NAME

WWW::Search::Magellan - class for searching Magellan

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Search;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Magellan');
  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 Magellan specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Magellan searches http://www.mckinley.com.

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 1998-03-17, WWW::Search::Magellan is maintained by Martin Thurn (MartinThurn@iname.com).

WWW::Search::Magellan was originally written by Martin Thurn based on WWW::Search::WebCrawler.

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

2.04, 2000-01-31

new test cases

2.03, 1999-12-10

new test cases

2.02, 1999-10-05

now uses hash_to_cgi_string()

2.01, 1999-07-13

1.7, 1998-10-09

Now uses split_lines function

1.6

Now parses score (percentage) from Magellan's output.

1.2

First publicly-released version.

cpanm WWW::Search

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install WWW::Search