How to get number of search result from Bing API
You can obtain the result count, but it's not as obvious as I thought it would be. Using this URL:
https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/v1/Composite?Sources=%27web%27&Query=%27YOUR_QUERY_HERE%27&$top=1&$format=JSON
you can get a JSON String, which includes the result count in
d->results[0]->WebTotal
You need to use the Composite search for that (I specified only web
in this example, but you can use web+news
or any other bing source) and you have to retrieve at least one result ($top=1
).
You can also use Atom
instead of JSON
to get an xml response.
For those subscribed to the SearchWeb stream rather than the general Search, the URL is this:
https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/v1/Composite?Query=%27YOUR_QUERY_HERE%27&$top=1&$format=JSON
As with Wang Tang's answer, the result should include
d->results[0]->WebTotal