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:warning: This package (duckduckgo_search) has been renamed to ddgs! Use pip install ddgs instead.

New package: https://pypi.org/project/ddgs/

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Duckduckgo_search

Search for text, news, images and videos using the DuckDuckGo.com search engine.

:bangbang: AI chat moved to duckai package

Table of Contents

• Install
• CLI version
• Duckduckgo search operators
• Regions
• DDGS class
• Proxy
• Exceptions
• 1. text()
• 2. images()
• 3. videos()
• 4. news()
• Disclaimer

Install

pip install -U duckduckgo_search

CLI version

ddgs --help

CLI examples:

# text search
ddgs text -k "Assyrian siege of Jerusalem"
# find and download pdf files via proxy
ddgs text -k "Economics in one lesson filetype:pdf" -r wt-wt -m 50 -p https://1.2.3.4:1234 -d -dd economics_reading
# using Tor Browser as a proxy (`tb` is an alias for `socks5://127.0.0.1:9150`)
ddgs text -k "'The history of the Standard Oil Company' filetype:doc" -m 50 -d -p tb
# find and save to csv
ddgs text -k "'neuroscience exploring the brain' filetype:pdf" -m 70 -o neuroscience_list.csv
# don't verify SSL when making the request
ddgs text -k "Mississippi Burning" -v false
# find and download images
ddgs images -k "beware of false prophets" -r wt-wt -type photo -m 500 -d
# get news for the last day and save to json
ddgs news -k "sanctions" -m 100 -t d -o json

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Duckduckgo search operators

Keywords example	Result
cats dogs	Results about cats or dogs
"cats and dogs"	Results for exact term "cats and dogs". If no results are found, related results are shown.
cats -dogs	Fewer dogs in results
cats +dogs	More dogs in results
cats filetype:pdf	PDFs about cats. Supported file types: pdf, doc(x), xls(x), ppt(x), html
dogs site:example.com	Pages about dogs from example.com
cats -site:example.com	Pages about cats, excluding example.com
intitle:dogs	Page title includes the word "dogs"
inurl:cats	Page url includes the word "cats"

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Regions

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DDGS class

The DDGS classes is used to retrieve search results from DuckDuckGo.com.

classDDGS:
"""DuckDuckgo_search class to get search results from duckduckgo.com

 Args:
 headers (dict, optional): Dictionary of headers for the HTTP client. Defaults to None.
 proxy (str, optional): proxy for the HTTP client, supports http/https/socks5 protocols.
 example: "http://user:pass@example.com:3128". Defaults to None.
 timeout (int, optional): Timeout value for the HTTP client. Defaults to 10.
 verify (bool): SSL verification when making the request. Defaults to True.
 """

Here is an example of initializing the DDGS class.

fromduckduckgo_searchimport DDGS

results = DDGS().text("python programming", max_results=5)
print(results)

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Proxy

Package supports http/https/socks proxies. Example: http://user:pass@example.com:3128. Use a rotating proxy. Otherwise, use a new proxy with each DDGS class initialization.

1. The easiest way. Launch the Tor Browser

ddgs = DDGS(proxy="tb", timeout=20) # "tb" is an alias for "socks5://127.0.0.1:9150"
results = ddgs.text("something you need", max_results=50)

2. Use any proxy server (example with iproyal rotating residential proxies)

ddgs = DDGS(proxy="socks5h://user:password@geo.iproyal.com:32325", timeout=20)
results = ddgs.text("something you need", max_results=50)

3. The proxy can also be set using the DDGS_PROXY environment variable.

export DDGS_PROXY="socks5h://user:password@geo.iproyal.com:32325"

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Exceptions

fromduckduckgo_search.exceptionsimport (
 ConversationLimitException,
 DuckDuckGoSearchException,
 RatelimitException,
 TimeoutException,
)

Exceptions:

• DuckDuckGoSearchException: Base exception for duckduckgo_search errors.
• RatelimitException: Inherits from DuckDuckGoSearchException, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
• TimeoutException: Inherits from DuckDuckGoSearchException, raised for API request timeouts.
• ConversationLimitException: Inherits from DuckDuckGoSearchException, raised for conversation limit during API requests to AI endpoint.

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1. text()

deftext(
 keywords: str,
 region: str | None = None,
 safesearch: str = "moderate",
 timelimit: str | None = None,
 backend: str = "auto",
 max_results: int | None = None,
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
"""DuckDuckGo text search generator. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.

 Args:
 keywords: keywords for query.
 region: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to None.
 safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
 timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
 backend: auto, html, lite. Defaults to auto.
 auto - try all backends in random order,
 html - collect data from https://html.duckduckgo.com,
 lite - collect data from https://lite.duckduckgo.com,
 bing - collect data from https://www.bing.com.
 max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.

 Returns:
 List of dictionaries with search results.
 """

Example

results = DDGS().text('live free or die', region='wt-wt', safesearch='off', timelimit='y', max_results=10)
# Searching for pdf files
results = DDGS().text('russia filetype:pdf', region='wt-wt', safesearch='off', timelimit='y', max_results=10)
print(results)
[
 {
 "title": "News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun",
 "href": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/",
 "body": "Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun",
 }, ...
]

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2. images()

defimages(
 keywords: str,
 region: str = "us-en",
 safesearch: str = "moderate",
 timelimit: str | None = None,
 size: str | None = None,
 color: str | None = None,
 type_image: str | None = None,
 layout: str | None = None,
 license_image: str | None = None,
 max_results: int | None = None,
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
"""DuckDuckGo images search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.

