# Bing News API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/bing/news)

> Returns Bing News articles for a search with publisher, snippet, age and image, down to the past hour.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/bing/news` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | The search, for example nike. |
| `market` | no | Bing market, for example en-US, en-GB, de-DE or ja-JP (38 in all). Default en-US. |
| `country` | no | Two-letter country, only when it should differ from the market's. |
| `language` | no | Language code such as en or de, only when it should differ from the market's. |
| `safe_search` | no | strict, moderate or off. (strict \| moderate \| off) |
| `time_range` | no | any, hour, day, week or month. (any \| hour \| day \| week \| month) |
| `limit` | no | Articles to return, 1 to 30. Default 30. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/bing/news" \
  --data-urlencode "query=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I search Bing News with an API?

Call GET /v1/bing/news with query set to the search, for example nike. limit sets how many articles come back.

### What does each news result include?

Each article has its publisher, snippet, age and image.

### How recent can the news be?

time_range takes any, hour, day, week or month, so you can read articles from the past hour.

### Does Bing News have more pages?

No. One results page comes back per call and there is no next page.

### How much does this Bing endpoint cost?

Each call costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. There is no subscription, and 100 free credits cover 20 calls.

See the full Bing API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/bing

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How do I monitor news for a brand with the Bing News API?
- Can I get Bing News results from the past hour?