# Web Search (DuckDuckGo) (`gochujang/web-search`) Actor

Search the web using DuckDuckGo — no API key required. Returns clean JSON: title, URL, snippet, domain, rank. Perfect for AI agents and LLM pipelines that need real-time web search. Supports web and news search.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/web-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, News
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 95.2% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Web Search (DuckDuckGo)

Search the web using DuckDuckGo — no API key required. Returns clean JSON with title, URL, snippet, domain, and rank. Perfect for AI agents and LLM pipelines that need real-time web search. Supports both web and news search modes.

### ⚡ Run in 30 seconds

Click **Start** with default settings — runs the sample query on DuckDuckGo and returns the top results as clean JSON, each with title, URL, snippet, domain, and rank position. No API key needed.

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### Features

- **No API key required** — uses DuckDuckGo's public search
- **Web + News modes** — standard web results or recent news articles
- **Clean JSON output** — structured data ready for LLM consumption
- **Region support** — localize results to any DuckDuckGo region

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `query` | string | *(required)* | Search query |
| `maxResults` | integer | 10 | Maximum results to return (max 50) |
| `searchType` | string | `web` | `web` or `news` |
| `region` | string | `us-en` | DuckDuckGo region (e.g. `gb-en`, `jp-jp`) |

### Output

Each result is a JSON object:

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "title": "Bitcoin hits new all-time high",
  "url": "https://example.com/article",
  "snippet": "Bitcoin surged past $100,000 on Tuesday...",
  "domain": "example.com"
}
```

### Example

```json
{
  "query": "bitcoin price today",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "searchType": "news",
  "region": "us-en"
}
```

### Use Cases

- Feed real-time web data into LLM pipelines
- AI agent web browsing without a browser
- News aggregation for any topic
- Competitor or market research automation

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The search query to execute.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search results to return (up to 50).

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Whether to search web or news.

## `region` (type: `string`):

DuckDuckGo region code. Examples: us-en, kr-kr, jp-jp, de-de.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Bitcoin price today",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "searchType": "web",
  "region": "us-en"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "Bitcoin price today"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gochujang/web-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "Bitcoin price today" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gochujang/web-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Bitcoin price today"
}' |
apify call gochujang/web-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gochujang/web-search",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/VBTJxg9CvhQfSoy3a/builds/jXnrmbV7NUi2GROFc/openapi.json