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duckduckr

Simple Client for the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API

v1.0.0 · Apr 7, 2017 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Programmatic access to the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API <https://api.duckduckgo.com/api>.

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Trend: -100% (30d vs prior 30d)

autoCRAN

4

Last 7 days

8

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0

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CRAN Check Status

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r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
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r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
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r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
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r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

Check History

OK 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

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Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

2 1 exported

Complexity

1.5 avg / 2 max

Call network

2 nodes / 1 edges

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

199

Files

12

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 123 (61.8%)Tests 11 (5.5%)Docs 65 (32.7%)

API

Exported functions

1

Internal functions

1

Recent export changes

v1.0.0+1 duckduck_answer

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.09

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

100%

\dontrun example ratio

100%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

1

First release

2017-04-07

Latest release

2017-04-07

Avg cadence

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies crul jsonlite duckduckr

Version History

1 tracked
new 1.0.0 Mar 10, 2026

R Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Apr 7, 2017. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.