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Reputation: 2833

Azure/Bing Image Search API: How do I add multiple image filters?

I'm trying to only return images that are Style:Photo and Aspect:Tall.

I can only seem to search for one ImageFilters parameter, like this:

https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/Image?Query='Houses'&$format=JSON&ImageFilters='Style:Photo'&Market='en-us'

The important part:

&ImageFilters='Style:Photo'

If I try to add another one, like this:

ImageFilters='Style:Photo'+'Aspect:Tall'

I get this error:

Parameter: ImageFilters has an invalid pattern of characters

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2516

Answers (3)

Gijs
Gijs

Reputation: 10891

This is old, but I had a similar problem which I solved. One problem is that 

ImageFilters='Style:Photo'+'Aspect:Tall'

should be ImageFilters='Style:Photo+Aspect:Tall', so quoting the whole value, not the individual parameters. The other nonobvious thing here is replacement. This was successfully implemented in a python repo at https://github.com/xthepoet/pyBingSearchAPI. Part of the code:

request = string.replace(request, "'", '%27')
request = string.replace(request, '"', '%27')
request = string.replace(request, '+', '%2b')
request = string.replace(request, ' ', '%20')
request = string.replace(request, ':', '%3a')

This should give the idea!

Upvotes: 1

ewwink
ewwink

Reputation: 19154

if ImageFilters='Style:Photo+Size:Small+Aspect:Tall' not work then try to change + sign to %2B

ImageFilters='Style:Photo%2BSize:Small%2BAspect:Tall'

it work for me.

and if you use BingSearchContainer.cs there is one another problem you can't use + sign or %2B the solution is to replace

query = query.AddQueryOption("ImageFilters", string.Concat("\'", 
System.Uri.EscapeDataString(ImageFilters), 
"\'"));

with

query = query.AddQueryOption("ImageFilters", string.Concat("\'", 
ImageFilters, 
"\'"));

Upvotes: 3

AvkashChauhan
AvkashChauhan

Reputation: 20556

I just tried the following query with multiple Image Filter directly at Bing Search API Dataset which worked correctly with my subscription:

https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/v1/Image?Query=%27justin%20biber%27&ImageFilters=%27Style%3aPhoto%2bSize%3aSmall%2bAspect%3aTall%27&$top=50&$format=Atom

equivalent to as below:

https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/v1/Image?Query='justin biber'&ImageFilters='Style:Photo+Size:Small+Aspect:Tall'&$top=50&$format=Atom

So if you try putting whole ImageFilter into one single quote as ImageFilters='Style:Photo+Size:Small+Aspect:Tall' and it should work.

Upvotes: 4

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