garymonson / ddg

DuckDuckGo zero-click info API for your command-line

ddg

Duck Duck Go zero-click api for your command-line

Install

$ pip install ddg

or from the source:

$ python setup.py install

Usage

ddg [-h] [-b] [-d] [-j] [-l] [-s] [-u] [query [query ...]]

www.duckduckgo.com zero-click api for your command-line

positional arguments:

query the search query

optional arguments:

-h, --help	show this help message and exit
-b, --bang	open the !bang redirect url in a new browser tab
-d, --define	return the definition result
-j, --json	return the zero-click info api json response
-l, --lucky	open the result url in a new browser tab
-s, --search	launch a DuckDuckGo search in a new browser tab
-u, --url	return the result url

Examples

Call ddg from your command line to access the Duck Duck Go Zero-Click Info API

$ddg red-black tree
A red–black tree is a type of self-balancing binary search tree, a data structure
used in computer science, typically used to implement associative arrays.

Get the url of the answer source

$ ddg red-black tree -u
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-black_tree

Combinining flags behaves as expected

$ ddg schnauzer -d -u
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schnauzer

Launch a !Bang redirect in your web browser with the -b flag

Launch a query on Wolfram Alpha

$ ddg wa integral of sin x / x from negative inf to inf -b

Launch a search on Stack Overflow

$ ddg so [c++11] lambda return values -b

Launch a search on Duck Duck Go with -s

$ ddg Lord of the Rings -s

Launch the result url directly with -l

$ ddg python webbrowser -l

ddg plays nice with other utilities in your shell

$ echo "shark" | ddg -dl

$ ddg welsh corgi -u | pbcopy

$ ls | ddg -du

Use -j to output the json response from the API

$ ddg simpsons characters -j >> file.txt

Thanks

The duckduckgo module is a modification from http://github.com/crazedpsyc/python-duckduckgo.

Original duckduckgo module source from http://github.com/mikejs/python-duckduckgo (outdated)