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# DuckDuckGo

**DuckDuckGo** enables an Agent to search the web for information.

### [​](https://docs.phidata.com/tools/duckduckgo#prerequisites)Prerequisites <a href="#prerequisites" id="prerequisites"></a>

The following example requires the `duckduckgo-search` library. To install DuckDuckGo, run the following command:

```shell
pip install -U duckduckgo-search
```

### [​](https://docs.phidata.com/tools/duckduckgo#example)Example <a href="#example" id="example"></a>

cookbook/tools/duckduckgo.py

```python
from bitca.agent import Agent
from bitca.tools.duckduckgo import DuckDuckGo

agent = Agent(tools=[DuckDuckGo()], show_tool_calls=True)
agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", markdown=True)
```

### [​](https://docs.phidata.com/tools/duckduckgo#toolkit-params)Toolkit Params <a href="#toolkit-params" id="toolkit-params"></a>

| Parameter           | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                          |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `search`            | `bool` | `True`  | Enables the use of the `duckduckgo_search` function to search DuckDuckGo for a query.                |
| `news`              | `bool` | `True`  | Enables the use of the `duckduckgo_news` function to fetch the latest news via DuckDuckGo.           |
| `fixed_max_results` | `int`  | -       | Sets a fixed number of maximum results to return. No default is provided, must be specified if used. |
| `headers`           | `Any`  | -       | Accepts any type of header values to be sent with HTTP requests.                                     |
| `proxy`             | `str`  | -       | Specifies a single proxy address as a string to be used for the HTTP requests.                       |
| `proxies`           | `Any`  | -       | Accepts a dictionary of proxies to be used for HTTP requests.                                        |
| `timeout`           | `int`  | `10`    | Sets the timeout for HTTP requests, in seconds.                                                      |

### [​](https://docs.phidata.com/tools/duckduckgo#toolkit-functions)Toolkit Functions <a href="#toolkit-functions" id="toolkit-functions"></a>

| Function            | Description                                               |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `duckduckgo_search` | Use this function to search DuckDuckGo for a query.       |
| `duckduckgo_news`   | Use this function to get the latest news from DuckDuckGo. |