Bing Webmaster API

Overview

The Bing Webmaster API is a powerful tool that allows webmasters to programmatically access information about their website on the Bing search engine and index. With this API, you can retrieve data on your site's rank and traffic stats, link details, keyword details, and crawl stats, as well as submit URLs, sitemaps, and other site details to Bing.

Documentation

The Bing Webmaster API documentation is organized to provide a clear and concise guide on how to use the API. The documentation includes:

Accessing the APIs

• Guide on accessing the APIs through OAuth 2.0
• Supported protocols (e.g. URL, sitemaps, etc.)

Using the APIs

• Sample calls and responses to retrieve data through Bing Webmaster APIs

Verifying WordPress Sites

• Guide on verifying WordPress sites on the Bing Webmaster portal
• Using the Bing URL Submissions Plugin for WordPress

API Reference

• Reference material for classes, properties, and methods available in the Bing Webmaster API

Additional Resources

• Bing Webmaster Tools: troubleshoot crawling and indexing issues, submit sitemaps and view statistics for your sites
• Microsoft Service Agreement: terms and conditions regarding usage of Bing Webmaster API
• Bing Webmaster Support: webmaster tools support
• Bing API Forum: developer support forum for Bing APIs

Sample Code

import requests

# Sample call to retrieve site data
url = "https://api.bing.com/api/v7/site/master?site_sr=example.com"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_BING_WEBMASTER_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)

Usage

The Bing Webmaster API can be used in a variety of ways, including:

• To troubleshoot crawling and indexing issues
• To submit sitemaps and view statistics for your sites
• To retrieve data on your site's rank and traffic stats
• To retrieve link details and keyword details
• To submit URLs and other site details to Bing