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- | ===== Search Engine Key ===== | + | ===== Search Engine Key version |
+ | In mid 2017 Bing updated the search engine API to version 7 which is supported since BootCaT version 1.0 (get the latest version of BootCaT [[http:// | ||
+ | ===== BootCaT 0.81 (and above) ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Why do I need a search engine key? ==== | ||
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+ | BootCaT uses the [[http:// | ||
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+ | At the time of writing, you can get a **free** account on the Microsoft Cognitive Services web site that lets you submit 1.000 free queries a month (every **tuple** you create with BootCaT becomes a **query**, so if you generate 50 tuples, when you click on " | ||
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+ | ==== What's a Key? ==== | ||
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+ | A 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 key is, it's assigned to you and you can't change it. | ||
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+ | ==== How do I get a key ==== | ||
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+ | To get your free Bing Web Search key: | ||
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+ | * visit https:// | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | * then click on " | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | * either login with your existing Microsoft Account or create one for free | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | * click " | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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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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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | That's it, your search engine key is here, you need to click on " | ||
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+ | **YOUR KEY CANNOT BE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | Now you can copy the key and paste it in the relevant field in BootCaT. | ||
==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ==== | ==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ==== | ||
- | 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 the Windows Azure Marketplace, nor are we responsible for anything related to Bing. | + | 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 ===== | ===== BootCaT version 0.71 ===== | ||
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+ | **BootCaT version 0.71 uses the " | ||
[[bootcat: | [[bootcat: | ||
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===== BootCaT version 0.60 ===== | ===== BootCaT version 0.60 ===== | ||
- | ** VERSION | + | ** Version |
See [[bootcat: | See [[bootcat: |