bing-api

A Haskell library to access the MS Bing API for web searches

Command-line use

Install stack

$ git clone https://github.com/rubenmoor/bing-api.git
$ cd bing-api
$ stack install

For available options do

$ bing-api-exe -h

Search for xbox

$ echo xbox | bing-api-exe -k my_azure_account_key

Use as library

import Data.Text.IO    (putStrLn)
import Network.Bing    (Options (..), Composite, Web, Image, makeAccountKey, searchQuery)
import Control.Lens    ((^.))
import Data.Aeson.Lens (key, nth, _String)
import Data.Text       (putStrLn)
import Prelude hiding  (putStrLn)

main :: IO ()
main = do
  let options = def { optsKey     = makeAccountKey "my_azure_account_key"
                    , optsTop     = 1
                    , optsService = Composite [Web, Image]
                    }
  r <- searchQuery options "xbox"
  let url = r ^. key "d" . key "results" . nth 0 . key "Url" . _String 
  putStrLn url