# ddg-tenor-bridge: replacing Gboard's Tenor search endpoint

> ddg-tenor-bridge redirects Gboard's Tenor GIF searches to a service that returns DuckDuckGo animated-image results in Tenor v2 response form. Its documented workflow changes Gboard's persisted search URL flag while leaving other Tenor features on their original endpoint.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/hxreborn/ddg-tenor-bridge>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hxreborn/ddg-tenor-bridge/blob/fadbaf3b17bce31210121e06d410855d2cfb6e91/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ddg-tenor-bridge-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ddg-tenor-bridge-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ddg-tenor-bridge-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A rooted Android device and an HTTPS endpoint with a publicly trusted certificate are required.
- **Limits:** The author calls this a proof of concept; DuckDuckGo's endpoint and Gboard's version-specific flags may change.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hxreborn/ddg-tenor-bridge/blob/fadbaf3b17bce31210121e06d410855d2cfb6e91/README.md>

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