node-duckduckgo

Yet another node lib for requesting Duck Duck GO.

This one has been written in typescript (2.x or above) and be as well from javascript (es6 or above) that from typescript.

Examples

• TypeScript:

import { Requester } from "../../lib//index";
const requester = new Requester("node-duckduckgo-example");
requester.request("bart simpsons", (err, response, body) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }
  console.log(body);
});

• Javascript:

const { Requester } = require("../../lib/index");
const requester = new Requester("node-duckduckgo-example");
requester.request("bart simpsons", (err, response, body) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }
  console.log(body);
});

API

1. The requester object take an application name in parameter:

const requester = new Requester(<YOUR APP NAME>);

1. If needed configure requester option: requester.no_html = 1; requester.no_redirect = 1; (for information about this options see Duck Duck GO API documentation)

2. Execute your request and et your result This lib is backed by Request. Results can be got by either by Request's call back or by stream:

requester.request("bart simpsons", (err, response, body) => {
 if (err) {
   console.log(err);
   return;
 }
 console.log(body);
});

requester.request("bart simpsons")
  .on("data", (data) => {
    console.log(data.toString());
  })
  .on("error", (err) => {
    console.log(err);
  });

Response format is the Duck Duck GO response)

Usage

node-duckduckgo is open sources (MIT license) but it doe grant you to use Duck Duck Go. Please read this page) before any usage.