Can't get VisualSearch SimilarProducts to give back any results

Sean P 0 Reputation points
2023-07-31T19:10:38.1733333+00:00

I'm trying to list products through the Bing VisualSearch API using the SimilarProduct invokedSkill.

I never see any products, even though some are listed on the Bing website. Here's the request I'm making

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/images/visualsearch?entityTypeHint=Product&mkt=en-US&setLang=en-US&safeSearch=Moderate&responseFilter=Images&imageType=Shopping' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --header 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: OMITTED' \
  --data '--boundary_1234-abcd
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="knowledgeRequest"

And the empty response I get back:

{"_type": "ImageKnowledge", "instrumentation": {"_type": "ResponseInstrumentation"}, "tags": [{"displayName": "", "actions": []}], "image": {"imageInsightsToken": "ccid_Qvx1hJV7*cp_F93D79824CABB027B73F34A22C2756E8"}, "debugInfo": {}}

On the Bing website, multiple products are shown when using the same image. Is there any way to get them through the API?

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  1. romungi-MSFT 43,631 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-08-01T08:03:21.5966667+00:00

    @Sean P I think only SimilarImages skill is only supported by bing visual search API. I remember SimilarProducts was removed as a skill last year. Could you check if SimilarImages skill works?

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