Duckduckgo_search

Search for words, documents, images, videos, news, maps and text translation using the DuckDuckGo.com search engine. Downloading files and images to a local hard drive.

Table of Contents

• Install
• CLI version
• Duckduckgo search operators
• Regions
• DDGS and AsyncDDGS classes
• Proxies
• Exceptions
• 1. text() - text search
• 2. answers() - instant answers
• 3. images() - image search
• 4. videos() - video search
• 5. news() - news search
• 6. maps() - map search
• 7. translate() - translation
• 8. suggestions() - suggestions

Install

pip install -U duckduckgo_search

CLI version

ddgs --help

or

python -m duckduckgo_search --help

CLI examples:

# text search
ddgs text -k "ayrton senna"
# text search via proxy (example: Tor Browser)
ddgs text -k "china is a global threat" -p socks5://localhost:9150
# find and download pdf files
ddgs text -k "russia filetype:pdf" -m 50 -d
# find in es-es region and download pdf files via proxy (example: Tor browser)
ddgs text -k "embajada a tamorlán filetype:pdf" -r es-es -m 50 -d -p socks5://localhost:9150
# find and download xls files from a specific site
ddgs text -k "sanctions filetype:xls site:gov.ua" -m 50 -d
# find and download any doc(x) files from a specific site
ddgs text -k "filetype:doc site:mos.ru" -m 50 -d
# find and download images
ddgs images -k "yuri kuklachev cat theatre" -m 500 -s off -d
# find in br-br region and download images via proxy (example: Tor browser) in 10 threads
ddgs images -k "rio carnival" -r br-br -s off -m 500 -d -th 10 -p socks5://localhost:9150
# get latest news
ddgs news -k "ukraine war" -s off -t d -m 10
# get last day's news and save it to a csv file
ddgs news -k "hubble telescope" -t d -m 50 -o csv
# get answers and save to a json file
ddgs answers -k holocaust -o json

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Duckduckgo search operators

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Regions

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

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DDGS and AsyncDDGS classes

The DDGS and AsyncDDGS classes are used to retrieve search results from DuckDuckGo.com. To use the AsyncDDGS class, you can perform asynchronous operations using Python's asyncio library. To initialize an instance of the DDGS or AsyncDDGS classes, you can provide the following optional arguments:

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.
        proxies (Union[dict, str], optional): Proxies for the HTTP client (can be dict or str). Defaults to None.
        timeout (int, optional): Timeout value for the HTTP client. Defaults to 10.
    """

Here is an example of initializing the DDGS class:

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    results = [r for r in ddgs.text("python programming", max_results=5)]
    print(results)

Here is an example of initializing the AsyncDDGS class:

import asyncio
import sys
from duckduckgo_search import AsyncDDGS

# bypass curl-cffi NotImplementedError in windows https://curl-cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq/
if sys.platform.lower().startswith("win"):
    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())

async def get_results():
    async with AsyncDDGS() as ddgs:
        results = [r async for r in ddgs.text("cat", max_results=5)]
        return results

async def main():
    ddgs_results = await get_results()
    print(ddgs_results)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

It is important to note that the DDGS and AsyncDDGS classes should always be used as a context manager (with statement). This ensures proper resource management and cleanup, as the context manager will automatically handle opening and closing the HTTP client connection.

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Proxies

Proxy can be specified as a dictionary or just a string

proxies = {"http": "socks5://localhost:9150", "https": "socks5://localhost:9150"}
proxies = "socks5://localhost:9150"

1. The easiest way. Launch the Tor Browser

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS(proxies="socks5://localhost:9150", timeout=20) as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.text("something you need", max_results=50):
        print(r)

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

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS(proxies="socks5://user:password@geo.iproyal.com:32325", timeout=20) as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.text("something you need", max_results=50):
        print(r)

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Exceptions

Exceptions:

• DuckDuckGoSearchException: Raised when there is a generic exception during the API request.

