Use DuckDuckGo's Instant Answers API to retrieve answers, abstracts, and related topics for a query. No API key is required. Optional controls remove HTML or skip disambiguation results.

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Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, related topics, and more. Free to use without an API key.

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Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, and related topics for your query. Free to use without an API key.

Inputs and outputs

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	The search query to execute
noHtml	boolean	No	Remove HTML from text in results (default: true)
skipDisambig	boolean	No	Skip disambiguation results (default: false)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
heading	string	The heading/title of the instant answer
abstract	string	A short abstract summary of the topic
abstractText	string	Plain text version of the abstract
abstractSource	string	The source of the abstract (e.g., Wikipedia)
abstractURL	string	URL to the source of the abstract
definition	string	Dictionary-style definition if available
definitionSource	string	The source of the definition
definitionURL	string	URL to the source of the definition
image	string	URL to an image related to the topic
answer	string	Direct answer if available (e.g., for calculations)
answerType	string	Type of the answer (e.g., calc, ip, etc.)
type	string	Response type: A (article), D (disambiguation), C (category), N (name), E (exclusive)
redirect	string	!bang redirect URL, populated only for bang queries
relatedTopics	array	Array of related topics with URLs and descriptions
↳ FirstURL	string	URL to the related topic
↳ Text	string	Description of the related topic
↳ Result	string	HTML result snippet
results	array	Array of external link results
↳ FirstURL	string	URL of the result
↳ Text	string	Description of the result
↳ Result	string	HTML result snippet