issue with image search

[KeithN]

error returned when trying to run image search

duckduckgo_search.exceptions.DuckDuckGoSearchException: _get_url() https://duckduckgo.com/i.js APIException: _get_url() https://duckduckgo.com/i.js 500 in url

steps to reproduce -

from duckduckgo_search import DDGS
with DDGS() as ddgs:
keywords = 'butterfly'
ddgs_images_gen = ddgs.images(
keywords,
region="wt-wt",
safesearch="off",
size=None,
color="Monochrome",
type_image=None,
layout=None,
license_image=None,
max_results=100,
)
for r in ddgs_images_gen:
print(r)

results in following error trace -

_Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/keithnisbet/Bubblr/ew/ew-nlp/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/duckduckgo_search/duckduckgo_search.py", line 46, in _get_url
if _is_500_in_url(str(resp.url)) or resp.status_code == 403:
duckduckgo_search.exceptions.APIException: _get_url() https://duckduckgo.com/i.js 500 in url
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 15, in
File "/Users/keithnisbet/Bubblr/ew/ew-nlp/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/duckduckgo_search/duckduckgo_search.py", line 381, in images
license_image = f"license:{license_image}" if license_image else ""
File "/Users/keithnisbet/Bubblr/ew/ew-nlp/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/duckduckgo_search/duckduckgo_search.py", line 57, in _get_url
except httpx.HTTPError as ex:
duckduckgo_search.exceptions.DuckDuckGoSearchException: _get_url() https://duckduckgo.com/i.js APIException: get_url() https://duckduckgo.com/i.js 500 in url

• duckduckgo_search version. 3.9.10

Are DDG making changes or are there regular issues like this - I am thinking may have to use a different search engine

[deedy5]

Thanks for finding the error.
Fixed in v3.9.11.

Unfortunately, things change very quickly on the internet.
There is no guarantee that what works now will not stop working tomorrow.