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DuckDuckGo Search API

Query DuckDuckGo and get structured web results as JSON. DuckDuckGo does not personalize or track, so it returns a cleaner, more neutral result set useful wh...

Query DuckDuckGo and get structured web results as JSON. DuckDuckGo does not personalize or track, so it returns a cleaner, more neutral result set - useful when you want ranking that is not shaped by a user profile or heavy localization. This page shows a DuckDuckGo search in the SDKs and with curl.

Examples run against OpenSERP Cloud at https://api.openserp.org. The same request works on a self-hosted open-source OpenSERP server - point the SDK at your own baseUrl instead of passing apiKey.

export OPENSERP_API_KEY="osk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

JavaScript / TypeScript

npm install @openserp/sdk

import { OpenSERP } from "@openserp/sdk";

const client = new OpenSERP({ apiKey: process.env.OPENSERP_API_KEY });

const { results } = await client.search({
  engine: "duckduckgo",
  text: "privacy focused browsers",
  limit: 10,
});

for (const r of results) {
  console.log(r.rank, r.title, r.url);
}

The engine name duckduckgo also accepts the alias duck.

Python

pip install openserp

import os
from openserp import OpenSERP

with OpenSERP(api_key=os.environ["OPENSERP_API_KEY"]) as client:
    response = client.search(engine="duckduckgo", text="privacy focused browsers", limit=10)
    for r in response.results:
        print(r.rank, r.title, r.url)

curl

curl "https://api.openserp.org/v1/duckduckgo/search?text=privacy+focused+browsers&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENSERP_API_KEY"

Try a query first in the Search Playground and copy the generated request.

Notes for DuckDuckGo

  • DuckDuckGo does not localize or personalize the way Google does, so region and lang have less effect - the result set stays close to a neutral baseline.
  • That neutrality makes it a good control engine: query DuckDuckGo alongside Google and the difference highlights how much personalization and localization are shaping Google’s ranking.

When to reach for DuckDuckGo

  • You want a neutral, un-personalized result set as a baseline.
  • You are grounding an LLM or agent and prefer results that are not skewed by a user profile.
  • You want a privacy-leaning engine in your megasearch mix.

To use it as a control alongside other engines, see megasearch & ranking diff.

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