NAME

WWW::Search::Lycos - class for searching Lycos

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Windows

This module is not included with the standard ActivePerl distribution. It is available as a separate download using PPM.

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Search;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Lycos');
  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 Lycos specialization of the WWW::Search manpage. It handles making and interpreting Lycos-site searches http://www.Lycos.com.

This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through the WWW::Search manpage objects.

NOTES

www.lycos.com is sometimes slow to respond; but I have not had a problem with the default timeout.

www.lycos.com does not give the score, date, nor size of the pages at the resulting URLs; therefore change_date(), score(), and size() will never have a value.

BUGS

Please tell the author if you find any!

TESTING

This module adheres to the WWW::Search test mechanism. See $TEST_CASES below.

AUTHOR

As of 1998-12-07, WWW::Search::Lycos is maintained by Martin Thurn (MartinThurn@iname.com)

WWW::Search::Lycos was originally written by Martin Thurn, based on WWW::Search::Yahoo version 1.12 of 1998-10-22.

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.