This API provides information about Bing's current homepage image. Which includes image URL, copyright information and copyright link.
The API is publically available on my content delivery network (cdn) and can be requested in 3 formats.
Item | Description |
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cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | API base link |
cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | Requested format |
cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US | Country Code* for Bing Region |
Format | Content-type | Example |
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JSON | application/json | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=json&cc=US |
XML | text/xml | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=xml&cc=US |
Plain Text | text/plain | https://cdn.muzzammil.xyz/bing/bing.php?format=text&cc=US |
Data returned would have three objects in total, viz., url, copyright, and copyrightlink.
Below is the returned data from this link:
{
"url":
"https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg",
"copyright":
"Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)",
"copyrightlink":
"http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22"
}
Below is the returned data from this link:
<image>
<url>
https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg
</url>
<copyright>
Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)
</copyright>
<copyrightlink>
http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22
</copyrightlink>
</image>
Object description and data are seperated by a greater-than sign. On the left hand side of >
there is description and on the right hand side, it's the data from API. You can use your native Split function here to do the job or think of a clever way do deal with this.
Below is the returned data from this link:
url>https://bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/CometMoth_EN-US9387578049_1920x1080.jpg
copyright>Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (© Robin Hoskyns/Minden Pictures)
copyrightlink>http://www.bing.com/search?q=comet+moth&form=hpcapt&filters=HpDate:%2220180721_0700%22
Language | Link |
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GoLang | https://binghomepage.github.io/BingHomepage.Go/ |
C# | https://binghomepage.github.io/BingHomepage.CSharp/ |