NAME
WWW::Search::Ebay::ByEndDate - backend for searching www.ebay.com, with results sorted with "items ending first"
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Search;
my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Ebay::ByEndDate');
my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("C-10 carded Yakface");
$oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
{ print $oResult->url, "\n"; }DESCRIPTION
This class is a Ebay specialization of WWW::Search.
It handles making and interpreting Ebay searches
http://www.ebay.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should
be done through WWW::Search objects.
NOTES
The calling program must ensure that the Date::Manip module is able to
determine the local timezone. The easiest way is to set the
environment variable TZ, or by calling &Date_Init(). See the
documentation of Date::Manip.
The search is done against CURRENT running auctions only.
The query is applied to TITLES only.
The results are ordered auctions ending soon first (order of
increasing auction ending date).
In the resulting WWW::Search::Result objects, the description field
consists of a human-readable combination (joined with semicolon-space)
of the Item Number; number of bids; and high bid amount (or starting
bid amount).
In the WWW::Search::Result objects, the change_date field contains the
auction ending date & time in ISO 8601 format;
i.e. year-month-dayThour:minute:second.
SEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
CAVEATS
BUGS
Please tell the author if you find any!
AUTHOR
WWW::Search::Ebay::ByEndDate was written by Martin Thurn
(mthurn@cpan.org).
WWW::Search::Ebay::ByEndDate is maintained by Martin Thurn
(mthurn@cpan.org).
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
2.02
Fixed hash vs. array bug?
2.01
First publicly-released version.