Bing custom search configuration - programmatic access

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Bing custom search configuration - programmatic access

Nitin Kumar 6

Hi,
I am using Azure/bing custom search option for specific domains from https://www.customsearch.ai/. Currently I have to manually edit the domain name list. Is it possible to programmatically edit the instance configurations?

Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-05-03T13:34:07.337+00:00

@Nitin Kumar Thanks for the question. Please follow the Quickstart sample Search for your custom view of the web using C# and Bing Custom Search API.
https://github.com/microsoft/bing-search-dotnet-samples/blob/main/rest/quickstarts/CustomSearch.cs
Nuron 1 Reputation point

2021-05-04T06:29:45.487+00:00

@Ramr-msft This link is not working. 404..
Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-05-04T15:43:10.257+00:00

@Ramr-msft Thanks for the details. Please follow the sample code link here.
Nitin Kumar 6 Reputation points

2021-05-10T01:52:27.33+00:00

@Ramr-msft
Hi Thanks for the response. But this is the code for search using custom search instance with bing search API.
Currently, if we have to add or delete a url from the custom search instance, it has to be done manually. We have many custom search instances. To edit we have to do it manually from the web interface.
My question is about if it is possible to edit custom search instances programmatically without going to the Custom search web interface. For example, for a given custom search instance (by ID hash or by name), we can add or remove urls programmatically, without manually editing from the custom search ui That will save us lot of hassle.
Thanks a lot.
Nitin
Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-06-09T07:02:25.903+00:00

@Nitin Kumar Thanks for the details. Currently this is on Roadmap to support this is future.
Developers 5 Reputation points

2024-01-02T15:19:39.7266667+00:00

Hey @Ramr-msft

Could you confirm if this is supported now? We couldn't find anything relevant in docs.

Thanks!
Jin 0 Reputation points

2024-05-13T20:56:40.99+00:00

Hi @Ramr-msft .I have the same needs, could you please confirm when we can add websites to the Bing Custom Search programmatically?

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Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-05-03T13:34:07.337+00:00

@Nitin Kumar Thanks for the question. Please follow the Quickstart sample Search for your custom view of the web using C# and Bing Custom Search API.
https://github.com/microsoft/bing-search-dotnet-samples/blob/main/rest/quickstarts/CustomSearch.cs
Nuron 1 Reputation point

2021-05-04T06:29:45.487+00:00

@Ramr-msft This link is not working. 404..
Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-05-04T15:43:10.257+00:00

@Ramr-msft Thanks for the details. Please follow the sample code link here.
Nitin Kumar 6 Reputation points

2021-05-10T01:52:27.33+00:00

@Ramr-msft
Hi Thanks for the response. But this is the code for search using custom search instance with bing search API.
Currently, if we have to add or delete a url from the custom search instance, it has to be done manually. We have many custom search instances. To edit we have to do it manually from the web interface.
My question is about if it is possible to edit custom search instances programmatically without going to the Custom search web interface. For example, for a given custom search instance (by ID hash or by name), we can add or remove urls programmatically, without manually editing from the custom search ui That will save us lot of hassle.
Thanks a lot.
Nitin
Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-06-09T07:02:25.903+00:00

@Nitin Kumar Thanks for the details. Currently this is on Roadmap to support this is future.
Developers 5 Reputation points

2024-01-02T15:19:39.7266667+00:00

Hey @Ramr-msft

Could you confirm if this is supported now? We couldn't find anything relevant in docs.

Thanks!
Jin 0 Reputation points

2024-05-13T20:56:40.99+00:00

Hi @Ramr-msft .I have the same needs, could you please confirm when we can add websites to the Bing Custom Search programmatically?

Answer 1

Nitin Kumar 6

@Ramr-msft
Hi Thanks for the response. But this is the code for search using custom search instance with bing search API.
Currently, if we have to add or delete a url from the custom search instance, it has to be done manually. We have many custom search instances. To edit we have to do it manually from the web interface.
My question is about if it is possible to edit custom search instances programmatically without going to the Custom search web interface. For example, for a given custom search instance (by ID hash or by name), we can add or remove urls programmatically, without manually editing from the custom search ui That will save us lot of hassle.
Thanks a lot.
Nitin

Ramr-msft 17,821 Reputation points

2021-06-09T07:08:14.007+00:00

Thanks for the details. Currently this is on roadmap to support this in the near future.

Answer 2

Rami Azouz 0

Any updates on this topic? Seems that manual configuration is the only solution supported now.

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