"""Web search tool backed by DuckDuckGo (ddgs).""" from __future__ import annotations import logging from ddgs import DDGS from ..config import settings logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def web_search(query: str, max_results: int | None = None) -> list[dict[str, str]]: """Search the web using DuckDuckGo and return compact result summaries. Args: query: The search query string. max_results: Maximum number of results to return (default from settings). Returns: A list of dictionaries with keys 'title', 'href' and 'body' for each result. Returns an empty list if no results are found. Provider failures are logged and propagated to the tool execution layer. """ if not query or not query.strip(): return [] limit = ( max_results if max_results is not None and max_results > 0 else settings.search_max_results ) results: list[dict[str, str]] = [] try: with DDGS() as ddgs: for item in ddgs.text(query, max_results=limit): results.append( { "title": str(item.get("title", "")).strip(), "href": str(item.get("href") or item.get("url") or "").strip(), "body": str(item.get("body") or item.get("snippet") or "").strip(), } ) except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 # Preserve the provider exception for the tool layer while recording # the traceback without logging the potentially sensitive query. logger.exception("DuckDuckGo web search failed") raise return results[:limit]