Is there a way to filter based on dates in Bing Webmaster API calls?

Question

I am trying to fetch some page stats using GetPageStats method in IWebmasterApi for a url. It returns stats for all the dates. Is there a way to set filter on dates we want the date for? I am sending a GET request through Postman and not using c# program.

Answer 1

After some digging around, I found it is not possible to do a date filter in Bing API calls. Everytime, the entire data (3 months approx) of page stats is sent. The date filter has to be handled in client side.

Answer 2

Hi Not sure this is answering your question, I just start "digging" to develop some app for my use, normally first I read where people complain and fail.

there is some date filter...

You need to see what is the request in C# easy... then reverse engineering and build it in Postman

  var oneMonthAgo = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1);
  var stats = api.GetRankAndTrafficStats("http://yoursite.com/")
       .Where(s => s.Date > oneMonthAgo)
        .OrderBy(s => s.Date);

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bingwebmaster/getting-started

namespace WebmasterApiExamples
{
   using System;
   using System.Linq;
   using System.ServiceModel;

   internal class Program
   {
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var api = new WebmasterApi.WebmasterApiClient();

        try
        {
            var oneMonthAgo = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1);
            var stats = api.GetRankAndTrafficStats("http://yoursite.com/")
                .Where(s => s.Date > oneMonthAgo)
                .OrderBy(s => s.Date);
            Console.WriteLine("Date\tImpressions\tClicks");
            foreach (var value in stats)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}\t{2}", value.Date.ToShortDateString(), value.Impressions, value.Clicks);
            }
        }
        catch (FaultException<WebmasterApi.ApiFault> fault)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Failed to add site: {0}", fault.Message);
        }
       }
   }
}