diff --git a/code/.env.template b/code/.env.template
index b50fa2e7f..bce0701c0 100644
--- a/code/.env.template
+++ b/code/.env.template
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ SNOWFLAKE_PAT="<TODO>"
 # One of https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/snowflake-cortex/vector-embeddings#text-embedding-models
 SNOWFLAKE_EMBEDDING_MODEL=snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
 
+DC_API_KEY="<TODO>"
+
 # Fully qualified name of the cortex search service in your snowflake account
 # For example TEMP.NLWEB.NLWEB_SAMPLE
 # if you used snowflake.sql with --database TEMP --schema NLWEB
diff --git a/code/config/config_retrieval.yaml b/code/config/config_retrieval.yaml
index 22c95f6d5..64152f332 100644
--- a/code/config/config_retrieval.yaml
+++ b/code/config/config_retrieval.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@ endpoints:
     index_name: SNOWFLAKE_CORTEX_SEARCH_SERVICE
     db_type: snowflake_cortex_search
 
+  data_commons:
+    api_key_env: DC_API_KEY
+    index_name: nlweb
+    db_type: data_commons
+
diff --git a/code/retrieval/data_commons_client.py b/code/retrieval/data_commons_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f84be8c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/retrieval/data_commons_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import httpx
+import json
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from utils.logging_config_helper import get_configured_logger
+from config.config import CONFIG
+from utils.logger import LogLevel
+
+logger = get_configured_logger("data_commons_client")
+
+_BASE_URL = 'https://nl.datacommons.org/nodejs/query'
+_POINT_PARAMS = f'allCharts=1&mode=toolformer_rig&idx=base_uae_mem'
+
+class DataCommonsSearchClient:
+    """
+    Adapts the DC NL API to the VectorDBClientInterface.
+    """
+    _cfg = None
+
+    def __init__(self, endpoint_name: Optional[str] = None):
+        self._cfg = CONFIG.retrieval_endpoints[endpoint_name]
+
+    async def deleted_documents_by_site(self, site: str, **kwargs) -> int:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Deletion not implemented yet")
+
+    async def upload_documents(self, documents: List[Dict[str, Any]], **kwargs) -> int:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Incremental updates not implemented yet")
+
+    async def search(self, query: str, site: Union[str, List[str]], num_results: int=50, **kwargs) -> List[List[str]]:
+        query = query.strip().replace(' ', '+')
+        try:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+                response =  await client.get(
+                    f'{_BASE_URL}/?&q={query}&key={self._cfg.api_key}&{_POINT_PARAMS}',
+                    timeout=60,
+                )
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                results = []
+
+                for c in response.json().get('charts', []):
+                    ctype = c.get('type')
+                    if ctype == 'HIGHLIGHT':
+                        continue
+                    results.append([
+                        c.get('dcUrl', ''), json.dumps(c), c.get('title', ''), "",
+                    ])
+                return results
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception(f"Error in DataCommonsSearchClient.search")
+            logger.log_with_context(
+                LogLevel.ERROR,
+                "Data Commons Search retrieval failed",
+                {
+                    "error_type": type(e).__name__,
+                    "error_message": str(e),
+                }
+            )
+            raise
+
+    async def search_by_url(self, url: str, **kwargs) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Search by url not implemented yet")
+
+    async def search_all_sites(self, query: str, num_results: int = 50, **kwargs) -> List[List[str]]:
+        return await self.search(query, site="", num_results=num_results, **kwargs)
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diff --git a/code/retrieval/retriever.py b/code/retrieval/retriever.py
index c3a3f8c3c..7d4f3a874 100644
--- a/code/retrieval/retriever.py
+++ b/code/retrieval/retriever.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from retrieval.milvus_client import MilvusVectorClient
 from retrieval.qdrant import QdrantVectorClient
 from retrieval.snowflake_client import SnowflakeCortexSearchClient
+from retrieval.data_commons_client import DataCommonsSearchClient
 
 logger = get_configured_logger("retriever")
 
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ async def get_client(self) -> VectorDBClientInterface:
                 client = QdrantVectorClient(self.endpoint_name)
             elif self.db_type == "snowflake_cortex_search":
                 client = SnowflakeCortexSearchClient(self.endpoint_name)
+            elif self.db_type == 'data_commons':
+                client = DataCommonsSearchClient(self.endpoint_name)
             else:
                 error_msg = f"Unsupported database type: {self.db_type}"
                 logger.error(error_msg)
diff --git a/static/dropdown-interface.js b/static/dropdown-interface.js
index be4b2d84c..691a9ed5a 100644
--- a/static/dropdown-interface.js
+++ b/static/dropdown-interface.js
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ export class DropdownInterface {
       { id: 'milvus_1', name: 'Milvus' },
       { id: 'qdrant_local', name: 'Qdrant Local' },
       { id: 'qdrant_url', name: 'Qdrant URL' },
-      { id: 'snowflake_cortex_search_1', name: 'Snowflake_Cortex_Search' }
+      { id: 'snowflake_cortex_search_1', name: 'Snowflake_Cortex_Search' },
+      { id: 'data_commons', name: 'DataCommons'}
     ];
   }
 }
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