Gist explaining the issue with v4.4.1 of duckduckgo_search

ddg_4.4.1_issue_gist.py

import threading
from duckduckgo_search import DDGS

def do_Search():
    with DDGS() as ddgs:
        searchResults = [r for r in ddgs.text('What is duckduckgo?', max_results=5)]
        print(searchResults)

def main():
    x = threading.Thread(target=do_Search) # -> Issue reproduced if not running main thread
    x.start() 
    x.join()
    # do_Search(). --> Uncomment this line and comment line #10-12 if running is main thread

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()