From 90360ccfa6a547b43b69d3f83e579c49d87643c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kqlio67 <166700875+kqlio67@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 02:04:06 +0000
Subject: fix: Update deprecated DuckDuckGo search backend from 'api' to 'auto'
 (#2516)

* fix: Update deprecated DuckDuckGo search backend from 'api' to 'auto'

Fixes UserWarning: 'api' backend is deprecated, using backend='auto'
- Updated default backend parameter from 'api' to 'auto' in search function
- Aligns with latest duckduckgo-search library recommendations

* Update g4f/Provider/Blackbox.py

* Fix response_format=b64_json (g4f/client/__init__.py)

* Update g4f/Provider/Blackbox2.py g4f/Provider/BlackboxCreateAgent.py

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Co-authored-by: kqlio67 <>
---
 g4f/web_search.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'g4f/web_search.py')

diff --git a/g4f/web_search.py b/g4f/web_search.py
index 652555b6..5d3c5659 100644
--- a/g4f/web_search.py
+++ b/g4f/web_search.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async def fetch_and_scrape(session: ClientSession, url: str, max_words: int = No
     except ClientError:
         return
 
-async def search(query: str, max_results: int = 5, max_words: int = 2500, backend: str = "api", add_text: bool = True, timeout: int = 5, region: str = "wt-wt") -> SearchResults:
+async def search(query: str, max_results: int = 5, max_words: int = 2500, backend: str = "auto", add_text: bool = True, timeout: int = 5, region: str = "wt-wt") -> SearchResults:
     if not has_requirements:
         raise MissingRequirementsError('Install "duckduckgo-search" and "beautifulsoup4" package | pip install -U g4f[search]')
     with DDGS() as ddgs:
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ async def search(query: str, max_results: int = 5, max_words: int = 2500, backen
                 safesearch="moderate",
                 timelimit="y",
                 max_results=max_results,
-                backend=backend,
+                backend=backend,  # Changed from 'api' to 'auto'
             ):
             results.append(SearchResultEntry(
                 result["title"],
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ def get_search_message(prompt: str, raise_search_exceptions=False, **kwargs) ->
         if raise_search_exceptions:
             raise e
         debug.log(f"Couldn't do web search: {e.__class__.__name__}: {e}")
-        return prompt
\ No newline at end of file
+        return prompt
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