DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo enables an Agent to search the web for information.

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Prerequisites

The following example requires the ddgs library. To install DuckDuckGo, run the following command:

pip install -U ddgs

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Example

cookbook/tools/duckduckgo.py

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.duckduckgo import DuckDuckGoTools

agent = Agent(tools=[DuckDuckGoTools()])
agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", markdown=True)

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Toolkit Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
enable_search	bool	True	Enable DuckDuckGo search function.
enable_news	bool	True	Enable DuckDuckGo news function.
all	bool	False	Enable all available functions in the toolkit.
modifier	Optional[str]	None	A modifier to be used in the search request.
fixed_max_results	Optional[int]	None	A fixed number of maximum results.
proxy	Optional[str]	None	Proxy to be used in the search request.
timeout	Optional[int]	10	The maximum number of seconds to wait for a response.
verify_ssl	bool	True	Whether to verify SSL certificates.

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Toolkit Functions

Function	Description
duckduckgo_search	Search DuckDuckGo for a query. Parameters include query (str) for the search query and max_results (int, default=5) for maximum results. Returns JSON formatted search results.
duckduckgo_news	Get the latest news from DuckDuckGo. Parameters include query (str) for the search query and max_results (int, default=5) for maximum results. Returns JSON formatted news results.

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