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- | ===== BootCaT version 0.60 ===== | + | ===== Search Engine Key ===== |
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- | ** VERSION 0.60 WILL STOP WORKING ON AUGUST 1, 2012, PLEASE UPGRADE TO VERSION 0.61 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE** | + | |
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- | If you are still using BootCaT version 0.60, please refer to [[bootcat: | + | |
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- | ===== BootCaT version 0.61 (July 2, 2012) ===== | + | |
- | **YOUR OLD BING APPID (THE KEY USED BY BOOTCAT | + | **Applicable to BootCaT version |
- | ==== Why do I need an AppId? ==== | + | **BootCaT version 0.71 uses the " |
+ | ==== Why do I need a search engine key? ==== | ||
BootCaT uses the [[http:// | BootCaT uses the [[http:// | ||
- | At the time of writing, you can get a **free** account on the Windows Azure Marketplace | + | At the time of writing, you can get a **free** account on the Microsoft Cognitive Services web site that lets you submit |
- | ==== What's an Account Key and how do I get one? ==== | + | |
- | An Account Key is a sort of password: it's a very long string of letters and numbers. Unlike a password, you don't get to choose what your Account | + | ==== What's a Key? ==== |
- | To get your free Windows Azure Marketplace Account Key: | + | A key is a sort of password: it's a very long string of letters and numbers. Unlike a password, you don' |
- | * make sure you have a " | + | ==== How do I get a key ==== |
- | * visit https:// | + | |
- | \\ | + | To get your free Bing Web Search key: |
- | {{ :marketplace: | + | * visit https:// |
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- | * login using you Windows Live ID: | + | * then click on " |
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- | {{ : | + | * either login with your existing Microsoft Account or create one for free |
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- | * if required, provide additional registration information | + | * click " |
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- | {{ : | + | * scroll down and check "Bing Search Free", then check "I agree to the Microsoft Cognitive Services Terms and Microsoft Privacy Statement" |
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- | * click on "Data" | + | That's it, your search engine key is here, you need to click on "Show" |
- | \\ | + | **YOUR KEY CANNOT BE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** |
- | {{ :marketplace:account_key_04.png?nolink& | + | {{ :bootcat:tutorials: |
- | \\ | + | Now you can copy the key and paste it in the relevant field in BootCaT. |
- | * the list of all available services will appear, find "Bing Search API" | + | ==== BootCaT |
- | \\ | + | BootCaT is a free software program developed by people at the universities of Bologna, Trento and Zagreb and is in no way affiliated to Bing, a commercial service owned by Microsoft. The main reason for using Bing to retrieve URLs is the fact that it offers a limited number of free queries a month: we don't get a cut if you buy a paid account from Microsoft, nor are we responsible for anything related to Bing. |
- | {{ : | + | ===== BootCaT version 0.71 ===== |
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- | * in the next page, scroll down until you find the **free** service ($0.00 per month) and click on "Sign up" | + | ===== BootCaT version |
- | \\ | + | ** Version 0.60 stopped working August 1, 2012, If you want to use BootCaT you need to upgrade |
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- | ==== Where is my account key? ==== | + | |
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- | * you Account Key will be on the line " | + | |
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- | Remember that you don't need to create a new Account Key every time you install BootCaT, you can use the same key on multiple computers. | + | |
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- | NB: it's advisable | + | |
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- | ==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ==== | + | |
- | BootCaT is a free software program developed by people at the universities | + | See [[bootcat: |