The InstantAnswer SourceType enables you to get single, authoritative answers to questions such as:
- What is 789*12?
- What is the value of x in 19x=63?
- How many seconds are in a year?
- What does “salient” mean?
Request Parameters
Required Parameters
The following parameters are required for all requests:
Note |
| To get results from a given SourceType, you must specify it in a SearchRequest.Sources statement. |
Optional Parameters
The following optional parameters are applicable to this SourceType.
Response Fields
The following response fields are common to all source types:
The following response fields are specific to the InstantAnswer SourceType:
Content Types
Depending on the value you specfy for SearchRequest.Query, the InstantAnswer SourceType returns a response containing either the Encarta or the FlightStatus ContentType. For examples of requests and responses of these requests and responses specific to a given protocol, see:
Code Samples
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