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DuckDuckGo !Bang Redirector

The !bang system - in place since 2008 and now spanning thousands of destinations - lets a query like "!w filter bubble" 302-redirect to the destination site's own search (Wikipedia in that example). When called via the Instant Answer API, a bang query returns a Redirect field with the target URL rather than performing the redirect, so it can be used programmatically as a normalized "search-on-other-site" router.

DuckDuckGo !Bang Redirector is one of 4 APIs that DuckDuckGo publishes on the APIs.io network.

Tagged areas include Search, Redirect, and Bang. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

Other Resources

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Submission
https://duckduckgo.com/newbang

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: duckduckgo:bang-redirector
name: DuckDuckGo !Bang Redirector
humanURL: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
baseURL: https://duckduckgo.com/
tags:
- Search
- Redirect
- Bang
description: The !bang system - in place since 2008 and now spanning thousands of destinations - lets
  a query like "!w filter bubble" 302-redirect to the destination site's own search (Wikipedia in that
  example). When called via the Instant Answer API, a bang query returns a Redirect field with the target
  URL rather than performing the redirect, so it can be used programmatically as a normalized "search-on-other-site"
  router.
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
- type: Submission
  url: https://duckduckgo.com/newbang