NAME

WebService::Careerjet - Perl interface to Careerjet's public job offers search API

VERSION

Version 0.13

SYNOPSIS

This module provides a Perl interface to the public search API of Careerjet, a vertical search engine for job offers that features job offers in over 60 countries. (http://www.careerjet.co.uk/?worldwide)

Command line tool:

jobsearch [ -L <lang> ] [ -d ] [ -p <pagenum> ] [ -n <num offers> ] [ -l <location> ] <keywords>
jobsearch -h

Example code:

use WebService::Careerjet;

# Create Perl interface to API
my $careerjet = WebService::Careerjet->new('en_GB');

# Perform a search
my $result = $careerjet->search( {
                                  'keywords' => 'perl developer',
                                  'location' => 'london',
                                  'affid' => '0afaf0173305e4b9',
                                 } ) ;

# Go through results
if ( $result->{'type'} eq 'JOBS' ){
    print "Found ".$result->{'hits'}." jobs\n";
    my $jobs = $result->{'jobs'} ;

    foreach my $j(@$jobs){
      print "URL         :".$j->{'url'}."\n" ;
      print "TITLE       :".$j->{'title'}."\n" ;
      print "COMPANY     :".$j->{'company'}."\n" ;
      print "SALARY      :".$j->{'salary'}."\n" ;
      print "DATE        :".$j->{'date'}."\n";
      print "DESCRIPTION :".$j->{'description'}."\n" ;
      print "SITE        :".$j->{'site'}."\n" ;
      print "LOCATIONS   :".$j->{'locations'}."\n" ;
      print "\n";
    }
}

PROXY SETTINGS

This module uses LWP::UserAgent for web access. Please refer to LWP proxy HowTo:
http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.825/lib/LWP.pm#ENVIRONMENT

FUNCTIONS

new

Creates a Webservice::Careerjet search object for a given UNIX locale. Each locale corresponds to an existing Careerjet site and determines which language job-related information is returned as well as which default location filter is used. For example, if your users are primarily Dutch-speaking Belgians use "nl_BE".

First two letters : ISO 639-1 alpha-2 language code

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

Last two letters : ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

Usage: my $careerjet = WebService::Careerjet->new($locale);

Available locales:

LOCALE     LANGUAGE         DEFAULT LOCATION     CAREERJET SITE
cs_CZ      Czech            Czech Republic       http://www.careerjet.cz
da_DK      Danish           Denmark              http://www.careerjet.dk
de_AT      German           Austria              http://www.careerjet.at
de_CH      German           Switzerland          http://www.careerjet.ch
de_DE      German           Germany              http://www.careerjet.de
en_AE      English          United Arab Emirates http://www.careerjet.ae
en_AU      English          Australia            http://www.careerjet.com.au
en_BD      English          Bangladesh           http://www.careerjet.com.bd
en_CA      English          Canada               http://www.careerjet.ca
en_CN      English          China                http://en.careerjet.cn
en_HK      English          Hong Kong            http://www.careerjet.hk
en_IE      English          Ireland              http://www.careerjet.ie
en_IN      English          India                http://www.careerjet.co.in
en_KW      English          Kuwait               http://www.careerjet.com.kw
en_MY      English          Malaysia             http://www.careerjet.com.my
en_NZ      English          New Zealand          http://www.careerjet.co.nz
en_OM      English          Oman                 http://www.careerjet.com.om
en_PH      English          Philippines          http://www.careerjet.ph
en_PK      English          Pakistan             http://www.careerjet.com.pk
en_QA      English          Qatar                http://www.careerjet.com.qa
en_SG      English          Singapore            http://www.careerjet.sg
en_GB      English          United Kingdom       http://www.careerjet.co.uk
en_US      English          United States        http://www.careerjet.com
en_ZA      English          South Africa         http://www.careerjet.co.za
en_SA      English          Saudi Arabia         http://www.careerjet-saudi-arabia.com
en_TW      English          Taiwan               http://www.careerjet.com.tw 
en_VN      English          Vietnam              http://www.careerjet.vn
es_AR      Spanish          Argentina            http://www.opcionempleo.com.ar
es_BO      Spanish          Bolivia              http://www.opcionempleo.com.bo
es_CL      Spanish          Chile                http://www.opcionempleo.cl
es_CO      Spanish          Colombia             http://www.opcionempleo.com.co
es_CR      Spanish          Costa Rica           http://www.opcionempleo.co.cr
es_DO      Spanish          Dominican Republic   http://www.opcionempleo.com.do
es_EC      Spanish          Ecuador              http://www.opcionempleo.ec
es_ES      Spanish          Spain                http://www.opcionempleo.com
es_GT      Spanish          Guatemala            http://www.opcionempleo.com.gt
es_MX      Spanish          Mexico               http://www.opcionempleo.com.mx
es_PA      Spanish          Panama               http://www.opcionempleo.com.pa
es_PE      Spanish          Peru                 http://www.opcionempleo.com.pe
es_PR      Spanish          Puerto Rico          http://www.opcionempleo.com.pr
es_PY      Spanish          Paraguay             http://www.opcionempleo.com.py
es_UY      Spanish          Uruguay              http://www.opcionempleo.com.uy
es_VE      Spanish          Venezuela            http://www.opcionempleo.com.ve
fi_FI      Finnish          Finland              http://www.careerjet.fi
fr_CA      French           Canada               http://fr.careerjet.ca
fr_BE      French           Belgium              http://www.optioncarriere.be
fr_CH      French           Switzerland          http://www.optioncarriere.ch
fr_FR      French           France               http://www.optioncarriere.com
fr_LU      French           Luxembourg           http://www.optioncarriere.lu
fr_MA      French           Morocco              http://www.optioncarriere.ma
hu_HU      Hungarian        Hungary              http://www.careerjet.hu
it_IT      Italian          Italy                http://www.careerjet.it
ja_JP      Japanese         Japan                http://www.careerjet.jp
ko_KR      Korean           Korea                http://www.careerjet.co.kr
nl_BE      Dutch            Belgium              http://www.careerjet.be
nl_NL      Dutch            Netherlands          http://www.careerjet.nl
no_NO      Norwegian        Norway               http://www.careerjet.no
pl_PL      Polish           Poland               http://www.careerjet.pl
pt_PT      Portuguese       Portugal             http://www.careerjet.pt
pt_BR      Portuguese       Brazil               http://www.careerjet.com.br
ru_RU      Russian          Russia               http://www.careerjet.ru
ru_UA      Russian          Ukraine              http://www.careerjet.com.ua
sv_SE      Swedish          Sweden               http://www.careerjet.se
sk_SK      Slovak           Slovakia             http://www.careerjet.sk
tr_TR      Turkish          Turkey               http://www.careerjet.com.tr
uk_UA      Ukrainian        Ukraine              http://www.careerjet.ua
vi_VN      Vietnamese       Vietnam              http://www.careerjet.com.vn
zh_CN      Chinese          China                http://www.careerjet.cn

