NAME

WWW::Search::Yahoo - class for searching Yahoo

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Search;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Yahoo');
  my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("+sushi restaurant +Columbus Ohio");
  $oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
  while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
    print $oResult->url, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This class is a Yahoo specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Yahoo-site searches http://www.yahoo.com. Performs the search on "Yahoo sites", and ignores AltaVista results that Yahoo might tell us about.

This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.

SEE ALSO

To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.

BUGS

Please tell the author if you find any!

TESTING

This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism.

AUTHOR

As of 1998-02-02, WWW::Search::Yahoo is maintained by Martin Thurn (MartinThurn@iname.com).

WWW::Search::Yahoo was originally written by Wm. L. Scheding, based on WWW::Search::AltaVista.

LEGALESE

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.

VERSION HISTORY

If it''s not listed here, then it wasn''t a meaningful nor released revision.

2.01, 1999-07-13

1.12, 1998-10-22

BUG FIX: now captures citation descriptions; BUG FIX: next page of results was often wrong or missing!

1.11, 1998-10-09

Now uses split_lines function

1.5

Fixed bug where next page tag was always missed. Fixed the maximum_to_retrieve off-by-one problem. Updated test cases.