Bing Search API: Bing SERP Scraper & Web Results

A Bing Search API alternative: give it search queries, get one row per Bing organic result with its position, URL, domain, title and snippet, for the country, language and device you choose (desktop or mobile), up to 100 results per query. One live Bing search per query, JSON out.

It calls a commercial SERP data API instead of driving browsers: no proxies, no CAPTCHAs, no Microsoft account, no Azure key of your own. Up to five queries run at a time (fewer with deep result pages), a few seconds each. Queries with no result are free.

Typical uses

• Replace the retired Bing Web Search API in scripts and apps that need Bing web results as JSON.
• SEO on Bing: see who ranks on Bing for your keywords, by country and language, desktop or mobile.
• Research and monitoring: collect the top Bing results for a list of topics, brands or questions on a schedule.
• AI agents and RAG: give an LLM fresh web results (URL, title, snippet) from Bing as an MCP tool.
• Exports: send the rows to Google Sheets, BigQuery, Slack, n8n, Make or Zapier.

What you get for each organic result

Field	Description
searchQuery	The query searched on Bing
position	Organic position on Bing (1 = first organic result)
absolutePosition, page	Position among all elements of the page (ads and boxes included); Bing results page
url, domain	Result URL and its domain
title, description	Result title and the snippet Bing shows
breadcrumb, websiteName, publishedAt	Breadcrumb, site name and publication date when Bing shows them
resultType	Element type (organic)
serpFeatures	Other element types on the same page (paid, people_also_ask, related_searches, video...)
found, status, message	FOUND for a billed row; free rows say why: NO_RESULTS, FORMAT_CHANGED, PROVIDER_ERROR, REJECTED, NOT_CHECKED
country, languageCode, device, searchedAt	Where, how and when the search ran

Missing values are null, never guessed. Positions are Bing's organic rank (ads and boxes are not counted in position).

Input

{
  "queries": ["crm software", "best project management tool"],
  "country": "US",
  "device": "desktop",
  "maxResults": 10
}

• queries (required): up to 1,000 per run, one Bing search each, max 700 characters.
• country: US, GB, CA, AU, IE, IN, DE, AT, CH, FR, BE, ES, MX, IT, NL, PT, BR, PL, SE, JP. languageCode defaults to the country's main language.
• device: desktop (default) or mobile.
• maxResults (default 10): organic results per query, 1 to 100. 10 = the first Bing page, which may hold fewer than 10 organic results once ads and boxes take their place. Each further 10 results is one more Bing page (see Pricing).

Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

• Search query with results: $0.0024, once per query that returns at least one organic result.
• Organic result: $0.0003 per result row. A full first page of 10 results costs about $0.0054.
• Extra results page: $0.0026, only if you raise maxResults above 10, once per extra page of 10 results Bing returned.
• Actor start: $0.001 per run.

Queries with no result, queries the data source failed or refused, unreadable answers and queries not reached (budget or timeout) get a free row with found: false and the reason. The run never spends more than the maximum cost you set.

Free Apify plan: each run searches the first 5 queries, up to 30 results each, so you can test the output. A paid Apify plan removes this limit.

Good to know

• Results are those of a logged-out user in the chosen country, language and device, not personalized. The same query can move a place or two between runs.
• Advanced search operators (site:, intitle:, inurl:, filetype:...) are not supported: such queries are skipped for free and listed in the run summary (invalidQueries).
• For Google results, use Keyword Rank Checker; for Bing search volumes, Bing Keyword Search Volume & CPC.

What this is not

• Not the official Microsoft Bing Search API (Azure), and not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. It returns the public Bing results page as data.
• Not Bing Copilot answers, Bing Images or Bing News: organic web results only.

Run summary

Each run stores a summary in the key-value store (OUTPUT): queries run, queries with no result, results billed, search fees and extra pages charged, and anything skipped because of the free-plan or budget limit.

Use it from code, automations or AI agents

API (one call, results returned directly):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/plainrows~bing-search-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries": ["crm software"]}'

n8n, Make, Zapier: use the Apify integration, pick plainrows/bing-search-api and send the rows where you need them.

