NAME
WWW::Search::PLweb - class for searching PLS PLweb search engine
SYNOPSIS
require WWW::Search;
$search = new WWW::Search('PLweb');DESCRIPTION
This class is a PLweb specialization of WWW::Search. It queries and interprets searches based on PLweb, by PLS http://www.pls.com/.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
This software assumes that you're using the default output format for a PLweb search. It should look like this:
VAL DOCUMENT DB SIZE
------------------------------------------------------------------
388 Document1 foo 1122 ...OPTIONS
This search supports standard WWW::Search arguments
- search_url
-
The PLweb URL to search. On unix this usually looks like http://somehost/cgi-bin/iopcode.pl
- search_args
-
The arguments used for the search engine, separate them by &.
SEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search,
AUTHOR
WWW::Search::PLweb is written by Paul Lindner, <lindner@itu.int>
BUGS
Things not supported: $result->raw()
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997, 98 by the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)
All rights reserved.