NAME

WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Pearson_Driver - Search driver for the Pearson Education online book catalog.

SYNOPSIS

See parent class documentation (WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Driver)

DESCRIPTION

Searches for book information from the Pearson Education's online catalog.

METHODS

search()

Creates a query string, then passes the appropriate form fields to the Pearson Education server.

The returned page should be the correct catalog page for that ISBN. If not the function returns zero and allows the next driver in the chain to have a go. If a valid page is returned, the following fields are returned via the book hash:

  isbn          (now returns isbn13)
  isbn10        
  isbn13
  ean13         (industry name)
  author
  title
  book_link
  image_link
  description
  pubdate
  publisher
  binding       (if known)
  pages         (if known)
  weight        (if known) (in grammes)
  width         (if known) (in millimetres)
  height        (if known) (in millimetres)

The book_link and image_link refer back to the Pearson Education UK website.

REQUIRES

Requires the following modules be installed:

WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Driver, WWW::Mechanize

SEE ALSO

WWW::Scraper::ISBN, WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Record, WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Driver

AUTHOR

  Barbie, <barbie@cpan.org>
  Miss Barbell Productions, <http://www.missbarbell.co.uk/>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

  Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Barbie for Miss Barbell Productions

  This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the Artistic Licence v2.