# DuckDuckGoSearchTool

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/tools/ddg_search/tool/DuckDuckGoSearchTool)

Deprecated. Use DuckDuckGoSearchRun instead.

## Signature

```python
DuckDuckGoSearchTool(
    *args: Any = (),
    **kwargs: Any = {},
) -> DuckDuckGoSearchRun
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `*args` | `Any` | No |  (default: `()`) |
| `**kwargs` | `Any` | No |  (default: `{}`) |

## Returns

`DuckDuckGoSearchRun`

DuckDuckGoSearchRun

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/a6a6079511ac8a5c1293337f88096b8641562e77/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/ddg_search/tool.py#L138)