Thread: Bing api sample code

Hi
here is a code for bing api search.
my problem is in line :

sb.indexOf("<d:Description")

what dose this line do?

correct answer is below:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...-from-bing-api

  public static void main(String[] args) {
           String searchText = "searchtext";
           searchText = searchText.replaceAll(" ", "%20");
           String accountKey="key-ID";
 
        byte[] accountKeyBytes = Base64.encodeBase64((accountKey + ":" + accountKey).getBytes());
        String accountKeyEnc = new String(accountKeyBytes);
        URL url;
        try {
            url = new URL(
                    "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/v1/Composite?Sources=%27Web%27&Query=%27" + searchText + "%27&$format=JSON");
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + accountKeyEnc);
 
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                (conn.getInputStream())));
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        String output;
        System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");
        //write json to string sb
        while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
 
            sb.append(output);
 
        }
 
        conn.disconnect();
         //find webtotal among output      
       int find= sb.indexOf("\"WebTotal\":\"");
       int startindex = find + 12;
 
 
       int lastindex = sb.indexOf("\",\"WebOffset\"");
 
        System.out.println(sb.substring(startindex,lastindex));
 
        } catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
 
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
 
 
    }

my problem is

What is the problem? Copy the full text of any error messages and post it here.

what dose this line do

Have you read the API doc for the class to see what that method does?
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I want to access the number of search result for a string using bing api.
i have key for using this api.
know i have problem in using this api.
from below link
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-from-bing-api

I know I should use webtotal.

d->results[0]->WebTotal

but I don't know how to use this line in java.
here is about using bing api:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...rum=DataMarket

Do you get any errors? Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here.

Is there a forum for the bing api? I have never seen any bing packages.

Sorry, I know nothing about the bing api. Maybe someone else here knows of it.
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