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Web Search

General web search using DDGS (Dux Distributed Global Search) supporting multiple search engines including Google, Bing, Brave, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo. No API keys required.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 91msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 91ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "backend": {
      "default": "auto",
      "description": "Search engine backend to use",
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "google",
        "bing",
        "brave",
        "yahoo",
        "duckduckgo"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "max_results": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query string",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "region": {
      "default": "us-en",
      "description": "Search region/locale",
      "enum": [
        "us-en",
        "cn-zh",
        "uk-en",
        "de-de",
        "fr-fr",
        "ja-jp"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "safesearch": {
      "default": "moderate",
      "description": "Safe search level",
      "enum": [
        "on",
        "moderate",
        "off"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "search_type": {
      "default": "general",
      "description": "Type of search to perform",
      "enum": [
        "general",
        "api_documentation",
        "python_packages",
        "github"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Web Search call

public-safeinput

{
  "max_results": 1,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_web_search
Tool name: web_search
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "backend": { "default": "auto", "description": "Search engine backend to use", "enum": [ "auto", "google", "bing", "brave", "yahoo", "duckduckgo" ], "type": "string" }, "max_results": { "default": 10, "description": "Maximum number of results to return", "maximum": 50, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "query": { "description": "Search query string", "type": "string" }, "region": { "default": "us-en", "description": "Search region/locale", "enum": [ "us-en", "cn-zh", "uk-en", "de-de", "fr-fr", "ja-jp" ], "type": "string" }, "safesearch": { "default": "moderate", "description": "Safe search level", "enum": [ "on", "moderate", "off" ], "type": "string" }, "search_type": { "default": "general", "description": "Type of search to perform", "enum": [ "general", "api_documentation", "python_packages", "github" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query" ], "type": "object" }