Bare bones Bing API

bing.py

proxy_handler = ProxyHandler()
opener = build_opener(proxy_handler)
MAX_REQS=50
ENDPOINT="https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/Search/Web?"
KEY='XAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA='
class Bing(object):
	def __init__(self,key):
		self.key=key
	def query(self,query,maxreq=MAX_REQS,skip=0):
		url=ENDPOINT+urlencode({
			'$format':'json',
			'Query':"'%s'" % query,
			'$top': maxreq,
			'$skip': skip
			})
		basic_auth="%s:%s" % (KEY,KEY)
		request=Request(url,None,{'Authorization':"Basic " + basic_auth.encode('base64').replace("\n","")})
		# print ">>URL: %s" % pprint(request.get_full_url())
		# pprint(request.header_items())
		result=opener.open(request)
		return json.loads(result.read())