Bing Search API - where is the App ID - php

Question

Trying to make a fast API query to the Bing Search API (via Azure Datamarket).
Can make it work with PHP and the AccountKey. This integration is quite slow though (about 1.2s query time compared to <0.5s on bing.com).
Tried to make it faster by querying through javascript. Followed these instructions (http://www.bing.com/developers/s/APIBasics.html).
Problem: Do not have an App ID. Do not understand the section "obtaining an app ID". I've an account on azure and everything, but stuck here. I have an account key, a customer ID, an app Name ... but none of these work.
Where can I find the AppID ?

Answer 1

Actually, it seems that APP ID is retired. We don’t suggest customer use this method currently.
Bing Search API has updated to 2.0 and moved to Windows Azure Marketplace.
To authenticate a Bing Search API request with Windows Azure Marketplace, you must obtain an account key. This mode of authentication replaces the AppID used in the Bing Search API 2.0. You can obtain your account key by using either at the Account Keys page.
Here is test code snippet in PHP:
$url = 'https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/';
$accountkey = '<your_account_key>';
$searchUrl = $url.'Image?$format=json&Query=';
$queryItem = 'Bing';
$context = stream_context_create(array(
'http' => array(
'request_fulluri' => true,
'header' => "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode($accountkey . ":" . $accountkey)
)
));
$request = $searchUrl . urlencode( '\'' . $queryItem . '\'');
echo($request);
$response = file_get_contents($request, 0, $context);
$jsonobj = json_decode($response);
echo('<ul ID="resultList">');
foreach($jsonobj->d->results as $value){
echo('<li class="resultlistitem"><a href="' . $value->MediaURL . '">');
echo('<img src="' . $value->Thumbnail->MediaUrl. '"></li>');
}
echo("</ul>");
We can get more details at Migration Guide.
If you want to use APPID, you can see the “Getting An AppID” section of the guide, it has provided the link Bing Developer Center to create an appid.
Click the link, it leads us to a page with Bing servers list, as the figure shows:
Find the Search API and click the “sign in” sutitle, it leads to the page with your applications list, click button “request a new application id”, fill the form of your basic app information:
Submit and the browser will redirect to the page with app ids list:

Answer 2

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Getting an AppID
The AppID parameter is a value that enables the API
to validate that a request is from a registered Bing application developer.
Getting an AppID is a straightforward process. First, go to the Bing
Developer Center and sign in with your Windows Live ID. After signing
in, you will be presented with a link to create a new AppID. Click the
link, then supply basic information about your application and review
the Terms of Use. (For more information, see Appendix: Terms of Use
Overview.) After you have supplied the information and reviewed the
Terms of Use, you will be presented with an AppID.