WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites - class for Lycos categorized "Web Sites" searching

NAME

WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites - class for Lycos categorized ``Web Sites'' searching

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

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::Sites');
  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 implements the Lycos Web Sites search (specializing Lycos and WWW::Search). It handles making and interpreting Lycos Web Sites searches http://www.lycos.com.

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

NOTES

The default search mode is ``any'' of the query terms. If you want to search for ``ALL'' of the query terms, add {'matchmode' => 'and'} as the second argument to native_query(). More advanced query modes can be added upon request; please contact the author.

TESTING

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

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites was written by Martin Thurn <MartinThurn@iname.com>

VERSION HISTORY

If it''s not listed here, then it wasn''t a meaningful nor released revision.

2.07, 1999-12-22

pod update

2.06, 1999-12-10

handle missing 'next' link

2.05, 1999-12-03

new search parameters and new search url

2.04, 1999-10-10

First public release (coincided with WWW::Search 2.04).

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1996 University of Southern California. All rights reserved. 


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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.

 WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites - class for Lycos categorized "Web Sites" searching