DuckDuckGo

Use DuckDuckGo's Instant Answers API to retrieve answers, abstracts, and related topics for a query. No API key is required. Optional controls remove HTML or skip disambiguation results.

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Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, related topics, and more. Free to use without an API key.

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DuckDuckGo Search

Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, and related topics for your query. Free to use without an API key.

Inputs and outputs

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	Yes	The search query to execute
`noHtml`	boolean	No	Remove HTML from text in results (default: true)
`skipDisambig`	boolean	No	Skip disambiguation results (default: false)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
`heading`	string	The heading/title of the instant answer
`abstract`	string	A short abstract summary of the topic
`abstractText`	string	Plain text version of the abstract
`abstractSource`	string	The source of the abstract (e.g., Wikipedia)
`abstractURL`	string	URL to the source of the abstract
`definition`	string	Dictionary-style definition if available
`definitionSource`	string	The source of the definition
`definitionURL`	string	URL to the source of the definition
`image`	string	URL to an image related to the topic
`answer`	string	Direct answer if available (e.g., for calculations)
`answerType`	string	Type of the answer (e.g., calc, ip, etc.)
`type`	string	Response type: A (article), D (disambiguation), C (category), N (name), E (exclusive)
`redirect`	string	!bang redirect URL, populated only for bang queries
`relatedTopics`	array	Array of related topics with URLs and descriptions
↳ `FirstURL`	string	URL to the related topic
↳ `Text`	string	Description of the related topic
↳ `Result`	string	HTML result snippet
`results`	array	Array of external link results
↳ `FirstURL`	string	URL of the result
↳ `Text`	string	Description of the result
↳ `Result`	string	HTML result snippet