AI chat and search for text, news, images and videos using the DuckDuckGo.com search engine.
- Install
- CLI version
- Duckduckgo search operators
- Regions
- DDGS class
- Proxy
- Exceptions
- 1. chat() - AI chat
- 2. text() - text search
- 3. images() - image search
- 4. videos() - video search
- 5. news() - news search
- Disclaimer
pip install -U duckduckgo_searchddgs --helpCLI examples:
# AI chat
ddgs chat
# 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| 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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xa-ar for Arabia
xa-en for Arabia (en)
ar-es for Argentina
au-en for Australia
at-de for Austria
be-fr for Belgium (fr)
be-nl for Belgium (nl)
br-pt for Brazil
bg-bg for Bulgaria
ca-en for Canada
ca-fr for Canada (fr)
ct-ca for Catalan
cl-es for Chile
cn-zh for China
co-es for Colombia
hr-hr for Croatia
cz-cs for Czech Republic
dk-da for Denmark
ee-et for Estonia
fi-fi for Finland
fr-fr for France
de-de for Germany
gr-el for Greece
hk-tzh for Hong Kong
hu-hu for Hungary
in-en for India
id-id for Indonesia
id-en for Indonesia (en)
ie-en for Ireland
il-he for Israel
it-it for Italy
jp-jp for Japan
kr-kr for Korea
lv-lv for Latvia
lt-lt for Lithuania
xl-es for Latin America
my-ms for Malaysia
my-en for Malaysia (en)
mx-es for Mexico
nl-nl for Netherlands
nz-en for New Zealand
no-no for Norway
pe-es for Peru
ph-en for Philippines
ph-tl for Philippines (tl)
pl-pl for Poland
pt-pt for Portugal
ro-ro for Romania
ru-ru for Russia
sg-en for Singapore
sk-sk for Slovak Republic
sl-sl for Slovenia
za-en for South Africa
es-es for Spain
se-sv for Sweden
ch-de for Switzerland (de)
ch-fr for Switzerland (fr)
ch-it for Switzerland (it)
tw-tzh for Taiwan
th-th for Thailand
tr-tr for Turkey
ua-uk for Ukraine
uk-en for United Kingdom
us-en for United States
ue-es for United States (es)
ve-es for Venezuela
vn-vi for Vietnam
wt-wt for No region
The DDGS classes is used to retrieve search results from DuckDuckGo.com.
class DDGS:
"""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:[email protected]: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.
from duckduckgo_search import DDGS
results = DDGS().text("python programming", max_results=5)
print(results)Package supports http/https/socks proxies. Example: http://user:[email protected]: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:[email protected]: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:[email protected]:32325"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.
def chat(self, keywords: str, model: str = "gpt-4o-mini", timeout: int = 30) -> str:
"""Initiates a chat session with DuckDuckGo AI.
Args:
keywords (str): The initial message or question to send to the AI.
model (str): The model to use: "gpt-4o-mini", "claude-3-haiku", "llama-3.1-70b", "mixtral-8x7b".
Defaults to "gpt-4o-mini".
timeout (int): Timeout value for the HTTP client. Defaults to 30.
Returns:
str: The response from the AI.
"""Example
results = DDGS().chat("summarize Daniel Defoe's The Consolidator", model='claude-3-haiku')def text(
keywords: str,
region: str = "wt-wt",
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: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
backend: auto, api, html, lite. Defaults to auto.
auto - try all backends in random order,
api - collect data from https://duckduckgo.com,
html - collect data from https://html.duckduckgo.com,
lite - collect data from https://lite.duckduckgo.com,
ecosia - collect data from https://www.ecosia.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",
}, ...
]def images(
keywords: str,
region: str = "wt-wt",
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: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
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",
}, ...
]def videos(
keywords: str,
region: str = "wt-wt",
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: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
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",
}, ...
]def news(
keywords: str,
region: str = "wt-wt",
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: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
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",
}, ...
]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.
