NAME
WWW::Search::Infoseek - class for searching Infoseek
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Search;
my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Infoseek');
my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("+sushi restaurant +Columbus Ohio");
$oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
{ print $oResult->url, "\n"; }DESCRIPTION
This class is a Infoseek specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Infoseek searches http://www.infoseek.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
SEE ALSO
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Companies>
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web>
L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::News>To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
BUGS
Please tell the author if you find any!
TESTING
This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism.
See WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web for test cases for the default usage.
AUTHOR
WWW::Search::Infoseek is maintained by Martin Thurn (MartinThurn@iname.com).
LEGALESE
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.
VERSION HISTORY
If it is not listed here, then it was not a meaningful nor released revision.
2.06, 1999-12-10
handle infoseek.com's slight output format change
2.05, 1999-10-05
BUGFIX: parser for ::Companies and ::News; now uses hash_to_cgi_string()
2.04, 1999-09-29
BUGFIX: handle descriptions with embedded \n; ignore "company profile" URLs during Web search
2.02, 1999-09-28
BUGFIX: was going to the "previous" page instead of the "next" page!
2.01, 1999-07-13
1.18, 1999-07-09
BUGFIX for not seeing all the URLs on a page, and fetching the first page of results over and over(!).
1.16, 1999-06-30
Now strips HTML tags from titles and descriptions.
1.14, 1999-06-29
Companies and News searches now work!
1.13, 1999-06-28
www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever so slightly. Companies and News searches return URLs, but titles and descriptions are unreliable.
1.12, 1999-05-21
www.infoseek.com changed their output format.
1.11, 1999-04-27
Fixed BUG in parsing of News search results. Added version method.
1.08, 1999-02-09
Fixed BUG in parsing of Companies search results. Thanks to Jim Smyser (jsmyser@bigfoot.com) for pointing it out.
1.7, 1998-10-05
www.infoseek.com changed their output format. Thanks to Andreas Borchert (borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de) for patches.
1.6, 1998-09-18
Fixed BUG where (apparently) no titles were retrieved.
1.5
www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever-so-slightly.
1.3
First publicly-released version.