Unable to retrieve images using ImageSearchClient with https://api.bing.microsoft.com/ endpoint

Question

My requirement is to get images from the web. What I tried is -

I created a Bing search resource to get keys and endpoint. I now have two keys for the endpoint - https://api.bing.microsoft.com/

Ran the below code in a python notebook.

from azure.cognitiveservices.search.imagesearch import ImageSearchClient as api
from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials as auth

key = <value of my key>

client = api('https://api.bing.microsoft.com/', auth(key))
p = client.images.search(query='grizzly bear', count=1, min_height=128, min_width=128)

Last line gives a ErrorResponseException: Operation returned an invalid status code 'Resource Not Found' error.

Please advise.

Answer 1

Same problem here. I believe the part of the URL that is appended by ImageSearchClient may be incorrect, since I managed to get it working by using the more direct approach given in BingImageSearchv7.py.

Removing "/bing" from "/bing/v7.0/images/search" fixed it for me (see this line).

Answer 2

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the experience for this issue. We have forwarded this issue to engineering team for fixing. Thanks for your patient.

Regards,
Yutong

Answer 3

Hello everyone,

We have new version SDK is releasing, so everything should be perfect soon. For now, please try following corrections which should fix this error:

• https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0 => https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/
o For example https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/search => https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search
• https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bingcustomsearch/v7.0 => https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/custom
o For example https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bingcustomsearch/v7.0/search => https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/custom/search
o For example https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bingcustomsearch/v7.0/images/search => https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/custom/images/search

Please let me know if above not fixes your error. Thanks. I will also share the details once I know the new releasing date.

Regards,
Yutong