basic instant answer support

.gitignore

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+npm-debug.log
+node_modules
+test.js

.npmignore

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+node_modules/
+test.js

README.md

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+# ddg-api - DuckDuckGo instant answer API node module
+
+> Access the [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/api) API with [Nodejs](http://nodejs.org).
+
+
+## Installation
+
+To install via NPM type the following: `npm install ddg-api`
+
+You can also install via git by cloning:
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/lukewendling/ddg-api.git /path/to/project`
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```js
+var DDG = require('ddg-api').DDG;
+
+var ddg = new DDG('my-app-name');
+
+ddg.instantAnswer('superman', {skip_disambig: '0'}, function(err, response) {
+  console.log(response);
+});
+```

index.js

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+exports.DDG = require('./lib/ddg');

lib/ddg.js

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+var url = require('url');
+var http;
+
+var DDG = function (appName, opts) {
+  var config;
+
+  this.appName = appName;
+
+  if (opts === undefined || opts === null) {
+    opts = {};
+  }
+
+  config = {
+    format: opts.format || 'json',
+    hostname: opts.hostname || 'api.duckduckgo.com',
+    port: opts.port || 443
+  };
+
+  if (config.port === 443) {
+    http = require('https');
+  } else {
+    http = require('http');
+  }
+
+  this.config = config;
+
+  return this;
+};
+
+DDG.prototype.instantAnswer = function (q, opts, cb) {
+  var params;
+
+  if (opts === undefined || opts === null) {
+    opts = {};
+  }
+
+  params = {
+    q: q,
+    pretty: opts.pretty || '1',
+    no_html: opts.no_html || '0',
+    no_redirect: opts.no_redirect || '0',
+    skip_disambig: opts.skip_disambig || '0'
+  };
+
+  console.log(params);
+  this.get(params, cb);
+};
+
+DDG.prototype.get = function (params, cb) {
+  var req, pathParts, options;
+
+  params.format = this.config.format;
+  params.t = this.appName;
+
+  pathParts = {
+    pathname: '/',
+    query: params
+  };
+
+  options = {
+    hostname: this.config.hostname,
+    port: this.config.port,
+    path: url.format(pathParts)
+  };
+
+  req = http.request(options, function (res) {
+    var data = [];
+    res
+      .on('data', function (chunk) { data.push(chunk); })
+      .on('end', function () {
+        data = data.join('').trim();
+        var result;
+        try {
+          result = JSON.parse(data);
+        } catch (exp) {
+          result = {'status_code': 500, 'status_text': 'JSON Parse Failed'};
+        }
+        cb(null, result);
+      });
+  });
+  req.end();
+
+  req.on('error', function (e) {
+    cb(e);
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports = DDG;

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "ddg-api",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "./lib/index.js",
+  "author": "Luke Wendling <luke@lukewendling.com>",
+  "license": "BSD",
+  "description": "A Node.JS module to query the duckduckgo instant answers API.",
+  "keywords": ["duckduckgo", "api"],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/lukewendling/ddg-api.git"
+  }
+}