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

results = DDGS().images(
    'cute cats',
    region='wt-wt',
    safesearch='moderate',
    size='Medium',       # Small, Medium, Large, Wallpaper
    type_image='photo',  # photo, clipart, gif, transparent, line
    layout='Square',     # Square, Tall, Wide
    max_results=10
)

for r in results:
    print(f\"🖼️ {r.get('title')}\")
    print(f\"   Image: {r.get('image')}\")
    print(f\"   Thumbnail: {r.get('thumbnail')}\")
    print(f\"   Source: {r.get('source')}\n\")
"

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