baidu web search
Search the web using Baidu AI Search Engine (BDSE) for live information, documentation, and research — especially effective for Chinese-language content.
# baidu web search Search the web using Baidu AI Search Engine (BDSE) for live information, documentation, and research — especially effective for Chinese-language content. Baidu Search gives your AI agent the ability to search the web via Baidu's AI Search API. It is ideal for retrieving live information, technical documentation, news, and research topics, with particular strength in Chinese-language content and resources accessible through Baidu's ecosystem. ## How It Works The skill provides a Python script that accepts a JSON query parameter and calls the Baidu AI Search API. You pass search parameters including the query text, optional filters (time range, site restrictions, blocked sites), resource type preferences (web, video, image), and content safety settings. Results are returned directly from Baidu's search index. ## Key Features - **Full Web Search**: Standard and lite search editions for comprehensive or lightweight results - **Resource Type Filtering**: Control result types including web pages (up to 50), videos (up to 10), images (up to 30), and aladdin results (up to 5) - **Time-Based Filtering**: Restrict results by recency: week, month, semi-year, or year, plus custom date ranges with relative time support - **Site Restriction and Blocking**: Limit search to specific domains or block unwanted sites from results - **Safe Search**: Enable strict content filtering for safe browsing ## Requirements - **Baidu API Key**: Required to authenticate with the Baidu AI Search Engine API - **Python 3**: The search script runs via python3 ## Use Cases - **Chinese-Language Research**: Search for Chinese documentation, news, and resources that may not be well-indexed by Western search engines - **Live Information Retrieval**: Get up-to-date information on current events, technical topics, or recent developments - **Site-Scoped Search**: Search within specific domains like baike.baidu.com for encyclopedia entries or news.baidu.com for news articles ## Installation Install via: `npx clawhub@latest install baidu-search`