Compared with the Bing News Search API v7
A replacement for the Bing News Search API
The Bing News Search API is gone. typesearch does the same job — a query, a time window, a list of articles with title, description, date and outlet — plus a calibrated relevance probability on every result, at $1.40 per 1,000 searches.
Retired
Retired on August 11, 2025
Microsoft decommissioned the whole Bing Search API family — Web, News, Image, Video and more — on August 11, 2025. Existing keys stopped working and there are no new sign-ups. Microsoft points to Grounding with Bing Search inside Azure AI Agents, which answers through a model instead of returning a list of articles.
$1.40 per 1,000 searches on typesearch · no seats or minimums
How the parameters map
Each Bing News Search API parameter and what it becomes on typesearch. You rewrite one request; your agent’s logic stays.
| Bing News Search API parameter | Status | On typesearch |
|---|---|---|
| q | Same | query. Or up to five queries, judged together. |
| count | Limited | max_results, up to 50 per request. |
| freshness | Mapped | Day → days: 1 · Week → 7 · Month → 30 |
| since | Mapped | published_after: an ISO date or timestamp. |
| category | Mapped | sections: the outlet’s own section, or the start of the URL path. |
| site: in q | Mapped | include_domains, up to 20. |
| sortBy | Limited | Ranked by relevance; every result has published_at to sort by date. |
| offset | Not supported | No pagination: ask for up to 50 results at once. |
| mkt, cc, setLang | Not supported | No market filter: use include_domains or sources for regional outlets. |
| image, video, trending topics | Not supported | Articles only: no images, videos or trending lists. |
| value[]: name, url, description, datePublished, provider | Mapped | results[]: title, url, snippet, published_at, source |
What you gain
- A calibrated relevance probability on every result
- Top results read and verified before they’re ranked
- Same-story dedupe and who-published-first
- Typed questions answered per result, in the same call
- Up to five queries per request
- Hard cost caps per request
When to pick another replacement
We’d rather you pick right the first time. Look elsewhere if:
- You need news from every market Bing covered: our coverage is deepest in Latin American and European press.
- You need images, videos or trending-topic lists.
- You want answers grounded in the web inside Azure AI Agents: that’s Microsoft’s path.
Migration
The whole migration
Before and after: the request, the key header and the fields you read. Everything else in your code stays.
import requests-r = requests.get("https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/news/search",- headers={"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key": BING_API_KEY},- params={"q": "lithium royalties in Chile", "count": 10, "freshness": "Week"},+r = requests.post("https://api.typesearch.ai/v1/search",+ headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TYPESEARCH_API_KEY}"},+ json={"query": "lithium royalties in Chile", "max_results": 10, "days": 7},).json()-for a in r["value"]:- print(a["name"], a["url"], a["datePublished"], a["provider"][0]["name"])+for a in r["results"]:+ print(a["title"], a["url"], a["published_at"], a["source"])
Switching from Bing News Search API
Is the Bing News Search API still available?
No. Microsoft retired every Bing Search API, News included, on August 11, 2025. Existing keys stopped working and there are no new sign-ups.
What can replace the Bing News Search API?
A news search API that takes a query and a time window and returns articles with title, URL, description, date and outlet. typesearch does that at $1.40 per 1,000 searches, with a calibrated relevance probability on every result and the top ones read and verified.
How hard is the migration from Bing News?
One request: the endpoint, the key header and a few parameter names change — see the table above. The fields you read map one to one: name → title, description → snippet, datePublished → published_at, provider → source.
Does typesearch cover every Bing market?
Not yet. Coverage is deepest in Latin American and European press, and GET /v1/sources lists every outlet. If you need every market, check coverage before you switch.
Switch from Bing News Search API
Free key, one request to rewrite, $1.40 per 1,000 searches.