DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo enables an Agent to search the web for information.

​Prerequisites

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

pip install -U duckduckgo-search

​Example

cookbook/tools/duckduckgo.py

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)

​Toolkit Params

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.

​Toolkit Functions

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.