A gem that provides an interface to Microsoft’s Bing search API.
Get a App ID at: <www.bing.com/developers/createapp.aspx>
require 'rubygems'
require 'rbing'
bing = RBing.new("YOURAPPID")
rsp = bing.web("ruby")
puts rsp.web.results[0].title
=> "Ruby (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
rsp = bing.web("ruby", :site => "github.com")
puts rsp.web.results[0].url
=> "http://github.com/vim-ruby/vim-ruby/tree/master"
rsp = bing.web("ruby", :site => ["github.com", "rubyforge.org"])
puts rsp.web.results[0].url
=> "http://rubyforge.org/"
rsp = bing.news("search engines")
puts rsp.news.results[0].title
=> "Microsoft Bing more popular than Yahoo"
rsp = bing.spell("coincidance")
puts rsp.spell.results[0].value
=> "coincidence"
rsp = bing.instant_answer("How many rods in a furlong?")
puts rsp.instant_answer.results[0].instant_answer_specific_data.encarta.value
=> "1 furlong = 40 rods"
RBing also has a simple command line interface.
Put your App Id into $HOME/.rbing_app_id and you can use rbing:
$> rbing "ruby gems"
[{"Url"=>"http://rubygems.org/",
"Title"=>"RubyGems Manuals",
"CacheUrl"=>
"http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=ruby+gems&d=76167709461212&w=39b024d8,55a87382",
"DisplayUrl"=>"rubygems.org",
"DateTime"=>Wed Jun 03 11:25:29 UTC 2009,
"Description"=>
"The Gem::Specification object controls the data..."},
...
]
The default source is “web” but you can specify another:
$> rbing news "revolutionary technology"
[{"BreakingNews"=>0,
"Url"=>
"http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-bt-successfully-completes-exchange-exchange-cisco-telepresence-call-/2009/06/04/4211245.htm",
"Source"=>"TMCnet",
"Title"=>
"BT Successfully Completes Exchange to Exchange Cisco TelePresence Call ... ",
"Snippet"=>
"BT Successfully Completes Exchange to Exchange Cisco TelePresence Call; Revolutionary...",
"Date"=>Thu Jun 04 13:33:09 UTC 2009},
...
]
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HTTParty: httparty.rubyforge.org/
RBing:
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Source Code: github.com/mikedemers/rbing/tree
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Support: github.com/mikedemers/rbing/issues
Bing:
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Bing API: www.bing.com/developers
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Register for App Id: www.bing.com/developers/createapp.aspx
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Bing API Reference: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd251056.aspx
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Query Keywords: help.live.com/help.aspx?project=wl_searchv1&market=en-US&querytype=keyword&query=redliub&tmt=&domain=www.bing.com:80