@navetacandra/ddg Documentation

Introduction

@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.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm install @navetacandra/ddg

Usage

Importing the Package

import { search, translate } from "@navetacandra/ddg";
// or in CommonJS:
// const { search, translate } = require("@navetacandra/ddg");

Search API

Supports different categories:

• "web"
• "image"
• "video"
• "news"
• "map"

Basic Web Search

const result = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "web");
console.log(result);

Fetching All Pages (Pagination)

const result = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "web", true);
console.log(result.data.length); // all pages combined

Paginating Manually

const firstPage = await search({ query: "duckduckgo" }, "image");
if (firstPage.hasNext) {
  const nextPage = await search(
    { query: "duckduckgo", next: firstPage.next },
    "image",
  );
  console.log(nextPage);
}

Other Search Types

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 API

Translate text between two languages (by code or name). Auto-detection is supported when from is empty.

Basic Translation

const result = await translate("hello world", "en", "id");
console.log(result); // { text: "halo dunia", detected_language: "en" }

Auto Language Detection

const result = await translate("saya suka nasi goreng", "", "en");
console.log(result); // { text: "I like fried rice", detected_language: "id" }

API Reference

search(query: SearchQuery, type?: SearchCategory, all?: boolean): Promise<SearchResponse<T>>

Performs a DuckDuckGo search.

• query: { query: string, next?: string }
• type: "web" | "image" | "video" | "news" | "map" (default: "web")
• all: boolean — if true, 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;
};

languages

An object that maps language codes to readable language names.

import { languages } from "@navetacandra/ddg";
console.log(languages.en); // "English"

Examples

Check the Usage section above for in-depth usage examples.

Notes

• 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.

License

MIT License

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