Duck.ai Guest Answers Scraper

Interacts with Duck.ai (duck.ai/chat) without requiring a DuckDuckGo account. Sends prompts to AI models and extracts responses.

What this Actor collects

The Actor stores one clean JSON record for each Duck.ai response, including the submitted prompt, requested model and region, answer text, conversation history, source references when available, turn status, and retrieval provenance.

• Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
• Stores source-backed fields defined by the 18-field dataset schema.
• Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

Use cases

• Answer-engine monitoring
• Citation and source research
• Generative-search analysis

Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied. The Default / example column shows a schema default when one exists; otherwise it shows a documented prefill or fixture value.

Field	Type	Required	Default / example	Description
prompt	string	Yes	"Explain quantum computing in simple terms"	The message to send to the AI model.
model	string	No	"gpt-4o-mini"	The AI model to use (e.g. 'gpt-4o-mini', 'claude-3-haiku', 'llama-3.1-8b').
region	string	No	"us-en"	DuckDuckGo region code used for locale and regional routing.
maxConversationTurns	integer	No	1	Maximum number of back-and-forth exchanges (1 = single prompt only).
maxRequestRetries	integer	No	2	Retries for transient navigation failures and rate limits.
navigationTimeoutSecs	integer	No	45	Maximum time in seconds for each page navigation.
headless	boolean	No	true	Run Firefox without a visible window.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	{"useApifyProxy":true}	Proxy settings for the scraper.

Example input

{
  "prompt": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "region": "us-en",
  "maxConversationTurns": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 45,
  "headless": true
}

Output

The default dataset contains one item per Duck.ai response turn. The following are the most useful fields; source references and error details appear only when Duck.ai returns them.

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Record Type
model	string	Requested Model
region	string	Region
prompt	string	Prompt
response	string	Response
responseLength	integer	Response Length
sourcesCount	integer	Source Count
turn	integer	Turn
finished	boolean	Finished
searchUrl	string	Duck.ai URL
scrapedAt	string	Scraped At
title	string	Title
description	string	Description
sources	array	Sources
conversationHistory	array	Conversation History
conversationTurns	integer	Conversation Message Count

Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

{
  "type": "duck-ai-answer",
  "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "region": "us-en",
  "prompt": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms",
  "response": "Quantum computing is like using a different kind of “computer logic” that follows the rules of quantum physics, so it can sometimes solve certain problems much faster than regular…",
  "responseLength": 1840,
  "sourcesCount": 0,
  "turn": 1,
  "finished": true,
  "searchUrl": "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Explain+quantum+computing+in+simple+terms&ia=chat&kl=us-en",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T16:21:16.078Z",
  "title": "Duck.ai answer: Explain quantum computing in simple terms"
}

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