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Analyze Bing Search Results in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of Bing Search results and visualize live Bing Search results in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server to build dynamic dashboards from live Bing Search results. The CData API Server generates an OData API for Bing Search, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to Bing Search in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to Bing Search from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "Bing Search"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Bing Search.
To connect to Bing, set the ApiKey connection property. To obtain the API key, sign into Microsoft Cognitive Services and register for the Bing Search APIs.
Two API keys are then generated; select either one.
When querying tables, the SearchTerms parameter must be supplied in the WHERE clause.
Add Bing Search Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to Bing Search, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for Bing Search results.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the Bing Search connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to Bing Search from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the Bing Search Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize Bing Search results in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live Bing Search results. For more information on creating OData feeds from Bing Search (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Bing Search results in tools that consume OData APIs.
