Bing Search API for News Operation: empty news results for Arabic Language

Question

I am getting empty news results for Arabic Language however im using URL encoding and 'ar_XA' market for arabic region. Below is the URL used for reference:

api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/News()?Query=%27%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%27&Market='ar-XA'&NewsSortBy='Date'&$top=10

Appreciate your kind help.

Answer 1

Hi,

How do you generate the url, I mean the code? Try this:

query = "api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/News()?Query=%27" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("yourtext") + "%27&Market='ar-XA'&NewsSortBy='Date'";

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Answer 2

Exactly thats what i did! however no results were retreived.

is there anything else missing?

Answer 3

Hi,

The news only query url format looks like this kind:

https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/v1/News?Query=%27xbox%27&Market=%27en-US%27&NewsSortBy=%27Date%27

You can the DataMarket Service Explorer to test the query result using this url. Make sure your search news has the actual result, maybe it does no result or you can use other more popular words to try.

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Answer 4

My problem is only with 'ar-XA' region the news query i used or even the one you are using retrieves results for english and even chinese however when i use 'ar-XA' language i get empty results however i used many words to check and URl encoding in the correct form as above. Any idea?

Answer 5

Hi,

Yes, I know. I say you can try to use above url appending with the encoded Arabic text to query the result. Replace the english words in my sample above to try. I have consulted with Bing API team for this. They suggest you to do that. If it is still not working, I can involve someone familiar to it to help or you can open a support ticket for it.

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Answer 6

If i replace the english text with encoded arabic text in the URL you sent i can get results but in english. What i want is to get arabic news for that reason i am using 'ar-XA' and once i use this market i get empty results. Is there any other possible solution.

Answer 7

Hi,
 
I have escalated this thread. We are trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.
 
Thanks,

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Answer 8

Thanks a lot and no problem i will be waiting.

Answer 9

Hi,

I am back. Sorry for the waiting. As the result of consulting, not all source types are available in all Markets; although Bing is constantly expanding its content to other parts of the world so it may be available in the future.

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Answer 10

Ok thanks a lot for your usual support.