WWW::Search::LookSmart - class for searching LookSmart
use WWW::Search; my $Search = new WWW::Search('LookSmart'); # cAsE matters my $Query = WWW::Search::escape_query("Where is Jimbo"); $Search->native_query($Query); while (my $Result = $Search->next_result()) { print $Result->url, "\n"; }
This class is a LookSmart specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting LookSmart searches http://looksmart.com.
LookSmart will first display it's own internal site results from it's many categories if found there, else it will return outside results from the web. Thus, depending on the query there will be slightly two different formats returned depending on whether or not LookSmart finds them in it's own internal categories. All in all, this is a nice search engine!
LookSmart only returns 10 hits per page and there is no search options.
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}
This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism. See $TEST_CASES below.
WWW::Search
WWW::Search::NorthernLight was originally written by Andreas Borchert based on WWW::Search::Excite.
WWW::Search::NorthernLight
WWW::Search::Excite
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.
2.01 New test mechanism
1.00 First release
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.