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Diagram of Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP and POX endpoints closing, with JSON as the surviving API path

Web & API Development · Aug 5, 2026 · 18 min read

Bing SOAP and POX APIs retire 31 August 2026: the JSON migration checklist

Microsoft retires the Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP and POX/HTTP APIs on 31 August 2026. Your API key, quotas and method names survive. The URL path and the response envelope do not. Here is the cutover.

Manu Shukla

#bing-webmaster-tools #api-migration #indexnow

Glowing looping data path on a dark circuit board representing safe API retries

Web & API Development · Jul 7, 2026 · 12 min read

Idempotency keys in 2026: how to make REST API retries safe

A timed-out POST can charge a customer twice. Idempotency keys make retries safe. This guide covers the Idempotency-Key header, the IETF draft, server implementation, the race-condition trap, storage and TTL rules

Manu Shukla

#idempotency #REST API #HTTP