Engine stats - duckduckgo images

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
duckduckgo images				70

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException	Percentage	20
Parameter	HTTP error 403
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	httpx.ConnectError	Percentage	10
Parameter	NoneNoneduckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:132
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.3.16+bbb2894b0+dirty

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
  * Percentage: 20
  * Parameters: `('HTTP error 403',)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectError
  * Percentage: 10
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:132`
  * Function: `get_vqd`
  * Code: `resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')`

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