duckduckgo-search

Install the ddgs package with pip, then run commands like `ddgs text -q "your query" -m 5` for text results. The CLI also supports news, images, and videos subcommands with region and time filters.

Import DDGS from the ddgs package and call methods like ddgs.text("query", max_results=5) inside a context manager. Note that max_results must be passed as a keyword argument, and the package must be installed in that specific Python runtime first.

No, DuckDuckGo search via the ddgs tool requires no API key or account. This makes it a practical fallback when services like Firecrawl are not configured, though DuckDuckGo may rate-limit rapid requests.

Empty results usually indicate rate limiting, so wait a few seconds and retry or adjust the query. A ModuleNotFoundError means the ddgs package is not installed in that Python runtime, since terminal and execute_code environments are separate.

No, ddgs returns only titles, URLs, and snippets, not full page content. To get complete articles, search first to find the best URL, then use a web extraction tool, browser tool, or curl to retrieve the page.