How to get number of search result from Bing API

Question

I want to use bing search api to obtain search result count for given query, however, Bing API seem to not return any fields containing the search result count. Should I specify some option to request URL? Or Bing API not return the result countt?

Accepted Answer

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.

How to get number of search result from Bing API

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