WWW::Search::Excite::News - class for searching ExciteNews
require WWW::Search; $search = new WWW::Search('Excite::News');
Class for searching Excite News http://www.excite.com. Excite has one of the best news bot on the web.
Following results returned for printing are:
$result->{'description'} will return description if any $result->{'source'} articles news source $result->{'date'} articles date
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 before we do anything. It initializes our private variables (which all begin with underscores) and sets up a URL to the first results page in {_next_url}.
native_setup_search
{_next_url}
native_retrieve_some is called (from WWW::Search::retrieve_some) whenever more hits are needed. It calls the LWP library to fetch the page specified by {_next_url}. It 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 are done.
native_retrieve_some
WWW::Search::retrieve_some
{cache}
Maintained by Jim Smyser <jsmyser@bigfoot.com>
This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism. See $TEST_CASES below.
WWW::Search
New format changes
Misc. formatting changes
New test mechanism
The original parts from John Heidemann are subject to following copyright notice:
Copyright (c) 1996-1998 University of Southern California. All rights reserved.
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.
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.