Photo Search Method








Submitting Photo Queries

The Photo Search service allows you to search the Image Server for images for businesses in the infoUSA business database. It can handle encrypted iusa numbers when there are available. Contact Support for information about encryption. It Returns the URL, Thumbnail URL and Iusa (if encrypted) for the specified IUSA and View.

Request URL

https://businessphotosusa.com/PWS002

Request parameters

See information on constructing REST queries

Parameter Value Description
_username bilbo string (required) - username as agreed to in contract
_password baggins string (required) - password as agreed to in contract
_iusa 003267960 string (required) - iUSA number for the business

Sample Request Url:

https://businessphotosusa.com/PWS002/
getphoto.asmx/PhotoSearch?_username=bilbo&_password=baggins&_iusa=003267960

Sample Photo: https://businessphotosusa.com/imagedb/img/US/68046/2005/US-68046-999999999_2005-03-09-14-57-394088.jpg

Response fields

The schema document for this service returns:

Field Description
DataSet Contains all of the query responses.
Photos Contains each individual response.
Url The URL for the image file.
Thumbnail The URL of the thumbnail image file, if there is one.
Errors

Image Search returns nothing if there was an error. There are no service-specific errors.

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Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2007