Duckduckgo_search

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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
• Using proxy
• 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:

# download pdf files
ddgs text -k "russia filetype:pdf" -m 50 -d
# download images
ddgs images -k "lady in red" -m 500 -s off -d
# get latest news
ddgs news -k "ukraine war" -s off -t d -m 10

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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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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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Using proxy

The site blocks ip for a few minutes if you send too many requests. In this case, you need to use a proxy. Also you can set a timeout if the proxy takes a long time to respond (default timeout=10).

1. The easiest way. Launch the Tor Browser

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

proxies = {
    "http": "socks5h://localhost:9150",
    "https": "socks5h://localhost:9150"
}
ddgs_text_gen = DDGS(proxies=proxies, timeout=20).text("something you need")
for r in ddgs_text_gen:
	print(r)

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

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

proxies = {
    "http": "socks5h://user:password@geo.iproyal.com:32325",
    "https": "socks5h://user:password@geo.iproyal.com:32325",
    "no_proxy": "localhost,127.0.0.1",
}
ddgs_text_gen = DDGS(proxies=proxies, timeout=20).text("something you need")
for r in ddgs_text_gen:
	print(r)

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

def text(
    keywords: str,
    region: str = "wt-wt",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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.

    Yields:
        dict with search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'Bella Ciao'
ddgs_text_gen = ddgs.text(keywords, region='wt-wt', safesearch='Off', timelimit='y')
for r in ddgs_text_gen:
	print(r)

# Searching for pdf files
keywords = 'russia filetype:pdf'
ddgs_text_gen = ddgs.text(keywords, region='wt-wt', safesearch='Off', timelimit='y')
for r in ddgs_text_gen:
	print(r)

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

def answers(keywords: str) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'sun'
ddgs_answers_gen = ddgs.answers(keywords)
for r in ddgs_answers_gen:
    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,
) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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.

    Yields:
        dict with image search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

ddgs = 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,
)
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,
) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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.

    Yields:
        dict with videos search results

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'tesla'
ddgs_videos_gen = ddgs.videos(
    keywords,
    region="wt-wt",
    safesearch="Off",
    timelimit="w",
    resolution="high",
    duration="medium",
)
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,
) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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.

    Yields:
        dict with news search results.

    """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'How soon the sun will die'
ddgs_news_gen = ddgs.news(
    keywords,
    region="wt-wt",
    safesearch="Off",
    timelimit="m",
)
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,
    ) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
        """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.

        Yields:
            dict with maps search results

        """

Example

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'school'
ddgs_maps_gen = ddgs.maps(
    keywords,
    place="Uganda",
)
for r in ddgs_maps_gen:
    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]:
    """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

ddgs = 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",
) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
    """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

ddgs = DDGS()

keywords = 'fly'
ddgs_suggestions_gen = ddgs.suggestions(keywords)
for r in ddgs_suggestions_gen:
    print(r)

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