How to get actual image of article when get query by categorys using news api.

Question

Hello,
I am adding originalImg=true parameter to the url. When doing a query search, it will return actual image.
value > image > contentUrl

For category query, it will not return full image.
Is there a way to get actual image size rather than getting thumbnail when querying with category?
category query: https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news?mkt=en-us&category=sports

Answer 1

@AmbiTamber-2172 The category parameter along with the originalImg parameter will return the actual image and the thumbnail image URLs. Here is a sample output from my query.

Query:

https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search?mkt=en-IN&q=Cricket&originalImg=true&category=Sports

Sample Output:

            "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/india-vs-australia-2020-live-cricket-streaming-1st-test-match-when-where-how-to-watch-online-telecast-on-tv-sony-liv-sony-six-sony-ten-jio-tv-671971",
            "image": {
                "contentUrl": "https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/715_-/2020/12/test-1-1608173319.jpg",
                "thumbnail": {
                    "contentUrl": "https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVFT.k2Nr5pfU31wUZU9airW8CC&pid=News",
                    "width": 700,
                    "height": 393
                }

The complete output:

  {
            "name": "Live Streaming Cricket India vs Australia 1st Test: How to Watch IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test Online on SonyLIV",
            "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/india-vs-australia-2020-live-cricket-streaming-1st-test-match-when-where-how-to-watch-online-telecast-on-tv-sony-liv-sony-six-sony-ten-jio-tv-671971",
            "image": {
                "contentUrl": "https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/715_-/2020/12/test-1-1608173319.jpg",
                "thumbnail": {
                    "contentUrl": "https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVFT.k2Nr5pfU31wUZU9airW8CC&pid=News",
                    "width": 700,
                    "height": 393
                }
            },
            "description": "Find full details on when and where to watch IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test Live Online on SonyLIV and TV Telecast on Sony SIX and Sony TEN.",
            "about": [
                {
                    "readLink": "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/api/v7/entities/48c4eac3-7489-a395-c60c-93b5d0e31495",
                    "name": "Pink"
                },
                {
                    "readLink": "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/api/v7/entities/6000e8f6-5c3a-c23a-dfc3-f5158401136a",
                    "name": "Sony SIX"
                },
                {
                    "readLink": "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/api/v7/entities/9ed5b2b6-aca0-2080-bb10-6c39fefaf7cf",
                    "name": "Streaming media"
                }
            ],
            "provider": [
                {
                    "_type": "Organization",
                    "name": "India TV",
                    "image": {
                        "thumbnail": {
                            "contentUrl": "https://www.bing.com/th?id=AR_9326d06252d3cc5b7a41eff093164287&pid=news"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ],
            "datePublished": "2020-12-17T06:09:00.0000000Z",
            "category": "Sports"
        },

The issue in your query is the originalImg parameter is missing. Please try to use a similar query as mentioned above and you should see both the actual image and the thumbnail.

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