Gnib

Gnib is a Ruby interface for Microsoft Bing Search API.

For Rails 3.x projects, add the following line to your Gemfile.

gem 'gnib'

Install gnib gem with Rubygems.

$ gem install gnib

Obtain your Application key from [here] (https://ssl.bing.com/webmaster/developers/appids.aspx)

Gnib.config.application_id = 'YOUR_APP_ID'
results = Gnib::Search.get('Great', :sources => [:image])

In initializers like config/initializers/gnib.rb, configure Gnib with your Application key.

Gnib.config.application_id = 'YOUR_APP_ID'

You can search items in your actions.

@results = Gnib::Search.get('hello world', :sources => [:web, :image])

Gnib::Search#get is a helper function implemented to maximize usability of the library. You can utilize Gnib::Search, Gnib::SearchRequest, Gnib::SearchResponse instances which provide more useful options than that of the helper function.

search = Gnib::Search.new 'query', :sources => [:web, :image] # Other options include :market, :version, :adult, :latitude, :longitude, ...
request = search.request
response = request.response

image_results = response.images # Image search results
web_results = response.webs # Web search results

More descriptive documentations will be available soon. Stay tuned!

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