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Asked: 2026-06-12T08:15:01+00:00

I’m using Bing Search API (Azure) to retrieve a list of newsheadlines using javascript/json.

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I’m using Bing Search API (Azure) to retrieve a list of newsheadlines using javascript/json. It’s working but for some reason ignoring the $top (count) value, and giving me the default/maximum (15) number of results regardless of what I put there.

The call is:

https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/Composite?$format=JSON&Query=%27MyQuery%27&Sources=%27news%27&Market=%27en-US%27&Adult=%27Off%27&$top=5&$skip=0

I could limit it using the code on my page, but that seems wasteful to me. I have a suspicion that it’s something obvious that I’m missing..

Your help is appreciated.

Note: the actual line of code within $.ajax that i’m using is a proxy php script:

url: "scripts/bingapi.php?query=" + escape("https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/Composite?$format=JSON&Query=%27MyQuery%27&Sources=%27news%27&Market=%27en-US%27&Adult=%27Off%27&$top=10&$skip=0"),

Could it be something related to ‘escape’?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The issue you are experiencing is due to JavaScript’s escape not handling the dollar sign $ character. I would suggest using encodeURIComponent instead like so:

    url: "scripts/bingapi.php?query=" + encodeURIComponent("https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/Search/Composite?$format=JSON&Query=%27MyQuery%27&Sources=%27news%27&Market=%27en-US%27&Adult=%27Off%27&$top=10&$skip=0"),

    I hope this helps!

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