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Bing Image of The Day. May 2024

HPImageArchive

Request

https://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&idx=0&n=10

https://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx
    ? format = js
    & idx    = 0
    & n      = 10
    & mkt    = en-US
  • format: js, xml, rss - format of the list of images.
  • idx - index of the image (zero based: 0, 1, 2, ...)
  • n - how many images u want to (integer > 0, 8 at most).
  • mkt - location (en-US, en-GB, ...). Does not matter.

Response

As a JSON with a description of 8 last images. See next example

{
    "images": [
        {
            "startdate": "20240529",
            "fullstartdate": "202405290700",
            "enddate": "20240530",
            "url": "/th?id=OHR.MullOtter_ROW8840823080_1920x1080.jpg&rf=LaDigue_1920x1080.jpg&pid=hp",
            "urlbase": "/th?id=OHR.MullOtter_ROW8840823080",
            "copyright": "Eurasian otters, Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull, Scotland (© Neil Henderson/Alamy)",
            "copyrightlink": "https://www.bing.com/search?q=Eurasian+otter&form=hpcapt",
            "title": "Info",
            "quiz": "/search?q=Bing+homepage+quiz&filters=WQOskey:%22HPQuiz_20240529_MullOtter%22&FORM=HPQUIZ",
            "wp": true,
            "hsh": "f716bb42354f383c582340b35e1080f3",
            "drk": 1,
            "top": 1,
            "bot": 1,
            "hs": []
        },
        // ...
    ],
    "tooltips": {
        "loading": "Loading...",
        "previous": "Previous image",
        "next": "Next image",
        "walle": "This image is not available to download as wallpaper.",
        "walls": "Download this image. Use of this image is restricted to wallpaper only."
    }
}

Valuable fields:

  • startdate - publish date. 20240529 = "yyyyMMdd"
  • fullstartdate - publish date and time but time is always seven o'clock. 202405290700 = "yyyyMMddHHmm"
  • urlbase - relatve url to the image.
  • copyright - contains description and copyrights of the picture at once. What's happening in the picture (© Some One/Anywhere)

URL of the image

"urlbase": "/th?id=OHR.MullOtter_ROW8840823080",

image link = https://www.bing.com + {urlbase} + _{resolution}.jpg

Resolutions:

  • HD: 1280x720
  • FullHD: 1920x1080
  • UltraHD (4K): UHD

Example: https://www.bing.com/th?id=OHR.MullOtter_ROW8840823080_UHD.jpg

References