A DotNet instant answer library written in C# for the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API

Access the DuckDuckGo API with [C#].

Version 1.0.1

Target framework - 4 Target Test framework - 4.5 (not required for production release)

System.Web to be referenced if using .Net client profile option

To install, download project and reference the DuckDuckGo.Net library in your project

Via GitHub

Via [NuGet] (https://www.nuget.org/packages/DuckDuckGo.Net/)

Nuget Console:

PM> Install-Package DuckDuckGo.Net

Once you have referenced the library in your project, ensure you include a using reference in the file which will be consuming it

using DuckDuckGo.Net;

Create a new instance of the DuckDuckGo Search using the default settings

var search = new Search();

Create a new instance of the DuckDuckGo Search using custom settings during initialisation (all settings shown).

var search = new Search
{
    NoHtml = true,
    NoRedirects = true,
    IsSecure = true,
    SkipDisambiguation = true,
    ApiClient = new HttpWebApi()
};

Settings may also be configured after initialisation but before the query is performed

search.NoHtml = false;
search.ApiClient = new FileApi();

Perform a query and return the result as a SearchResult object

var searchResult = search.Query("apple", ApplicationName);

Perform a query and return the result as a JSON formatted string

var jsonString = search.TextQuery("apple", ApplicationName, ResponseFormat.Json);

Perform a query and return the result as a XML formatted string

var xmlString = search.TextQuery("apple", ApplicationName, ResponseFormat.Xml);

Github - timkly

Twitter - @timkly

MIT LICENSE--see file /LICENSE

This project has no affiliation with the company DuckDuckGo.