BingHomepageAPI
This API provides information about Bing's current homepage image. Which includes image URL, copyright information and copyright link.
Accessing the API
The API is publically available on my content delivery network (cdn) and can be requested in 3 formats.
https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php
Link --Syntax
Item | Description |
---|---|
cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | API base link |
cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | Requested format |
cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | Country Code* for Bing Region |
* - Two letter country codes only.
Supported formats
Format | Content-type | Example |
---|---|---|
JSON | application/json | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=json&cc=US |
XML | text/xml | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US |
Plain Text | text/plain | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=text&cc=US |
Returned Data
Structure
Data returned would have three objects in total, viz., url, copyright, and copyrightlink.
JSON
Below is the returned data from this link:
{
"url":
"https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg",
"copyright":
"Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)",
"copyrightlink":
"http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22"
}
XML
Below is the returned data from this link:
<image>
<url>
https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg
</url>
<copyright>
Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)
</copyright>
<copyrightlink>
http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22
</copyrightlink>
</image>
Plain Text
Object description and data are seperated by a greater-than sign. On the left hand side of >
there is description and on the right hand side, it's the data from API. You can use your native Split function here to do the job or think of a clever way do deal with this.
Below is the returned data from this link:
url>https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg
copyright>Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)
copyrightlink>http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22
Available libraries
Language | Link |
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GoLang | https://binghomepage.github.io/BingHomepage.Go/ |
C# | https://binghomepage.github.io/BingHomepage.CSharp/ |