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def text(
    query: str,
    region: str = "us-en",
    safesearch: str = "moderate",
    timelimit: str | None = None,
    max_results: int | None = 10,
    page: int = 1,
    backend: str = "auto",
) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
    """DDGS text metasearch.

    Args:
        query: text search query.
        region: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to us-en.
        safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
        timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
        max_results: maximum number of results. Defaults to 10.
        page: page of results. Defaults to 1.
        backend: A single or comma-delimited backends. Defaults to "auto".

    Returns:
        List of dictionaries with search results.
    """

Example

results = DDGS().text("live free or die", region="us-en", safesearch="off", timelimit="y", page=1, backend="auto")
# Searching for pdf files
results = DDGS().text("russia filetype:pdf", region="us-en", safesearch="off", timelimit="y", page=1, backend="auto")
print(results)
[
    {
        "title": "News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun",
        "href": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/",
        "body": "Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun",
    },
    ...,
]

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