AltaVista::SearchSDK - Perl extension for AltaVista Search Software Development Kit
use AltaVista::SearchSDK;
avs_adddate(idx, yr, mo, da, startloc)
avs_addfield(idx, pFname, startloc, endloc)
avs_addliteral(idx, pWord, loc)
avs_addvalue(idx, valtype, value, loc)
avs_addword(idx, pWords, loc, pNumWords)
avs_buildmode(idx)
avs_buildmode_ex(idx, ntiers)
avs_close(idx)
avs_compact(idx, bMore_p)
avs_compactionneeded(idx)
avs_compact_minor(idx, bMore_p)
avs_count(idx, pWordPrefix, pCountsHdl)
avs_count_close(CountsHdl)
avs_count_getcount(CountsHdl)
avs_countnext(CountsHdl)
avs_count_getword(CountsHdl)
avs_default_options(pOptions)
avs_define_valtype(name, minval, maxval, valtype_p)
avs_deletedocid(idx, pDocId, pCount)
avs_enddoc(idx)
avs_errmsg(code)
avs_getindexmode(idx)
avs_getindexversion(idx)
avs_getindexversion_counts_v(countsHdl)
avs_getindexversion_search_v(searchHdl)
avs_getsearchresults(searchHdl, resultNum)
avs_getsearchterms(psearchHdl, termNum, term, count)
avs_lookup_valtype(name)
avs_makestable(idx)
avs_open(path, mode, pIdx)
avs_querymode(idx)
avs_release_valtypes()
avs_search(idx, pQuery, pBoolQuery, pOptions, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pTermCount, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_close(pSearchHdl)
avs_search_ex(idx, pQuery, pBoolQuery, pOptions, searchsince, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pTermCount, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_genrank(idx, pBoolQuery, pRankTerms, pRankSetup, pOptions, searchsince, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_getdata(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdatalen(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdate(psearchHdl, year, month, day)
avs_search_getdocid(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdocidlen(searchHdl)
avs_search_getrelevance(psearchHdl)
avs_setdocdata(idx, pDocData, len)
avs_setdocdate(idx, year, month, day)
avs_setdocdatetime(idx, year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
avs_setparseflags(idx, parseflags)
avs_setrankval(idx, valtype, value)
avs_startdoc(idx, pDocId, flags, pStartLoc)
avs_timer(current)
avs_version()
avs_create_options(limit, timeout, flags)
This set of extensions provides wrappers for all the C functionality of the AltaVista Search software development kit (SDK) except for a few functions that did not make sense to export to perl.
All the functions of the 97 Rev B kit are available as advertised, except for the following:
It makes no sense to implement this function, since it would require being able to pass a C function handle through perl.
Internal function
No easy way to provide filter function
No need for this function
Relevance is returned as a string representation of the float
Perl 5.004, the AltaVista SearchSDK 97 Rev B
To install this module, move into the directory where this file is located. First copy avs.h and libavs97b.a from your AltaVista SearchSDK source hierarchy into this directory. Then type the following:
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
This will install the module into the Perl library directory.
James M. Turner <james@csmonitor.com>
Copything (C) 1998 The Christian Science Publishing Society. All rights reserved
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl(1), AltaVista Search SDK documentation.
This beta version has been tested in a live environment for certain conditions, but has by no means been extensively tested. In particular, it has not been tested on anything but Solaris 2.5 on an Ultra. Please let me know if you get it work under other platforms or operating systems.
To install AltaVista::SearchSDK, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm AltaVista::SearchSDK
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install AltaVista::SearchSDK
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.