 Args:
 keywords: keywords for query.
 region: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "us-en".
 safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
 timelimit: Day, Week, Month, Year. Defaults to None.
 size: Small, Medium, Large, Wallpaper. Defaults to None.
 color: color, Monochrome, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue,
 Purple, Pink, Brown, Black, Gray, Teal, White. Defaults to None.
 type_image: photo, clipart, gif, transparent, line.
 Defaults to None.
 layout: Square, Tall, Wide. Defaults to None.
 license_image: any (All Creative Commons), Public (PublicDomain),
 Share (Free to Share and Use), ShareCommercially (Free to Share and Use Commercially),
 Modify (Free to Modify, Share, and Use), ModifyCommercially (Free to Modify, Share, and
 Use Commercially). Defaults to None.
 max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.

 Returns:
 List of dictionaries with images search results.
 """

Example

results = DDGS().images(
 keywords="butterfly",
 region="wt-wt",
 safesearch="off",
 size=None,
 color="Monochrome",
 type_image=None,
 layout=None,
 license_image=None,
 max_results=100,
)
print(images)
[
 {
 "title": "File:The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar ...",
 "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA's_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg",
 "thumbnail": "https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.lNgpqGl16U0ft3rS8TdFcgEsEe&pid=Api",
 "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA's_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg",
 "height": 3860,
 "width": 4044,
 "source": "Bing",
 }, ...
]

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3. videos()

defvideos(
 keywords: str,
 region: str = "us-en",
 safesearch: str = "moderate",
 timelimit: str | None = None,
 resolution: str | None = None,
 duration: str | None = None,
 license_videos: str | None = None,
 max_results: int | None = None,
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
"""DuckDuckGo videos search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.

 Args:
 keywords: keywords for query.
 region: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "us-en".
 safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
 timelimit: d, w, m. Defaults to None.
 resolution: high, standart. Defaults to None.
 duration: short, medium, long. Defaults to None.
 license_videos: creativeCommon, youtube. Defaults to None.
 max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.

 Returns:
 List of dictionaries with videos search results.
 """

Example

results = DDGS().videos(
 keywords="cars",
 region="wt-wt",
 safesearch="off",
 timelimit="w",
 resolution="high",
 duration="medium",
 max_results=100,
)
print(results)
[
 {
 "content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6901-C73P3g",
 "description": "Watch the Best Scenes of popular Tamil Serial #Meena that airs on Sun TV. Watch all Sun TV serials immediately after the TV telecast on Sun NXT app. *Free for Indian Users only Download here: Android - http://bit.ly/SunNxtAdroid iOS: India - http://bit.ly/sunNXT Watch on the web - https://www.sunnxt.com/ Two close friends, Chidambaram ...",
 "duration": "8:22",
 "embed_html": '<iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6901-C73P3g?autoplay=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>',
 "embed_url": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6901-C73P3g?autoplay=1",
 "image_token": "6c070b5f0e24e5972e360d02ddeb69856202f97718ea6c5d5710e4e472310fa3",
 "images": {
 "large": "https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.JWBFKm1u%2fHd%2bz2e1GitsQw&pid=Api",
 "medium": "https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.JWBFKm1u%2fHd%2bz2e1GitsQw&pid=Api",
 "motion": "",
 "small": "https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.JWBFKm1u%2fHd%2bz2e1GitsQw&pid=Api",
 },
 "provider": "Bing",
 "published": "2024-07-03T05:30:03.0000000",
 "publisher": "YouTube",
 "statistics": {"viewCount": 29059},
 "title": "Meena - Best Scenes | 02 July 2024 | Tamil Serial | Sun TV",
 "uploader": "Sun TV",
 }, ...
]

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4. news()

defnews(
 keywords: str,
 region: str = "us-en",
 safesearch: str = "moderate",
 timelimit: str | None = None,
 max_results: int | None = None,
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
"""DuckDuckGo news search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.

 Args:
 keywords: keywords for query.
 region: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "us-en".
 safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
 timelimit: d, w, m. Defaults to None.
 max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.

 Returns:
 List of dictionaries with news search results.
 """

Example

results = DDGS().news(keywords="sun", region="wt-wt", safesearch="off", timelimit="m", max_results=20)
print(results)
[
 {
 "date": "2024-07-03T16:25:22+00:00",
 "title": "Murdoch's Sun Endorses Starmer's Labour Day Before UK Vote",
 "body": "Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper endorsed Keir Starmer and his opposition Labour Party to win the UK general election, a dramatic move in the British media landscape that illustrates the country's shifting political sands.",
 "url": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/murdoch-s-sun-endorses-starmer-s-labour-day-before-uk-vote/ar-BB1plQwl",
 "image": "https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1plZil.img?w=2000&h=1333&m=4&q=79",
 "source": "Bloomberg on MSN.com",
 }, ...
]

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Disclaimer

This library is not affiliated with DuckDuckGo and is for educational purposes only. It is not intended for commercial use or any purpose that violates DuckDuckGo's Terms of Service. By using this library, you acknowledge that you will not use it in a way that infringes on DuckDuckGo's terms. The official DuckDuckGo website can be found at https://duckduckgo.com.

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