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Migration benefits
Drop-in replacement with minimal code changes
1:1 compatible JSON response schema
Enhanced request flexibility supporting both query-based and URL-based requests
Quick start migration (5 Minutes)
Update your endpoint
Replace api.bing.microsoft.com with api.brightdata.com/request
Add parameters in body & test your first request
curl -X POST 'https://api.brightdata.com/request' \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "search_engine": "bing", "query": "test search", "data_format": "parsed_bing_api", "format": "json", "zone": "your_zone_name_" }'
Step-by-step migration guide Step 1: Account setup
1.1 Create Bright Data account
1.2 Configure Authentication
Before (Bing API): curl -X GET "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search?q=openai" \ -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_BING_KEY"
After (Bright Data): curl -X POST "https://api.brightdata.com/request" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "search_engine": "bing", "query": "openai", "data_format": "parsed_bing_api", "format": "json", "zone": "your_zone_name" }'
Before (Bing API): import requests headers = { 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' : 'YOUR_BING_KEY' } response = requests.get( 'https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search' , headers = headers, params = { 'q' : 'openai' } )
After (Bright Data): import requests headers = { 'Authorization' : 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' , 'Content-Type' : 'application/json' } payload = { 'search_engine' : 'bing' , 'query' : 'openai' , 'data_format' : 'parsed_bing_api' , 'format' : 'json' , 'zone' : 'your_zone_name' } response = requests.post( 'https://api.brightdata.com/request' , headers = headers, json = payload )
Before (Bing API): const axios = require ( 'axios' ); const response = await axios . get ( 'https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search' , { headers: { 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' : 'YOUR_BING_KEY' }, params: { q: 'openai' } } );
After (Bright Data): const axios = require ( 'axios' ); const response = await axios . post ( 'https://api.brightdata.com/request' , { search_engine: 'bing' , query: 'openai' , data_format: 'parsed_bing_api' , format: 'json' , zone: 'your_zone_name' }, { headers: { 'Authorization' : 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' , 'Content-Type' : 'application/json' } } );
The response format remains identical to Bing’s API when using data_format: "parsed_bing_api":
Response Structure
Parse Results
{ "_type" : "SearchResponse" , "queryContext" : { "originalQuery" : "openai" }, "webPages" : { "totalEstimatedMatches" : 12300000 , "value" : [ { "name" : "OpenAI" , "url" : "https://openai.com/" , "displayUrl" : "openai.com" , "snippet" : "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company..." } ] }, "images" : { "value" : [ ... ] }, "videos" : { "value" : [ ... ] }, "relatedSearches" : { "value" : [ ... ] } }
