@navetacandra/ddg is a lightweight Node.js package that provides powerful and dependency-free access to DuckDuckGo's search and translation features. It supports multiple search types including web, image, video, news, and map, along with simple text translation between languages.
Install using npm:
npm install @navetacandra/ddgimport { search, translate } from "@navetacandra/ddg";
// or in CommonJS:
// const { search, translate } = require("@navetacandra/ddg");Supports different categories:
"web""image""video""news""map"
const result = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "web");
console.log(result);const result = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "web", true);
console.log(result.data.length); // all pages combinedconst firstPage = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "image");
if (firstPage.hasNext) {
const nextPage = await search(
{ query: "duckduckgo", next: firstPage.next },
"image",
);
console.log(nextPage);
}const video = await search({ query: "elon musk" }, "video");
const news = await search({ query: "global warming" }, "news");
const maps = await search({ query: "coffee near me" }, "map");Translate text between two languages (by code or name). Auto-detection is supported when from is empty.
const result = await translate("hello world", "en", "id");
console.log(result); // { text: "halo dunia", detected_language: "en" }const result = await translate("saya suka nasi goreng", "", "en");
console.log(result); // { text: "I like fried rice", detected_language: "id" }Performs a DuckDuckGo search.
- query:
{ query: string, next?: string } - type:
"web" | "image" | "video" | "news" | "map"(default:"web") - all:
boolean— iftrue, recursively fetches all available pages.
Returns:
type SearchResponse<T> = {
data: T[];
next: string | null;
hasNext: boolean;
};translate(text: string, from: LanguageCode | LanguageName | "", to: LanguageCode | LanguageName): Promise<TranslateResponse>
Translates text using DuckDuckGo's translation service.
Returns:
type TranslateResponse = {
text: string;
detected_language: LanguageCode | null;
};An object that maps language codes to readable language names.
import { languages } from "@navetacandra/ddg";
console.log(languages.en); // "English"Check the Usage section above for in-depth usage examples.
- No external dependencies.
- Automatically handles random user-agents and IP spoofing for basic rate-limit circumvention.
- May still be affected by DuckDuckGo's rate limits on heavy usage.
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