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I think this might be more useful the other way around. Put ddg inside a linux shell and let me interoperate with linux commands. eg. ddg reviews samsung not

I think this might be more useful the other way around. Put ddg inside a linux shell and let me interoperate with linux commands. eg. ddg reviews samsung note | grep "note 2"

iuguy 14y ago
This was what I was hoping for rather than an ascii terminal style search. Does DDG have an API?
- angryasian 14y ago
  you can use lynx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
  - lloeki 14y ago
    Actually, w3m may be more apt.
- Mithrandir 14y ago
  DDG does have an API for the goodies, but not for the search results because they come from a variety of sources, some of which don't allow sub-licensing.
  - lsiebert 14y ago
    Seems like you could have a search API for the sources that do allow sub-licensing. But I'm not sure putting search into an API would be a good way for DDG to gain revenue.
    - ville 14y ago
      What are the ways to gain revenue using the website DDG uses?
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    What would be the difference between "licensing" the API for private non-commercial use only, and "licensing" the website for private non-commercial use only? I assume the TOS for the website are restrictive to satisfy the licenses they have with others, could you make an API that has equivalent terms?
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S4M 14y ago
For this particular example, why don't you use just ddg reviews samsung "note 2" ?
- bluethunder 14y ago
  You are right. Bad example. I was just trying to do something with pipes to illustrate the point.
thibauts 14y ago
It is easily doable with a few lines of python. I gave it a quick shot: https://github.com/thibauts/duckduckgo https://github.com/thibauts/duckduckgo
SageRaven 14y ago
There's a unix utility called "surfraw" that does this. I don't know if it support DDG yet, but it's very cool.
- bct 14y ago
  All surfraw seems to do is generate the URL for the search and opens it in a browser. Disappointing :(
  - TallGuyShort 14y ago
    I just got it installed and quite like it. It may not give you interactive search capabilities, but it DOES support DuckDuckGo, and the other "elvi" are quite handy. I now have a quick way of instantly opening Lisp, Java and other language docs in the terminal, and jumping straight to wikipedia articles in w3m.

I think this might be more useful the other way around. Put ddg inside a linux shell and let me interoperate with linux commands. eg. ddg reviews samsung note | grep "note 2"

iuguy 14y ago

This was what I was hoping for rather than an ascii terminal style search. Does DDG have an API?

angryasian 14y ago
you can use lynx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
- lloeki 14y ago
  Actually, w3m may be more apt.
Mithrandir 14y ago
DDG does have an API for the goodies, but not for the search results because they come from a variety of sources, some of which don't allow sub-licensing.
- lsiebert 14y ago
  Seems like you could have a search API for the sources that do allow sub-licensing. But I'm not sure putting search into an API would be a good way for DDG to gain revenue.
  - ville 14y ago
    What are the ways to gain revenue using the website DDG uses?
- jlgreco 14y ago
  What would be the difference between "licensing" the API for private non-commercial use only, and "licensing" the website for private non-commercial use only? I assume the TOS for the website are restrictive to satisfy the licenses they have with others, could you make an API that has equivalent terms?
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S4M 14y ago

For this particular example, why don't you use just ddg reviews samsung "note 2" ?

bluethunder 14y ago
You are right. Bad example. I was just trying to do something with pipes to illustrate the point.

thibauts 14y ago

It is easily doable with a few lines of python. I gave it a quick shot: https://github.com/thibauts/duckduckgo https://github.com/thibauts/duckduckgo

SageRaven 14y ago

There's a unix utility called "surfraw" that does this. I don't know if it support DDG yet, but it's very cool.

bct 14y ago
All surfraw seems to do is generate the URL for the search and opens it in a browser. Disappointing :(
- TallGuyShort 14y ago
  I just got it installed and quite like it. It may not give you interactive search capabilities, but it DOES support DuckDuckGo, and the other "elvi" are quite handy. I now have a quick way of instantly opening Lisp, Java and other language docs in the terminal, and jumping straight to wikipedia articles in w3m.