The DuckDuckGo search tool allows you to search the web for information. It is built on top of the

[DuckDuckGo API](https://github.com/deedy5/duckduckgo_search).

[DuckDuckGo API](https://github.com/deedy5/ddgs).

*`groq` — installs`groq`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/groq){:target="_blank"}

*`mistral` — installs`mistralai`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/mistralai){:target="_blank"}

*`cohere` - installs`cohere`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/cohere){:target="_blank"}

*`duckduckgo` - installs`duckduckgo-search`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/duckduckgo-search){:target="_blank"}

*`duckduckgo` - installs`ddgs`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/ddgs){:target="_blank"}

*`tavily` - installs`tavily-python`[PyPI ↗](https://pypi.org/project/tavily-python){:target="_blank"}

See the[models](models/index.md) documentation for information on which optional dependencies are required for each model.

You will need to install the`langchain-community` package and any others required by the tool in question.

Here is how you can use the LangChain`DuckDuckGoSearchRun` tool, which requires the`duckduckgo-search` package:

Here is how you can use the LangChain`DuckDuckGoSearchRun` tool, which requires the`ddgs` package:

```python {test="skip"}

from langchain_community.toolsimport DuckDuckGoSearchRun

frompydantic_ai.toolsimportTool

try:

try:

exceptImportError:# Fallback for older versions of ddgs

exceptImportErroras_import_error:

raiseImportError(

)from_import_error

mistral = ["mistralai>=1.2.5"]

bedrock = ["boto3>=1.37.24"]

duckduckgo = ["duckduckgo-search>=7.0.0"]

duckduckgo = ["ddgs>=9.0.0"]

tavily = ["tavily-python>=0.5.0"]

cli = ["rich>=13","prompt-toolkit>=3","argcomplete>=3.5.0"]

"devtools>=0.12.2",

"coverage[toml]>=7.6.2",

"dirty-equals>=0.9.0",

"duckduckgo-search>=7.0.0",

"inline-snapshot>=0.19.3",

"pytest>=8.3.3",

"pytest-examples>=0.0.14",