DuckDuckGo Search API
Run a DuckDuckGo web search and get the ranked organic results (title, URL, snippet, position, display URL, domain) as clean JSON, ads left out. Returns up to 10 results per call; pick the country DuckDuckGo searches from.
Pricing and providers
DuckDuckGo Search API pricing: one API, 4 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get DuckDuckGo search in one request
{
"data": {
"items": [
{
"displayUrl": "https://example.com/page",
"domain": "example.com",
"position": 1,
"snippet": "A short example description of this item.",
"title": "Example title",
"url": "https://example.com/page"
}
],
"query": "example"
},
"found": true,
"reason": "not_found"
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-19 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- querystring
best running shoes
The DuckDuckGo search query.
- countryenum
US
ISO-3166 alpha-2 country DuckDuckGo searches from, e.g. US, GB, DE: DuckDuckGo's region for that country in its main language (Belgium in Dutch, Canada and the US in English, Switzerland in German, Spain in Spanish). Only the countries DuckDuckGo offers are accepted; every country is served by most sources and US, GB and DE by all of them.
- limitinteger
10
Maximum number of organic results to return (1-10, default 10). DuckDuckGo serves about 10 organic results per page, and some queries carry fewer.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
Organic results in DuckDuckGo's ranked order. Ads are not included. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- displayUrlstring
The URL as DuckDuckGo displays it under the title, e.g. a host or a host and path. Its format differs by source. null when the source did not send one.
- domainstring
Host of the result URL without a leading www., e.g. runnersworld.com.
- positioninteger
1-based rank of the result on the page. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- snippetstring
Text excerpt DuckDuckGo shows under the result. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- titlestring
Result title as DuckDuckGo shows it. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- urlstring
Destination URL of the result. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
The organic results, or null when DuckDuckGo returned none.
- querystring
The query DuckDuckGo searched.
- foundboolean
Whether DuckDuckGo returned organic results for the query.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the DuckDuckGo Search API
The AnyAPI DuckDuckGo Search API returns DuckDuckGo search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/duckduckgo.search. Run a DuckDuckGo web search and get the ranked organic results (title, URL, snippet, position, display URL, domain) as clean JSON, ads left out. Returns up to 10 results per call; pick the country DuckDuckGo searches from. AnyAPI routes each request across 4 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $0.85 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of DuckDuckGo search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.1 seconds across 1 measured calls.