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WWW::Search::Infoseek - class for searching Infoseek
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- NAME
- SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- SEE ALSO
- BUGS
- TESTING
- AUTHOR
- LEGALESE
- VERSION HISTORY
- 2.06, 1999-12-10
- 2.05, 1999-10-05
- 2.04, 1999-09-29
- 2.02, 1999-09-28
- 2.01, 1999-07-13
- 1.18, 1999-07-09
- 1.16, 1999-06-30
- 1.14, 1999-06-29
- 1.13, 1999-06-28
- 1.12, 1999-05-21
- 1.11, 1999-04-27
- 1.08, 1999-02-09
- 1.7, 1998-10-05
- 1.6, 1998-09-18
- 1.5
- 1.3
WWW::Search::Infoseek - class for searching Infoseek
This module is not included with the standard ActivePerl distribution. It is available as a separate download using PPM.
use WWW::Search;
my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Infoseek');
my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("+sushi restaurant +Columbus Ohio");
$oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
{ print $oResult->url, "\n"; }
This class is a Infoseek specialization of WWW::Search.
It handles making and interpreting Infoseek searches
http://www.infoseek.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should
be done through the WWW::Search manpage objects.
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Companies>
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web>
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::News>
To make new back-ends, see the WWW::Search manpage.
Please tell the author if you find any!
This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism.
See WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web for test cases for the default usage.
WWW::Search::Infoseek is maintained by Martin Thurn
(MartinThurn@iname.com)
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
If it is not listed here, then it was not a meaningful nor released revision.
handle infoseek.com's slight output format change
BUGFIX: parser for ::Companies and ::News;
now uses hash_to_cgi_string()
BUGFIX: handle descriptions with embedded \n;
ignore ``company profile'' URLs during Web search
BUGFIX: was going to the ``previous'' page instead of the ``next'' page!
BUGFIX for not seeing all the URLs on a page, and fetching the first
page of results over and over(!).
Now strips HTML tags from titles and descriptions.
Companies and News searches now work!
www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever so slightly.
Companies and News searches return URLs, but titles and descriptions are unreliable.
www.infoseek.com changed their output format.
Fixed BUG in parsing of News search results.
Added version method.
Fixed BUG in parsing of Companies search results.
Thanks to Jim Smyser (jsmyser@bigfoot.com) for pointing it out.
www.infoseek.com changed their output format.
Thanks to Andreas Borchert (borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de) for patches.
Fixed BUG where (apparently) no titles were retrieved.
www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever-so-slightly.
First publicly-released version.
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WWW::Search::Infoseek - class for searching Infoseek
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