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GET https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0

Search the web with DuckDuckGo and retrieve organic results with title, link, snippet, and favicon. Ads and knowledge graph data are included when available. Pagination follows the upstream nav-row signal. Failed requests are never charged; a valid empty result page is a successful, charged request.

DuckDuckGo Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
q = laravel taylor otwell
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "q": "laravel taylor otwell",
            "kl": "us-en",
            "df": null,
            "safe": true,
            "start": 0
        },
        "organic_results": [
            {
                "position": 1,
                "title": "Taylor Otwell - Founder & CEO at Laravel | LinkedIn",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

4 optional filters available.

q string Required

The search query (e.g. laravel taylor otwell).

Example value laravel taylor otwell
kl string Optional

Region and locale in ll-cc format (e.g. us-en, de-de). Defaults to us-en.

Example value us-en
df string Optional

Optional date filter: d (past day), w (past week), m (past month), y (past year). Accepted for parity; the primary transport does not carry it.

Example value example
safe boolean Optional

Safe search flag. Accepted for parity; the primary transport does not carry it.

Example value off
start integer Optional

Result offset for pagination (0, 10, 25...). Use the next_start value from a previous response. Defaults to 0.

Example value 0

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/duckduckgo/search?q=laravel+taylor+otwell&kl=us-en&start=0")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "q": "laravel taylor otwell",
            "kl": "us-en",
            "df": null,
            "safe": true,
            "start": 0
        },
        "organic_results": [
            {
                "position": 1,
                "title": "Taylor Otwell - Founder & CEO at Laravel | LinkedIn",
                "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorotwell",
                "snippet": "Founder & CEO at Laravel. Creator of Laravel.",
                "display_url": "www.linkedin.com/in/taylorotwell",
                "favicon": "https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip3/www.linkedin.com.ico"
            }
        ],
        "ads": [],
        "pagination": {
            "current": 1,
            "has_more": true,
            "next_start": 10,
            "next": 2
        }
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

HTTP UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

DuckDuckGo search is temporarily unavailable. Please retry.

UPSTREAM_UNEXPECTED_RESPONSE

HTTP UPSTREAM_UNEXPECTED_RESPONSE

DuckDuckGo returned an unexpected response.

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