Custom Image Search Client
Custom Image Search Client
Bing Custom Image Search restricts image search to a custom set of domains — the image counterpart of Bing Custom Search.
Inherits Bing's image-index infrastructure
Sunsets 2025-08-11 along with the entire Bing Search API family
Configure a custom instance on customsearch.ai (specify domain set) to obtain a Custom Configuration ID. GET /v7.0/custom/images/search?q=...&customconfig=...
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
Custom Image Search is the image counterpart to Bing Custom Search — a tool to configure "I only want to search these domains" and run Bing's image search over that subset. Typical use cases: enterprise knowledge base (corporate site + wiki only), vertical search (medical-institution sites for specific diagrams), brand-focused (brand sites + partners only). Sunsets 2025-08-11 with the entire Bing Search API family.
What you can build
- 1Enterprise image search restricted to internal domains
- 2Vertical image search (e.g. medical-institution sites only)
- 3Brand-related image aggregation
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Inherits Bing's image-index infrastructure
- Precise control over searchable domain list
Limitations
- Sunsets 2025-08-11 along with the entire Bing Search API family
- No guarantee of index coverage for niche domains
Getting started
Configure a custom instance on customsearch.ai (specify domain set) to obtain a Custom Configuration ID. GET /v7.0/custom/images/search?q=...&customconfig=...
FAQ
Can I add my private site to Custom Search?+
Yes, provided Bing can crawl it. Fully private intranets or unreachable content cannot be indexed.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript, csharp
- Response time
- 82 ms
- Last health check
- 6/26/2026, 6:23:46 AM
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