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 searches http://www.yahoo.com.

You can also search Yahoo Korea. Just add this search_base_url to your search setup:

  $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, 
                         {'search_base_url' => 'http://search.yahoo.co.kr'});

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

NOTES

The default search is: Yahoo's Inktomi-based index (not usenet); "OR" of all query terms (not "AND").

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

Please tell the maintainer 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.

2.06, 1999-11-22

Added support for Yahoo Korea.

2.04, 1999-10-11

fixed parser

2.03, 1999-10-05

now uses hash_to_cgi_string()

2.02, 1999-09-29

update test cases; add caveat about repeated URLs

2.01, 1999-07-13

version number alignment with new WWW::Search; new test mechanism

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.

cpanm MTHURN/WWW-Search-2.06.tar.gz

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install MTHURN/WWW-Search-2.06.tar.gz