Recent update: 2008-3-21
The sample program which is included in "MSN Search Web Service SDK Version 0.60 (Beta).msi" does not work anymore. If you have same problems or some good solutions, please give me information. I sent e-mail to mailto:msrchdocf@microsoft.com. (this is include in the document of ...
hi, I did an test appliction using which i got the perfect result. but since yesterday (18th April 2006) test application is returning "Client Error" SourceRequest.Source is - Phone Book can any one help me to find out what can be the problem. ~Prashant ...
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Vizun at 2008-3-5
Hi there, To get right to the point, I've successfully connected to the Search Web Service and am able to retrieve searched-for items when I set the Source to 'Web'. However, I've changed the Source to 'PhoneBook' and keep getting 0 results. The API (and other threads here) say that this ...
i want to use microsoft web services. please some body tell me how can i get account and token for accessing the web services. and it will be more helpful if provide me step by step prcedure for using web services. thanx
What happens if I go over 10,000 search queries per day? Do I have an option to purchase additional queries? Thank you
Recently i have been having porbelms with signing in on MSN, i think it is due to me agreeing to download the latest MSN. From this moment i am not able to sign in. I clicked on troubleshoot (80048883) and it showed 'Your gateway appears to be offline' which i dont know what it means. Then ...
My MSN search application had been working fine for many weeks. This morning, without having made any changes, I'm getting the following error (in Java-based CFML application): AxisFault faultCode: { http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException faultSubcode: faultString: ...
On a simple search call, I'm getting the error Client Error. Already deleted/regenerated AppId value this morning. I have tried this on my PC where I have web developer express (VS 2005) installed, and on a server that has .Net framework 1.1 installed (created stub using wsdl from 1.1, and ...
Hi there, Just wondering if it is possible to search regional search engines using the msn api. For example to query msn.ie or msn.co.uk Also did I hear talk about being able to get sponsored adds through the api? Cheers, Justin.
I keep getting this error that crashes my program: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1, column 1945, byte 2017 at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux/XML/Parser.pm line 187 What does this error mean and is there a workaround? Looking at my log files, my initial impression is ...
Hi there! Thanks for the great service, enjoying it immensely. I've found Offset and Count attributes to be useful in displaying results above and beyond the basic 50. As I could establish, Offset let's you receive results on a search query starting from a particular position. However my ...
I have been receiving 1 result less than what I ask for... Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? Is there an official response to this issue?
Apparently there is a bug in the MSN search algorithms (and API) when performing searches using the inurl: parameter with a number. Example: site:www.cs.odu.edu inurl:~cs772 This results in no found records although the search site:www.cs.odu.edu cs772 results in numerous URLs in the form ...
I've been trying to build a MSN Search API client with Perl using SOAP::Lite to interface with the SOAP server. I'm not an expert using Perl or SOAP so any help would be appreciated.Perl Codeuse SOAP::Lite +trace;my $appID = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';my $msn = ...
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db9 at 2008-2-20
I do a number of RunTime installations and ran into a new issue today. The application cannot find the RT module to open the Access database. The same RT works great on other computers, both Laptop and Desktop images. Is there a way to run an Access RT app from a CD as a read only application? ...
Hello. Does anyone know whether its possible to set multiple cultureinfos for a query and get results in multiple languages? Regards, Andreas
When I use the MSN API to search for more than 250 results (50 at a time), I am continually given the last 50 results (200-249) over and over again. This error is easily duplicated. Just search for any common word like "test" and use offest=200 and count=50 (return 50 results, starting at ...
hi, i have created an application which resembles the local search of "WLL (Windows live local http://local.live.com/), the result displayed are different i want to show the result same as the one displayed in local.live.com Example Searching string "Seattle, Washington" total ...
Good news about Microsoft allowing access to their MSN Search service through SOAP ! It was definitely about time. I've been trying to build a MSN Search API client with PHP. I'm using nuSOAP to interface with the SOAP server. However, I'm having a little trouble getting it to work. Just for ...
Hi, Could someone please tell me who I contact to seek written permission from Microsoft so that I can use the MSN Search results in a Meta Search Engine I am developing for online use? Thanks
Hi, I am having an xml URL like http://soap.search.msn.com/webservices.asmx?wsdl .Now i would like to know are there any optional parameters that can be used after the '?' mark. I want to see the xml behaviour..If any one have a comment on it, plz let me know. Thanks in advance. --Nataraja ...
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n-k at 2008-2-15
I'm trying to use the MSN Search Web Service with PHP and NuSOAP, but I can't get it to work. No matter what parameters and what values I use, I always get the following error: array(3) { ["faultcode"]=> string(14) "soapenv:Client" ["faultstring"]=> ...
Any body tell me is msn search provides web service for free to use. If payble plz send me link for it. Also tell about limitation of use. I have to use it for building new tools on http://www.way2seo.com Thanx ...
Hi, Before reading your response to the "What constitutes a query?" post I'd been handling searches for more than 50 results by submitting one SearchRequest after another using a single SourceRequest in each, and increasing the offset each time. That worked fine, but after reading ...
I know that the max queries in a day is 10,000, and the maximum results per page is 50. If I have a query that has 1000 results, so that it returns 20 pages at 50 results a page, does this still count as just 1 query towards my 10,000 limit OR does it count as 20 queries since 20 pages were ...
