# DuckDuckGo on Onekey

> 1 endpoint for DuckDuckGo (1 stable, 0 beta), 1 credit each. Category: AI & search. One key, one JSON shape.

Base URL: https://api.onekey.dev
Auth: header `x-api-key: <key>`. Call shape: `GET /v1/{platform}/{endpoint}?{params}`.
Every response is `{success, data, metadata, error}`; check `success` first. Cost is in `metadata.credits_charged`. Free when served from cache (0.2 credit for a cached response over 100 KB). Failed and not-found calls are refunded.
Status: stable = verified against the live source; beta = not yet verified, fields may be missing.

Page: https://onekey.dev/platforms/duckduckgo
Reference (Markdown): https://onekey.dev/docs/api/duckduckgo.md
All docs: https://onekey.dev/llms.txt

## Canonical fields returned

Unified-schema fields (same names on every platform), with how many of the 1 mapped DuckDuckGo endpoints return each:

- `entity.description` (string): 1
- `entity.name` (string): 1
- `entity.type` (string): 1
- `entity.url` (URL): 1
- `media.url` (URL): 1
- plus 4 platform-specific fields under `ext.`

## Endpoints

### duckduckgo.instant

DuckDuckGo Instant Answer: abstract, source, image and related topics for a query (keyless).
- Price: 1 credit per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: one record.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/duckduckgo/instant?q=python%20programming` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `q` (string, required): Search query
- Fields returned: `entity.name`, `entity.description`, `entity.url`, `media.url`, `entity.type`, `ext.source`, `ext.answer`, `ext.definition`, `ext.related`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/duckduckgo/instant.md

## Sample request

```bash
curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/duckduckgo/instant?q=python%20programming" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```