WWW::Search::HotBot - class for searching HotBot
This class is a HotBot specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting HotBot searches http://www.hotbot.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
native_setup_search is called (from WWW::Search::setup_search) before we do anything. It initializes our private variables (which all begin with underscore) and sets up a URL to the first results page in {_next_url}.
native_setup_search
WWW::Search::setup_search
{_next_url}
native_retrieve_some is called (from WWW::Search::retrieve_some) whenever more hits are needed. It calls WWW::Search::http_request to fetch the page specified by {_next_url}. It then parses this page, appending any search hits it finds to {cache}. If it finds a ``next'' button in the text, it sets {_next_url} to point to the page for the next set of results, otherwise it sets it to undef to indicate we''re done.
native_retrieve_some
WWW::Search::retrieve_some
WWW::Search::http_request
{cache}
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This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism.
WWW::Search
As of 1998-02-02, WWW::Search::HotBot is maintained by Martin Thurn (mthurn@irnet.rest.tasc.com).
WWW::Search::HotBot
WWW::Search::HotBot was originally written by Wm. L. Scheding, based on WWW::Search::AltaVista.
WWW::Search::AltaVista
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.
Fixed the maximum_to_retrieve off-by-one problem. Updated test cases.
HotBot does not do truncation. Therefore, if the query contains truncation characters (i.e. '*' at end of words), they are simply deleted before the query is sent to HotBot.
Fixed and revamped by Martin Thurn. Sent to John Heidemann (maintainer of WWW::Search) on 1998-02-05 for inclusion in the next release of WWW::Search.
To install WWW::Search, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Search
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Search
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.