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help:search_engine_key [2012/04/13 09:57] – eroshelp:search_engine_key [2012/04/19 10:32] – [Why do I need an AppId?] eros
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 ====== Bing AppId ====== ====== Bing AppId ======
  
-===== Soon BootCaT will stop working! =====+==== Soon BootCaT will stop working! ====
  
-On April 12, 2012 Bing announced the release of version 2 of their Search API. With this new version, the search service on which BootCaT depends for retrieving URLs will no longer be free. +Please read this [[news:important announcement]].
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-Bing stated that "The transition will begin in several weeks and will take a few months to complete [...] At this time, you can continue using Bing Search API 2.0 free of charge. After the transition period, Bing Search API 2.0 will no longer be available for free public use." +
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-The bottom line is that **soon BootCaT will probably stop working**. +
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-We're looking for alternatives, if you know any search API that can be a viable substitute, please let us know. You can contact us at [[bootcat@sslmit.unibo.it]].+
  
 ==== Why do I need an AppId? ==== ==== Why do I need an AppId? ====
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 On August 5, 2011 version 0.6 of the BootCat front-end (which includes version 0.16 of the toolkit) was released. Starting from this version, the [[http://www.bing.com/|Bing]] search engine is used to retrieve URLs. Bing's service is not as generous as the one the now defunct Yahoo Search API used to provide, but it's the next best thing: you can use the service for free but an [[help:search_engine_key#what_s_an_appid_and_how_do_i_get_one|AppId]] is required for the system to work. To obtain an AppId you just need to register (for free) on the Bing website. On August 5, 2011 version 0.6 of the BootCat front-end (which includes version 0.16 of the toolkit) was released. Starting from this version, the [[http://www.bing.com/|Bing]] search engine is used to retrieve URLs. Bing's service is not as generous as the one the now defunct Yahoo Search API used to provide, but it's the next best thing: you can use the service for free but an [[help:search_engine_key#what_s_an_appid_and_how_do_i_get_one|AppId]] is required for the system to work. To obtain an AppId you just need to register (for free) on the Bing website.
  
-We realise this is not ideal, but there's really no alternative (that we know of, if you know of an alternative, please [[http://bootcat.sslmit.unibo.it/?section=contacts|contact us]]): Google and Yahoo now require paid accounts to provide the kind of service BootCaT needs, Bing is free (at least for now). +We realise this is not ideal, but there's really no alternative (that we know of, if you know of an alternative, please [[http://bootcat.sslmit.unibo.it/?section=contacts|contact us]]): Google and Yahoo now require paid accounts to provide the kind of service BootCaT needs, Bing is free (at least for a little longer, [[news:important_announcement|see this announcement]]).
 ==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ==== ==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ====