# DuckDuckGo Search API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/duckduckgo/search)

> Returns DuckDuckGo's organic results in order, each with its position (counting across pages), title, link, displayed address, domain, snippet and date, plus the zero-click summary box when DuckDuckGo shows one. Pass the returned cursor for the next page; DuckDuckGo lists about 200 results for a search at most.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/duckduckgo/search` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | The search, for example best running shoes. |
| `region` | no | Region code such as us-en, uk-en or de-de (64 codes), or wt-wt for no region. Default us-en. |
| `safe_search` | no | strict, moderate or off. (strict \| moderate \| off) |
| `time_range` | no | any, day, week, month or year. (any \| day \| week \| month \| year) |
| `limit` | no | Results to return, 1 to 10. Default 10. |
| `cursor` | no | Continuation token from a previous response's pagination block. Omit for the first page. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/duckduckgo/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=best running shoes" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I search DuckDuckGo with an API?

Call GET /v1/duckduckgo/search with query set to the search, for example best running shoes. Results come back in order, and you pass the returned cursor for the next page.

### What does each DuckDuckGo result include?

Each result has its position, counted across pages, title, link, displayed address, domain, snippet and date. The zero-click summary box is included when DuckDuckGo shows one.

### How many results can I read for one search?

DuckDuckGo lists about 200 results for a search at most, and limit sets how many come back per call.

### What do region, safe_search and time_range do?

region takes a code such as us-en, uk-en or de-de (64 codes), or wt-wt for no region, and defaults to us-en. safe_search takes strict, moderate or off, and time_range takes any, day, week, month or year.

### How much does this DuckDuckGo endpoint cost?

Each call costs 1 credit on the standard tier. There is no subscription, and 100 free credits cover 100 calls.

See the full DuckDuckGo API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/duckduckgo

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

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- How do I get DuckDuckGo search results as JSON with an API?
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