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DDGS Web Search Skill This skill implements web search functionality via the DDGS Dux Distributed Global Search engine, aggregating results from diverse search services to fetch real time information.

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DDGS Web Search Skill

This skill implements web search functionality via the DDGS (Dux Distributed Global Search) engine, aggregating results from diverse search services to fetch real-time information.

Features

🔍 Privacy-friendly metasearch
📰 News search support
🖼️ Image search support
📹 Video search support
📚 Books search support
🌐 Free to use, no API Key required
🔒 Privacy protection, no user tracking
⚡ MCP (Model Context Protocol) and API server support

Installation

# Install via uv (Recommended)
uv pip install ddgs

# Or install via pip
pip install ddgs

Quick Start

1. Text Search

The most commonly used search method, returning webpage results:

python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS

query = 'your search query'

results = DDGS().text(
    query,
    region='wt-wt',        # Region: cn-zh (China), us-en (US), wt-wt (Global)
    safesearch='moderate', # Safe search: on, moderate, off
    timelimit='m',         # Time range: d (day), w (week), m (month), y (year), None (unlimited)
    max_results=10,        # Maximum number of results
    backend='auto'         # Backends: auto, duckduckgo, brave, bing, etc.
)

for i, r in enumerate(results, 1):
    print(f\"{i}. {r.get('title')}\")
    print(f\"   URL: {r.get('href')}\")
    print(f\"   Snippet: {str(r.get('body'))[:100]}...\n\")
"
2. News Search

Search for the latest news:

python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS

results = DDGS().news(
    'AI technology',
    region='wt-wt',
    safesearch='moderate',
    timelimit='d',       # d=past 24 hours, w=past week, m=past month
    max_results=10
)

for r in results:
    print(f\"📰 {r.get('title')}\")
    print(f\"   Source: {r.get('source')}\")
    print(f\"   Date: {r.get('date')}\")
    print(f\"   Link: {r.get('url')}\n\")
"
3. Image Search

Search for image resources:

python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS...

Source information

Source
github
Repository
openclaw/skills
Path
skills/idkwhodatis/ddgs
Version
—
Commit
db9a7b74929b6b8be131ce33dd3abfaa30517124
Classification source
rules
Status
active
Visibility
public

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SKILL.md
# DDGS Web Search Skill
This skill implements web search functionality via the DDGS (Dux Distributed Global Search) engine, aggregating results from diverse search services to fetch real-time information.

## Features
🔍 Privacy-friendly metasearch  
📰 News search support  
🖼️ Image search support  
📹 Video search support  
📚 Books search support  
🌐 Free to use, no API Key required  
🔒 Privacy protection, no user tracking  
⚡ MCP (Model Context Protocol) and API server support  

## Installation
```bash
# Install via uv (Recommended)
uv pip install ddgs

# Or install via pip
pip install ddgs
```

## Quick Start

### 1. Text Search
The most commonly used search method, returning webpage results:
```python
python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS

query = 'your search query'

results = DDGS().text(
    query,
    region='wt-wt',        # Region: cn-zh (China), us-en (US), wt-wt (Global)
    safesearch='moderate', # Safe search: on, moderate, off
    timelimit='m',         # Time range: d (day), w (week), m (month), y (year), None (unlimited)
    max_results=10,        # Maximum number of results
    backend='auto'         # Backends: auto, duckduckgo, brave, bing, etc.
)

for i, r in enumerate(results, 1):
    print(f\"{i}. {r.get('title')}\")
    print(f\"   URL: {r.get('href')}\")
    print(f\"   Snippet: {str(r.get('body'))[:100]}...\n\")
"
```

### 2. News Search
Search for the latest news:
```python
python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS

results = DDGS().news(
    'AI technology',
    region='wt-wt',
    safesearch='moderate',
    timelimit='d',       # d=past 24 hours, w=past week, m=past month
    max_results=10
)

for r in results:
    print(f\"📰 {r.get('title')}\")
    print(f\"   Source: {r.get('source')}\")
    print(f\"   Date: {r.get('date')}\")
    print(f\"   Link: {r.get('url')}\n\")
"
```

### 3. Image Search
Search for image resources:
```python
python -c "
from ddgs import DDGS...

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