> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 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:

```shell theme={null}
uv pip install -U baidusearch
```

## Example

```python cookbook/14_tools/baidusearch_tools.py theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.baidusearch import BaiduSearchTools

agent = Agent(
    tools=[BaiduSearchTools()],
    description="You are a search agent that helps users find the most relevant information using Baidu.",
    instructions=[
        "Given a topic by the user, respond with the 3 most relevant search results about that topic.",
        "Search for 5 results and select the top 3 unique items.",
        "Search in both English and Chinese.",
    ],
    )

agent.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. |

## Developer Resources

* View [Tools](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/libs/agno/agno/tools/baidusearch.py)