NAME

WWW::Search::Scraper::YahooFinance - Scrapes Finance.Yahoo.com

SYNOPSIS

    require WWW::Search::Scraper;
    $search = new WWW::Search::Scraper('YahooFinance');

    ($dow, $nasdaq, $sap, $tenYrBond, $nyseVolume, $nasdaqVolume)
             = $scraper->getMarketSummary();

DESCRIPTION

This class is an YahooFinance extension of WWW::Search::Scraper. It handles making and interpreting Yahoo Finance searches http://Finance.Yahoo.com.

The Search capabilities of module are not yet implemented; only the getMarketSummary method is implemented.

OPTIONS

getMarketSummary

Gets the "Market Summary" data off of finance.yahoo.com.

    $scraper = new WWW::Search::Scraper('YahooFinance');
    ($dow, $nasdaq, $sap, $tenYrBond, $nyseVolume, $nasdaqVolume)
             = $scraper->getMarketSummary();

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::YahooFinance is written and maintained by Glenn Wood, http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=author&query=GLENNWOOD.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Glenn Wood All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.