Is there a limit to the number of URLs you can add to a Bing Custom Search API?

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Is there a limit to the number of URLs you can add to a Bing Custom Search API?

nmw748 6

I know the documentation says "For each custom search instance, the maximum number of ranking adjustments that you may make to Active and Blocked slices is limited to 400." But I don't think that necessarily answers my question, if I don't care about ranking adjustments, can I add more than 400 websites? Or is 400 the limit

Rohit Mungi 49,131 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-10-17T05:16:14.68+00:00

@nmw748 I believe you are referring to this page of the limits. 400 URls is the limit for a custom search instance, and it cannot be increased due to the design of the service. I hope this helps!!
nmw748 6 Reputation points

2022-10-17T13:46:10.737+00:00

That's unfortunate. Is there a way to filter search results based on the users location of the IP address?
Rohit Mungi 49,131 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-10-26T08:02:52.233+00:00

@nmw748 I hope the below suggestion to add the headers addresses your query. Thanks!!

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Rohit Mungi 49,131 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-10-17T05:16:14.68+00:00

@nmw748 I believe you are referring to this page of the limits. 400 URls is the limit for a custom search instance, and it cannot be increased due to the design of the service. I hope this helps!!
nmw748 6 Reputation points

2022-10-17T13:46:10.737+00:00

That's unfortunate. Is there a way to filter search results based on the users location of the IP address?
Rohit Mungi 49,131 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-10-26T08:02:52.233+00:00

@nmw748 I hope the below suggestion to add the headers addresses your query. Thanks!!

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You can leverage the bing API's headers to pass the users location or client IP to return relevant information. Please check this page for additional details.

X-MSEdge-ClientIP: The IPv4 or IPv6 address of the client device. The IP address is used to discover the user's location. Bing uses the location information to determine safe search behavior. You are encouraged to always specify this header and the X-Search-Location header.

X-Search-Location: A semicolon-delimited list of key/value pairs that describe the client's geographical location. Bing uses the location information to determine safe search behavior and to return relevant local content. Specify the key/value pair as <key>:<value>.

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