsQMFiJfZYwHaCg?w=188&h=135&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&o=6&pid=3.1&rm=2",
      "thumbnail_height": 135,
      "_note": "3 more fields omitted"
    },
    {
      "_note": "19 more items omitted"
    }
  ]
}

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
`image_url`	`string`	Image Input	Image URL.

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.

Crop Area

Field	Type	Required	Description
`cab`	`string`	No	Bottom.
`cal`	`string`	No	Left.
`car`	`string`	No	Right.
`cat`	`string`	No	Top.

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: 38 options. Examples: es-ar, en-au, de-at, nl-be, fr-be

Pagination

Field	Type	Required	Description
`count`	`string`	No	Requested number of results to return on one page.

Image Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`image_url`	`string`	Yes	Image URL.

SERP

Engines