Engine stats - duckduckgo

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	15
Parameter	CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNoneduckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

Message	timeout	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/abstract.py:185
Function	handle_exception
Code	count_error(self.engine.name, exception_or_message)

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (us-en) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

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