API Parameters

We've made it so you can easily customise your request by simply adding query parameters to your request, hence spending less time coding and more time manipulating the scraped data.

Being part of the SERP API suite, the DuckDuckGo engine uses query parameters for customizing results. Below is a full list of supported parameters that you may pass to the base URL in order to get the most suited results from DuckDuckGo:

Parameter
Type
Description

api_key Required

string

The API key required to authorize requests.

engine Required

string

The engine of the SERP API. Needs to be set to duckduckgo for requests to DuckDuckGo.

q Required

string

The terms that you are searching for (the query).m

kl

string

Country and language code used to define the country and language of search. You can find the full list here.

kad

string

Language of the search page interface: buttons, menu. You can find a list with all the available markets here.

kp

int

Removes adult content from search results. Available values are:

1 - Turn on safe search -1 - Moderate search content -2 - Turn off safe search

df

string

Time range to search. Available values are: d - Past 2 weeks w - Past month m - Past 3 months w - Past 6 months

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