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This section contains queries for each Bing SourceType, which you can use to experiment with different Bing result sets. To do so, just substitute your AppID for <AppID>.

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&query=sushi&sources=web

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&query=sushi&sources=image

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&query=sushi&sources=news

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=instantanswer&query=what is sushi

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=instantanswer&query=convert 5 feet to meters 

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=instantanswer&query= x*5=7

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=instantanswer&query=2 plus 2

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=spell&query=cofee

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=phonebook&query=sushi in los angeles

http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&sources=relatedqueries&query=sushi

All the examples we’ve shown so far use a browser (Internet Explorer) to send a request. Of course, being able to test queries with a browser is useful feature of the XML interface, but in general a programmable environment is the desirable mechanism for invoking the service.

The steps we performed in working with our browser-centric XML example are the same steps you’d perform when using the XML interface from the program language of your choice: Building a request based on the SourceTypes and query you want to run, sending the request, and parsing the response.