Bing Search

Overview

Use this skill to turn a natural-language Bing search request into Dataify Bing Search API fields, call the API through scripts/bing_search.py, and return the API response directly to the user without summarizing, parsing, or post-processing it.

The source API document is summarized in references/api.md. Read it when field behavior, allowed values, or response shape is unclear.

Workflow

1. Identify the user's actual search query and map requirements to API fields:
   • q: search terms. Required.
   • json: output format. Default to 1 for JSON when the user does not specify an output format. Use 2 for JSON plus HTML, 3 for HTML.
   • location: named geographic search origin.
   • lat and lon: GPS search origin.
   • mkt: display language and market, such as zh-CN or en-US. Do not pass it unless the user asks for a market/language.
   • cc: two-letter country or region code, such as us, cn, jp, uk. Do not pass it unless the user asks for a country/region.
   • first: organic result offset. Default to 1 when the user does not specify it.
   • safeSearch: Off, Moderate, or Strict.
   • filters: advanced Bing filter string.
   • no_cache: true to bypass cache, false to use cache. Default to false when the user does not specify it.
2. Apply defaults only when the parameter description states a default. Current defaults from the API description are engine=bing, q=pizza, json=1, first=1, and no_cache=false. Do not treat body examples such as location=India, lat=1, lon=1, mkt=zh-cn, or cc=AR as defaults.
3. Prefer explicit user-provided field values over inferred values. If the user asks for a concrete search, replace the documented default q=pizza with the user's actual query.
4. Before every live API call, show the user a complete request parameter table and ask whether to modify it. Do not show Authorization. Use:

python3 scripts/bing_search.py --prompt "\x3Cuser request>" --show-params

The table must include exactly these columns: parameter name, current value, default value, and description. Wait for user confirmation before calling the API. 5. Use the bundled Python script with python3. Pass the whole user request through --prompt and add explicit flags for any fields that should override automatic parsing. 6. Ensure authentication before a live call:

• Read DATAIFY_API_TOKEN from the current environment.
• If the user provides a token during the task, set DATAIFY_API_TOKEN in the environment for the command before invoking the script.
• The script adds a Bearer prefix when the token does not already include one.
• If no token is available, the script exits with a Chinese prompt; ask the user to input a Dataify API token or register at Dataify Dashboard.

7. Run a dry run when you need to inspect parsed payload JSON without calling the API:

python3 scripts/bing_search.py --prompt "Search Bing for current OpenAI news, return JSON and HTML" --dry-run

8. Run a live call only after the user confirms the parameter table:

python3 scripts/bing_search.py --prompt "Search Bing for current OpenAI news, return JSON and HTML"

9. Return the script output directly to the user. Do not summarize the search results, extract fields, reformat JSON, parse embedded JSON strings, or process returned HTML unless the user separately asks for processing.

Script Usage

The script supports automatic parsing plus explicit overrides:

python3 scripts/bing_search.py \
  --prompt "Find current OpenAI news, return JSON and HTML" \
  --no-cache true

Useful flags:

• --q, --json, --location, --lat, --lon, --mkt, --cc, --first, --safeSearch, --filters, --no-cache
• --field key=value for any supported API field
• --url to override the fixed endpoint only when explicitly needed for debugging
• --token to provide a token for the current run
• --body-format form|json, default form
• --dry-run to print the parsed payload and skip network/auth checks
• --show-params to print the complete pre-call parameter table and exit

If a live call fails because DATAIFY_API_TOKEN is missing, ask the user to provide a token or register at Dataify Dashboard.