I have a web service that uses the MSN search web service. When its called by a client using the SOAP toolkit, after about 10 calls, the try/catch block around the MSN search call within my web service starts to catch this error: Client found response content of type '', but expected ...
Recently i have been having porbelms with signing in on MSN, i think it is due to me agreeing to download the latest MSN. From this moment i am not able to sign in. I clicked on troubleshoot (80048883) and it showed 'Your gateway appears to be offline' which i dont know what it means. Then ...
Google search is the best... you can search videos, images, web pages, it has his own blogs, the famous Google Earth which it's great and some other cool staff. What do you think about msn against google ?
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Vizun at 2008-2-12
Hi there, To get right to the point, I've successfully connected to the Search Web Service and am able to retrieve searched-for items when I set the Source to 'Web'. However, I've changed the Source to 'PhoneBook' and keep getting 0 results. The API (and other threads here) say that this ...
I could not find anything in the documentation about an upper limit to the number of site: parameters we can submit in one web search query (combined with the OR operator). Is there an upper limit?
Hello!I've been working hard for a couple of days to implement the search API's of Google, Yahoo, and MSN in ASP only. I'm happy to say I've got it all working and I'm very, very happy with the results. MSN Search was perhaps the trickiest one to get working, but actually very reliable and ...
I could not find anything in the documentation about an upper limit to the number of site: parameters we can submit in one web search query (combined with the OR operator). Is there an upper limit?
Any more info about SearchTags? How to use them, etc?
Recently i have been having porbelms with signing in on MSN, i think it is due to me agreeing to download the latest MSN. From this moment i am not able to sign in. I clicked on troubleshoot (80048883) and it showed 'Your gateway appears to be offline' which i dont know what it means. Then i ...
Apparently there is a bug in the MSN search algorithms (and API) whenperforming searches using the inurl: parameter with a number. Example:site:www.cs.odu.edu inurl:~cs772This results in no found records although the searchsite:www.cs.odu.edu cs772results in numerous URLs in the form ...
hi,how i can use XmlDataSource to handle complex and nested Xml Structure in asp.net 2.0 or any other efficient waythe Xml Looks like that:<MailList> <Mail> <Title>Mail</Title> <Attachments> <Attachment id =1> ...
My site currently ranks #5 in MSN search for the keyword "computer support" http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=computer+support+&FORM=MSNH&srch_type=0Does anyone know how I can get the bot to show www.lowster11.com instead of the site without the www it is refering to ...
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Marco at 2008-2-7
I have noticed that I cannot get more than 50 results back. Is this a new limit?</P> I am using the SourceRequest.Count = 1000 and 9 come back. Any number up to 50 works but anything over 50 only brings in 9 records.</P> Am I doing something wrong?</P> Thanks.</P> </P>
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Dyvel at 2008-2-6
HiI have a problem with special characters like ? ? ? where used in the searchstring doesn't display the proper result from MSN. I have tried to do a string rewrite replacing the character with it'sentity name ie replacing ? with "& Aring;" but that gives the sameresults as if I used ? ...
I just got this all setup and it is working but not right. Below are the test results I'm getting of the properties in parentheses.1 Responses (searchresponse.getlength(0))23 Results Found (sourceresponse.total)2 Actual Results Found (sourceresponse.results.getlength(0))So it says there are ...
This SDK update includes code samples in VB and C# for Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, an updated online help file (CHM), and several new, important features. The new functionality available through the MSN Search Web Service includes:Support for all markets (CultureInfo) currently available ...
Any more info about SearchTags? How to use them, etc?
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Marco at 2008-2-4
I have noticed that I cannot get more than 50 results back. Is this a new limit?</P> I am using the SourceRequest.Count = 1000 and 9 come back. Any number up to 50 works but anything over 50 only brings in 9 records.</P> Am I doing something wrong?</P> Thanks.</P> </P>
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Armink at 2008-2-4
I have few questions about the CutureInfo that needs to be given in SearchRequest.I have tried to put cultere "DE" and "HR" but I am always getting the same US results from the Web Service.What I need is to get search results like when I search with MSN Search website and put settings to search ...
This SDK update includes code samples in VB and C# for Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, an updated online help file (CHM), and several new, important features. The new functionality available through the MSN Search Web Service includes:Support for all markets (CultureInfo) currently available ...
When I use the MSN API to search for more than 250 results (50 at a time), I am continually given the last 50 results (200-249) over and over again.This error is easily duplicated. Just search for any common word like "test" and use offest=200 and count=50 (return 50 results, starting at result ...
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J-Man at 2008-2-3
The SDK license agreement states the SDK is for non commercial use. If I wanted to create a commerical application how would I get a commercial license from MS? </P> </P> Thanks,</P> Joshua</P>
I have been receiving 1 result less than what I ask for... Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? Is there an official response to this issue?
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Lechal at 2008-2-2
Hi I'm trying to make an application using msn search api but I can't get my application id. I've read I should go to http://search.msn.com/developer but that page doesn't work. I also got a code example that had an id to test it in case you just want that, but it gave me an error. Any idea ...
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Cached at 2008-2-2
Where i can find any script for use php with msn api ? I have registered my AppID and now i want do search can anyone post url for execute my query ?=? </span>