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1. text() - text search by duckduckgo.com

def text(
    keywords: str,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: Optional[str] = None,
    backend: str = "api",
    max_results: Optional[int] = None,
) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[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: api, html, lite. Defaults to api.
            api - collect data from https://duckduckgo.com,
            html - collect data from https://html.duckduckgo.com,
            lite - collect data from https://lite.duckduckgo.com.
        max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
    Yields:
        dict with search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.text('live free or die', region='wt-wt', safesearch='off', timelimit='y', max_results=10):
        print(r)

# Searching for pdf files
with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.text('russia filetype:pdf', region='wt-wt', safesearch='off', timelimit='y', max_results=10):
        print(r)

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2. answers() - instant answers by duckduckgo.com

def answers(keywords: str) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]::
    """DuckDuckGo instant answers. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params

    Args:
        keywords: keywords for query.

    Yields:
        dict with instant answers results.

        """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.answers("sun"):
        print(r)

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3. images() - image search by duckduckgo.com

def images(
    keywords: str,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: Optional[str] = None,
    size: Optional[str] = None,
    color: Optional[str] = None,
    type_image: Optional[str] = None,
    layout: Optional[str] = None,
    license_image: Optional[str] = None,
    max_results: Optional[int] = None,
) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[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.

    Yields:
        dict with image search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    keywords = 'butterfly'
    ddgs_images_gen = ddgs.images(
      keywords,
      region="wt-wt",
      safesearch="off",
      size=None,
      color="Monochrome",
      type_image=None,
      layout=None,
      license_image=None,
      max_results=100,
    )
    for r in ddgs_images_gen:
        print(r)

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4. videos() - video search by duckduckgo.com

def videos(
    keywords: str,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: Optional[str] = None,
    resolution: Optional[str] = None,
    duration: Optional[str] = None,
    license_videos: Optional[str] = None,
    max_results: Optional[int] = None,
) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[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.

    Yields:
        dict with videos search results

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    keywords = 'tesla'
    ddgs_videos_gen = ddgs.videos(
      keywords,
      region="wt-wt",
      safesearch="off",
      timelimit="w",
      resolution="high",
      duration="medium",
      max_results=100,
    )
    for r in ddgs_videos_gen:
        print(r)

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5. news() - news search by duckduckgo.com

def news(
    keywords: str,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: Optional[str] = None,
    max_results: Optional[int] = None,
) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[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.

    Yields:
        dict with news search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    keywords = 'holiday'
    ddgs_news_gen = ddgs.news(
      keywords,
      region="wt-wt",
      safesearch="off",
      timelimit="m",
      max_results=20
    )
    for r in ddgs_news_gen:
        print(r)

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6. maps() - map search by duckduckgo.com

def maps(
        keywords,
        place: Optional[str] = None,
        street: Optional[str] = None,
        city: Optional[str] = None,
        county: Optional[str] = None,
        state: Optional[str] = None,
        country: Optional[str] = None,
        postalcode: Optional[str] = None,
        latitude: Optional[str] = None,
        longitude: Optional[str] = None,
        radius: int = 0,
        max_results: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
        """DuckDuckGo maps search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params

        Args:
            keywords: keywords for query
            place: if set, the other parameters are not used. Defaults to None.
            street: house number/street. Defaults to None.
            city: city of search. Defaults to None.
            county: county of search. Defaults to None.
            state: state of search. Defaults to None.
            country: country of search. Defaults to None.
            postalcode: postalcode of search. Defaults to None.
            latitude: geographic coordinate (north–south position). Defaults to None.
            longitude: geographic coordinate (east–west position); if latitude and
                longitude are set, the other parameters are not used. Defaults to None.
            radius: expand the search square by the distance in kilometers. Defaults to 0.
            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.

        Yields:
            dict with maps search results

        """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.maps("school", place="Uganda", max_results=50):
        print(r)

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7. translate() - translation by duckduckgo.com

def translate(
    self,
    keywords: str,
    from_: Optional[str] = None,
    to: str = "en",
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
    """DuckDuckGo translate

    Args:
        keywords: string or a list of strings to translate
        from_: translate from (defaults automatically). Defaults to None.
        to: what language to translate. Defaults to "en".

    Returns:
        dict with translated keywords.
    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    keywords = 'school'
    r = ddgs.translate(keywords, to="de")
    print(r)

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8. suggestions() - suggestions by duckduckgo.com

def suggestions(
    keywords,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
    """DuckDuckGo suggestions. 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".

    Yields:
        dict with suggestions results.
    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.suggestions("fly"):
        print(r)

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