SOAP Code Samples (RelatedSearch SourceType)
SOAP Code Samples (RelatedSearch SourceType)

This topic contains code samples that produces a SOAP request for the RelatedSearch SourceType. For more information, see RelatedSearch SourceType (Bing, Version 2.0).

Requirements

  • A deployment computer with an Internet connection

  • The ability to send requests using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 and the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP 1.1)

  • The ability to parse SOAP and XML

Demonstrates

These code samples demonstrate how to:

  • Send a request to the Bing SOAP interface and the Web SourceType

  • Display the Bing response as results

The samples are written in both Visual Basic and C#.

Example

Imports System
Imports System.Xml

' This Imports statement assumes that the project's root namespace is
' "ApiSamples" and the name of the Bing API web reference is
' "net.bing.api". Modify this Imports statement as necessary.
Imports ApiSamples.net.bing.api

' Bing API 2.0 code sample demonstrating the use of the
' RelatedSearch SourceType over the SOAP Protocol.
Class RelatedSearchSample

    ' Replace the following string with the AppId you received from the
    ' Bing Developer Center.
    Const AppId As String = "Insert your AppId here"

    Shared Sub Main()
        ' BingService implements IDisposable.
        Using service As BingService = New BingService
            Try
                Dim request As SearchRequest = BuildRequest()

                ' Send the request; display the response.
                Dim response As SearchResponse = service.Search(request)
                DisplayResponse(response)
            Catch ex As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
                ' A SOAP Exception was thrown. Display error details.
                DisplayErrors(ex.Detail)
            Catch ex As System.Net.WebException
                ' An exception occurred while accessing the network.
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
            End Try
        End Using
    End Sub

    Shared Function BuildRequest() As SearchRequest
        Dim request As New SearchRequest

        With request
            ' Common request fields (required)
            .AppId = AppId
            .Query = "free"
            .Sources = New SourceType() {SourceType.RelatedSearch}

            ' Common request fields (optional)
            .Version = "2.0"
            .Market = "en-us"
            .Options = New SearchOption() {SearchOption.EnableHighlighting}
        End With

        Return request
    End Function

    Shared Sub DisplayResponse(ByVal response As SearchResponse)
        ' Display the results header.
        Console.WriteLine("Bing API Version " & response.Version)
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "RelatedSearch results for " & response.Query.SearchTerms)
        Console.WriteLine()

        ' Display the RelatedSearch results.
        Dim builder As New System.Text.StringBuilder
        Dim result As RelatedSearchResult
        For Each result In response.RelatedSearch.Results
            builder.Length = 0
            builder.AppendLine(result.Title)
            builder.AppendLine(result.Url)

            DisplayTextWithHighlighting(builder.ToString)
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next
    End Sub

    Shared Sub DisplayTextWithHighlighting(ByVal [text] As String)
        ' Write text to the standard output stream, changing the console
        ' foreground color as highlighting characters are encountered.
        Dim c As Char
        For Each c In [text].ToCharArray
            If (c = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(&HE000)) Then
                ' If the current character is the begin highlighting
                ' character (U+E000), change the console foreground color
                ' to green.
                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green
            ElseIf (c = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(&HE001)) Then
                ' If the current character is the end highlighting
                ' character (U+E001), revert the console foreground color
                ' to gray.
                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray
            Else
                Console.Write(c)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    Shared Sub DisplayErrors(ByVal errorDetails As XmlNode)
        ' Add the default namespace to the namespace manager.
        Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager( _
            errorDetails.OwnerDocument.NameTable)
        nsmgr.AddNamespace( _
            "api", _
            "http://schemas.microsoft.com/LiveSearch/2008/03/Search")

        Dim errors As XmlNodeList = errorDetails.SelectNodes( _
            "./api:Errors/api:Error", _
            nsmgr)

        If (Not errors Is Nothing) Then
            ' Iterate over the list of errors and display error details.
            Console.WriteLine("Errors:")
            Console.WriteLine()
            Dim [error] As XmlNode
            For Each [error] In errors
                Dim detail As XmlNode
                For Each detail In [error].ChildNodes
                    Console.WriteLine(detail.Name & ": " & detail.InnerText)
                Next
                Console.WriteLine()
            Next
        End If
    End Sub

End Class

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