ddg-search

Web search without an API key is achieved by using DuckDuckGo Lite via the built-in web_fetch tool. It queries the lite.duckduckgo.com endpoint, parses the text response, and returns titles, URLs, and snippets for quick research triage without external dependencies.

Yes, web_fetch retrieves web search results by targeting the DuckDuckGo Lite HTML endpoint. It uses extractMode=text and maxChars to parse the raw response, extracting titles, URLs, and snippets while automatically filtering out sponsored links from the final output.

DuckDuckGo Lite research is ideal when a configured search API is unavailable, blocked, or rate-limited. It provides an API-free fallback for general web exploration, delivering concise text snippets and URLs to quickly triage background information without authentication.

DuckDuckGo Lite searching supports region filtering using the kl parameter in the web_fetch URL. This allows you to restrict web results to specific geographic regions, ensuring the returned titles, URLs, and snippets are localized to your target area.

The best way to get titles and snippets without heavy dependencies is querying DuckDuckGo Lite via web_fetch. This approach requires zero API keys and no external components, parsing the lite.duckduckgo.com text output to deliver clean research results instantly.

Sponsored links are not included in DuckDuckGo Lite search results. The parsing logic specifically filters out advertisements, ensuring the returned data contains only organic titles, URLs, and snippets relevant to your research query.