DuckDuckGo Search API

Basic Information

Interface Description: Retrieve real-time search data from DuckDuckGo via API.

Interface URL: https://scraperapi.thordata.com/request

Request Method: POST

Request parameters

Headers：

Parameter name	Type	Required	Describe
token	string	Yes	Please log in to the Dashboard-account-settings to view your token

Body：

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
q	string	Yes	Defines the search query for scraping (default: q=pizza). Supports any keyword in any language. For a list of possible values, see Query Parameter
format	string	No	This parameter defines the output format of the crawl results. json=1 for JSON, json=2 for both, json=3 for HTML.
kl	string	No	Specify the interface language and region for search results .For a list of possible values, see Region/Lang
start	string	No	Set the pagination starting point for search results (e.g., 'start=1 skips the first 1 results and displays from the 2st).For a list of possible values, see Pagination
df	string	No	Filter search results by time range ('d=last 24 hours', 'w = last week', 'm = last month').For a list of possible values, see Time Filter
kp	string	No	Set the security filter level for search content (Strict/Medium/Off).For a list of possible values, see SafeSearch

Response example

    {
    "spider_parameter": {
        "engine": "duckduckgo",
        "q": "pizza"
    }
    "search_metadata": {
        "created_at": "2025-06-21 14:08:06",
        "id": "xxx",
        "url": "https://duckduckgo.com/search?q=pizza"
    },
    "result":{}

Parameter Name	Type	Required	Description
spider_parameter	object	yes	Search engine parameters configuration
engine	string	yes	Search engine type
q	string	yes	Search keyword
search_metadata	object	yes	Metadata of the search
created_at	string	yes	Timestamp of the search
id	string	yes	Unique task ID
url	string	yes	Full URL of the search request
result	string	yes	Return Result