NAME
WWW::Search::HotFiles - class for searching ZDnet HotFiles
SYNOPSIS
require WWW::Search;
$search = new WWW::Search('HotFiles');
DESCRIPTION
Class for searching ZDnet HotFiles (shareware, freeware) via Lycos.
http://www.hotfiles.lycos.com.
If you use the raw method for this backend you will need to include
a "<p>" at end of your print statement, example:
print $result->raw(), "<p>\n";This is so that each result returned will have a HTML break since
the HTML is being extracted from tables, and, there is no <p> or
<br> trailing returned HITS to properly format the results. No
BIG deal really.
Print optioins:
Using score will return nice star images for rating purposes
at end of each description line for each HIT if desired.
Using index_date will return the files date.
Raw returns description, star rating image, date, downloads,
OS version.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should
be done through WWW::Search objects.
USAGE EXAMPLE
One of several print samples for this backend (this is a WebSearch
example):
print <<END;
<FONT SIZE=2><B>$count. <a href="$prefix$_">$result->{'title'}</A></B><BR>
$result->{'description'}
$result->{'index_date'} $result->{'score'}<P></SMALL></FONT>
ENDSEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
AUTHOR
Maintained by Jim Smyser <jsmyser@bigfoot.com>
TESTING
HotFiles.pm adheres to the WWW::Search test mechanism.
See $TEST_CASES below.
COPYRIGHT
The original parts from John Heidemann are subject to
following copyright notice:
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All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
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