Bing image search api not working

Question

Hi I am trying to use the Bing image search services and following the documentation from here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/bing-image-search/quickstarts/csharp

When I run my code debugging it on the BingImageSearch method with the line -

HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponseAsync().Result;

It returns a 401 error. It is an authorization error. I am using this for the api calls:

const string uriBase = "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v7.0/images/search";
    const string accessKey = "********";

My accessKey is correct already checked on azure but I still get the 401 error. This is the rest of the code for the request:

// Construct the URI of the search request
        var uriQuery = uriBase + "?q=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("Puppies");
        // Perform the Web request and get the response
        WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uriQuery);
        request.Headers["Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"] = accessKey;

What am I missing here? Is it something on the url?

Do you also have an API for the same service here under the same account as you do in Azure? If so, I wonder if they conflict with each other... — Jon

Alejandro Peña Alejandro Peña · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-16T17:23:57

I already figured it out. On the azure resource for the bing api, under the pricing tier options if your pricing tier does not include the images search it won't work. I had it set for web and video the S5 standard pricing so changed it to the web and images S3 standard and that solved it.

Bing image search api not working

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