agent

Returns or sets the LWP::UserAgent used by this object.

Usage:

$this->agent() ;
$this->agent($myAgent) ;

debug

Turns on and off the debug mode.

Usage:

$careerjet->debug(0) ;

$careerjet->debug(1) ;

Performs a search using Careerjet's public search API. Search parameters are passed on as a reference to a hash. All options are outlined below.

Example:

my $result = $api->search( { 'keywords' => 'perl developer' ,
                             'location' => 'london' ,
                        });

# The result is a job list if the location is not ambiguous
if ( $result->{'type'} eq 'JOBS' ){
    print "Found ".$result->{'hits'}." jobs\n";
    print "Total number of result pages: ".$result->{'pages'}."\n";
    my $jobs = $result->{'jobs'} ;
    foreach my $j ( @$jobs ){
        print "URL         :".$j->{'url'}."\n" ;
        print "TITLE       :".$j->{'title'}."\n" ;
        print "COMPANY     :".$j->{'company'}."\n" ;
        print "SALARY      :".$j->{'salary'}."\n" ;
        print "DATE        :".$j->{'date'}."\n";
        print "DESCRIPTION :".$j->{'description'}."\n" ;
        print "SITE        :".$j->{'site'}."\n" ;
        print "\n" ;
    }

}

# If the location is ambiguous, a list of suggested locations
# is returned
if ( $result->{'type'} eq 'LOCATIONS' ){
    print "Suggested locations:\n" ;
    my $locations = $result->{'solveLocations'} ;
    foreach my $l ( @$locations ){
        print $l->{'name'}."\n" ; ## For end-user display
        ## Use $l->{'location_id'} when making next search call
        ## as 'location_id' parameter (see parameters below)
    }
}

Options:

All options have default values and are not mandatory

    affid        :   Affiliate identifier provided by Careerjet if you have a Careerjet partner account.
                     You can open a careerjet partner account here: 
                     http://www.careerjet.com/partners/
                     Default: none

    keywords     :   Keywords to match either title, content or company name of job offer
                     Examples: 'perl developer', 'ibm', 'software architect'
                     Default : none

    location     :   Location of requested job postings.
                     Examples: 'London' , 'Yorkshire', 'France' 
                     Default: country specified by country code

    location_id  :   Location ID. Use values comming from the search function when location is ambiguous.
                     Default: none

    sort         :   Type of sort. This can be:
                      'relevance'  - sorted by decreasing relevancy (default)
                      'date'       - sorted by decreasing date
                      'salary'     - sorted by decreasing salary

    start_num    :   Position of returned job postings within the entire result space.
                     This should be a least 1 but not more than the total number of job offers.
                     Default : 1

    pagesize     :   Number of returned results
                     Default : 20

    page         :   Page number of returned job postings within the entire result space.
                     This can be used instead of start_num. The minimum page number is 1.
                     The maximum number of pages is given by $result->{'pages'}
                     If this value is set, it overrides start_num.

    contracttype :   Selected contract type. The following codes can be used: 
                      'p'    - permanent
                      'c'    - contract
                      't'    - temporary
                      'i'    - training
                      'v'    - voluntary
                     Default: none (all contract types)
    
    contractperiod : Selected contract period. The following codes can be used: 
                      'f'     - full time
                      'p'     - part time
                     Default: none (all contract periods)

   

AUTHORS

Jerome Eteve, Thomas Busch

Copyedited by Kira Hesser

FEEDBACK

Any feedback is welcome. Please send your suggestions to <api at careerjet.com>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2007-2012 Careerjet Ltd. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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