Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

duckduckgo

0.5

0.7

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.7	0.7
P80	0.7	0.7
P95	0.9	0.9

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA ()
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (no-no)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	lxml.etree.ParserError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:348
Function	response
Code	doc = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (bg-bg)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (es-es)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException	Percentage	0
Parameter	//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@hrefindex 0 not found
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:391
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0), # type: ignore

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (th-en)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (jp-jp)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.ReadTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (fr-fr)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (de-de)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (cn-zh)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (us-en)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (ru-ru)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.6.30+39c50dc

**How did you install SearXNG?**

**What happened?**

**How To Reproduce**

**Expected behavior**

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**Technical report**

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA ()',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (no-no)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: lxml.etree.ParserError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:348`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `doc = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (bg-bg)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (es-es)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 'index 0 not found')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:391`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),  # type: ignore`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (th-en)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (jp-jp)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ReadTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (fr-fr)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (de-de)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (cn-zh)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (us-en)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (ru-ru)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:352`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

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