Search and places

Bing Maps API

Bing Maps API for local business search. Query by location or coordinates, set country and language, and get place results as structured JSON.

Search Bing Maps or retrieve a native place by place_id. Optional missing place details keep their declared zero values.

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Make a request

Use your existing PrismCrawl API key and credit balance. A completed request consumes one credit, including recognized empty or unavailable results and source changes found during a valid continuation. Validation and operational errors remain uncharged. Each completed continuation request is billed separately.

POST /v1/microsoft/maps/search

curl 'https://api.prismcrawl.com/v1/microsoft/maps/search' \
  --request POST \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <PRISMCRAWL_API_KEY>' \
  --data '{
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "query": "coffee"
}'

Supported parameters

Parameter	Usage
`query`	Text to search for on the selected service.
`country`	Two-letter country or storefront code, such as us or gb.
`language`	Provider-supported language code, such as en.
`location`	Location to search around, such as Austin, TX.
`coordinates`	Latitude and longitude for location targeting.
`limit`	Maximum number of items to return. The provider may return fewer.
`device`	Device presentation for the source request. desktop, mobile, tablet
`html`	Return the encoded original response rather than parsed JSON.
`zero_trace`	Do not archive source or parsed response artifacts.
`first`	Native zero-based local-result offset. Omit or use 0 for the first result page.
`place_id`	Bing Maps place identifier from a result id, with or without the ypid: prefix. Replaces query selection and cannot use a nonzero first offset.

Structured results

Read items from data.content.results. The response also includes the search metadata, pagination state, and any extracted SERP features. Optional fields appear when supplied by the provider.

addresscategorycoordinatesdescriptiondirectionsenginehoursidimagelatitudelongitudemenunameopen_statusphonepositionrankratingrating_maxrating_sourcereview_countsnippetthumbnailtitletypeurlwebsite

SDKs and guides

The official SDKs cover this endpoint with typed parameters, automatic retries, and pagination helpers.

Python SDK: pip install prismcrawl
Node.js SDK: npm install prismcrawl