python-duckduckgo 0.2

python-duckduckgo is a Python library for querying the DuckDuckGo API.

Source: http://github.com/crazedpsyc/python-duckduckgo Original source: http://github.com/mikejs/python-duckduckgo (outdated)

This version has been forked from the original to handle some new features of the API, and switch from XML to JSON.

Installation

To install run

 python setup.py install

Usage

 >>> import duckduckgo
 >>> r = duckduckgo.query('DuckDuckGo')
 >>> r.type
 u'answer'
 >>> r.results[0].text
 u'Official site'
 >>> r.results[0].url
 u'http://duckduckgo.com/'
 >>> r.abstract.url
 u'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Duck_Go'
 >>> r.abstract.source
 u'Wikipedia'

 >>> r = duckduckgo.query('Python')
 >>> r.type
 u'disambiguation'
 >>> r.related[1].text
 u'Python (programming language), a computer programming language'
 >>> r.related[1].url
 u'http://duckduckgo.com/Python_(programming_language)'
 >>> r.related[7].topics[0].text # weird, but this is how the DDG API is currently organized
 u'Armstrong Siddeley Python, an early turboprop engine'

 >>> r = duckduckgo.query('1 + 1')
 >>> r.type
 u'nothing'
 >>> r.answer.text
 u'1 + 1 = 2'
 >>> r.answer.type
 u'calc'

 >>> print duckduckgo.query('19301', kad='es_ES').answer.text
 19301 es un código postal de Paoli, PA
 >>> print duckduckgo.query('how to spell test', html=True).answer.text
 < b >Test< /b > appears to be spelled right!< br/ >< i >Suggestions: < /i >test, testy, teat, tests, rest, yest.

Special keyword args for query():

- useragent - string, The useragent used to make API calls. This is somewhat irrelevant, as they are not logged or used on DuckDuckGo, but it is retained for backwards compatibility.
- safesearch - boolean, enable or disable safesearch.
- html - boolean, Allow HTML in responses?


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· Python