Getting an error when trying to run search_images_ddg in google colab

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When I try to use search_images_ddg on google colab im getting this error:

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TimeoutError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py in do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args)
   1347             try:
-> 1348                 h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
   1349                           encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))

17 frames
TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

URLError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py in do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args)
   1349                           encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
   1350             except OSError as err: # timeout error
-> 1351                 raise URLError(err)
   1352             r = h.getresponse()
   1353         except:

URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>
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The library has changed it seems I used this instead:

from ddgs import DDGS
def search_images(keywords, max_images = 200):
results = DDGS().images(keywords, max_results = max_images)
return L(r[“image”] for r in results if “image” in r)

link to my notebook:

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The error means your code is timing out while trying to reach DuckDuckGo servers—likely due to network issues, restrictions, or temporary service problems. Try restarting your Colab runtime, checking your internet, or switching to a different library like bing-image-downloader. Using a proxy or adding retry logic can also help. Want a quick workaround? I can help rework your code.