BaiduSearch

BaiduSearch enables an Agent to search the web for information using the Baidu search engine.

Prerequisites

The following example requires the baidusearch library. To install BaiduSearch, run the following command:

1uv pip install -U baidusearch

Example

1from kern.agent import Agent
2from kern.tools.baidusearch import BaiduSearchTools
3
4agent = Agent(
5    tools=[BaiduSearchTools()],
6    description="You are a search agent that helps users find the most relevant information using Baidu.",
7    instructions=[
8        "Given a topic by the user, respond with the 3 most relevant search results about that topic.",
9        "Search for 5 results and select the top 3 unique items.",
10        "Search in both English and Chinese.",
11    ],
12    )
13
14agent.print_response("What are the latest advancements in AI?", markdown=True)

Toolkit Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`fixed_max_results`	`int`	-	Sets a fixed number of maximum results to return. No default is provided, must be specified if used.
`fixed_language`	`str`	-	Set the fixed language for the results.
`headers`	`Any`	-	Headers to be used in the search request.
`proxy`	`str`	-	Specifies a single proxy address as a string to be used for the HTTP requests.
`timeout`	`int`	`10`	Sets the timeout for HTTP requests, in seconds.
`enable_baidu_search`	`bool`	`True`	Enable the baidu_search functionality.
`all`	`bool`	`False`	Enable all functionality.

Toolkit Functions

Function	Description
`baidu_search`	Use this function to search Baidu for a query.

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