NAME
WWW::Search::Excite - backend for searching www.excite.com
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Search;
my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Excite');
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 Excite specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Excite searches http://www.excite.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
NOTES
www.excite.com does not report the approximate result count.
SEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
CAVEATS
Only returns results from Excite's "Web Results". Ignores all other sections of Excite's query results.
BUGS
Please tell the author if you find any!
TESTING
This module adheres to the WWW::Search test suite mechanism. See the value of $TEST_CASES below.
AUTHOR
As of 1998-03-23, WWW::Search::Excite is maintained by Martin Thurn (MartinThurn@iname.com).
WWW::Search::Excite was originally written by Martin Thurn based on WWW::Search::HotBot.
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
2.07, 2000-03-29
BUGFIX for sometimes missing header (and getting NO results)
2.06, 2000-03-02
BUGFIX for bungled next_url
2.05, 2000-02-08
testing now uses WWW::Search::Test module; www.excite.com only allows (up to) 50 per page (and no odd numbers)
2.04, 2000-01-28
www.excite.com changed their output format slightly
2.03, 1999-10-20
www.excite.com changed their output format slightly; use strip_tags() on title and description results
2.02, 1999-10-05
now uses hash_to_cgi_string()
1.12, 1999-06-29
updated test cases
1.10, 1999-06-11
fixed a BUG where returned URLs were garbled (maybe this was because www.excite.com changed their links)
1.08, 1998-11-06
www.excite.com changed their output format slightly (thank you Jim (jsmyser@bigfoot.com) for pointing it out!)
1.7, 1998-10-09
use new split_lines function
1.5
\n changed to \012 for MacPerl compatibility
1.4
Modified for new Excite output format.
1.2
First publicly-released version.