PowerShell and the new Bing Web Search API on Azure

Thanks to Mark Watson posting his Java/Clojure version. https://github.com/mark-watson/bing_search_java

You need a Bing Search account key. https://datamarket.azure.com/

Account keys

Account keys are used by applications to access Windows Azure Marketplace dataset subscriptions.

I set the following in my PowerShell environment:

$env:BingAPIKey= '0n1HWs....8nxzQcW0g='

Extract titles from a query

(Invoke-BingQuery PowerShell).Title

Windows PowerShell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Powershell.com - Powershell Scripts, Tips and Resources
Windows Management Framework (Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0 ...
Windows PowerShell - Microsoft Corporation: Software, Smartphones ...
Getting Started with Windows PowerShell - Microsoft Corporation ...
Windows PowerShell Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
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Manning: Windows PowerShell in Action - Manning Publications Co.
PowerShell Tips and Tricks - Computerworld

Get the Raw data

Work with the actual returned JSON that has been converted to PowerShell objects.

Invoke-BingQuery Powershell -Raw

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@{results=System.Object[]; __next=https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/Web?Query='Powershell'&$ski...