AI agents (MCP tool): add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=plainrows/bing-search-api to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask "Search Bing for 'crm software' and list the top 10 results".

FAQ

Is this a replacement for the Bing Search API? For organic web results, yes: send queries, get JSON rows with position, URL, title and snippet. It is not the Microsoft API itself (see "What this is not").

Do I pay for queries with no result? No. A query with no organic result gets a free found: false row.

Can I get more than the first page? Yes, raise maxResults up to 100. Each extra page of 10 results Bing returns is billed as an extra page.

More PlainRows tools

Same pay-per-result pricing, same clean JSON, built to chain together in n8n, Make, Zapier or AI agents.

• SEO and keywords: Keyword Search Volume, CPC & Difficulty · Keyword Planner Alternative (Bulk Search Volume & CPC) · Bing Keyword Search Volume & CPC · Keyword Ideas Generator · Google Autocomplete & People Also Ask · Google Trends Explorer · Google Trends Keyword Discovery (Rising & Related) · Website Organic Traffic & Top Keywords · Competitor Keywords API (Ranked Keywords) · Bulk Website Traffic Checker · SEO Competitors & Keyword Gap Finder · PPC Competitor Keywords (SpyFu Alternative) · Bulk Domain Authority Checker · Backlink Checker · Backlink API (Referring Domains & Backlinks Data) · Broken Link Checker · AI Search Visibility Tracker (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode) · Google Maps Rank Tracker (Geo-Grid Local SEO)
• Leads and companies: Google Maps Scraper · Google Maps Email Extractor · Google Maps Businesses Without Website · Yellow Pages Australia Scraper · Website Technology Checker · Website Email Extractor · Contact Details Scraper (Emails, Phones, Socials) · ATS Jobs Scraper (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) · Workday Jobs Scraper · Greenhouse Jobs Scraper · Lever Jobs Scraper · Ashby Jobs Scraper · Google Jobs Scraper · Reed.co.uk Jobs Scraper (UK) · jobs.ch & jobup.ch Jobs Scraper (Switzerland) · Arbeitsagentur Jobs Scraper (Germany) · Gupy Jobs Scraper (Brazil) · Catho Jobs Scraper (Brazil) · Vagas.com.br Jobs Scraper (Brazil) · Jobs.cz Scraper (Czech Republic) · Google Ads Scraper (Transparency Center) · Company Registry Lookup (SIRENE, LEI, Brreg) · Public Tenders Search (EU TED & UK)
• E-commerce and travel: Amazon Product Search Scraper · Google Shopping Prices Scraper · Google Hotels Prices Scraper · Google Hotels Scraper · Tripadvisor Reviews Scraper · Trustpilot Reviews Scraper
• Marketplaces and classifieds: AliExpress Scraper · Kleinanzeigen Scraper (Germany) · AutoScout24 Scraper (Cars, Europe) · Kijiji Scraper (Canada) · Marktplaats Scraper (Netherlands) · Property Finder Scraper (UAE) · Redfin Scraper (US Homes for Sale) · Otomoto Scraper (Polish Car Listings) · Otodom Scraper (Poland Property) · Imovirtual Scraper (Portugal Property) · Standvirtual Scraper (Portugal Cars) · Immoweb Scraper (Belgium Property) · Blocket Scraper (Sweden) · FINN.no Scraper (Norway) · coches.net Scraper (Spain Cars) · 2dehands Scraper (Belgium) · Storia Scraper (Romania Property) · Autovit Scraper (Romania Cars) · FINN.no Car Scraper (Norway Cars) · DBA Scraper (Denmark) · Tori.fi Scraper (Finland)
• Content and media: Google News Scraper · YouTube Search Scraper · YouTube Search API (JSON) · YouTube Comments Scraper · Google Images Scraper · Website Screenshot API · Google Maps Reviews Scraper · Google Reviews Scraper · App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper · App Store & Google Play App Details Scraper · Google Play Reviews Scraper · App Store Reviews Scraper

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