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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>WWW::Search::Lycos - class for searching Lycos</TITLE> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../../../../Active.css" TYPE="text/css"> <LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=100%> <TR><TD CLASS=block VALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR="#cccccc"> <STRONG><P CLASS=block> WWW::Search::Lycos - class for searching Lycos</P></STRONG> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="__index__"></A> <!-- INDEX BEGIN --> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#name">NAME</A></LI><LI><A HREF="#supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#notes">NOTES</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#see also">SEE ALSO</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#bugs">BUGS</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#testing">TESTING</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#author">AUTHOR</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#legalese">LEGALESE</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#version history">VERSION HISTORY</A></LI> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#2.09, 19991226">2.09, 1999-12-26</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.08, 19991222">2.08, 1999-12-22</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.07, 19991210">2.07, 1999-12-10</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.05, 19991203">2.05, 1999-12-03</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.04, 19991022">2.04, 1999-10-22</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.03, 19991005">2.03, 1999-10-05</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.02, 19990930">2.02, 1999-09-30</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#2.01, 19990713">2.01, 1999-07-13</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#1.04, 19990430">1.04, 1999-04-30</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#1.02, 19981210">1.02, 1998-12-10</A></LI> </UL> </UL> <!-- INDEX END --> <HR> <P> <H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1> <P>WWW::Search::Lycos - class for searching Lycos</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1> <UL> <LI>Linux</LI> <LI>Solaris</LI> <LI>Windows</LI> </UL> <HR> <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1> <PRE> 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";</PRE> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1> <P>This class is a Lycos specialization of <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A>. It handles making and interpreting Lycos-site searches <EM><A HREF="http://www.Lycos.com">http://www.Lycos.com</A></EM>.</P> <P>This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A> objects.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="notes">NOTES</A></H1> <P>www.lycos.com is sometimes slow to respond; but I have not had a problem with the default timeout.</P> <P>www.lycos.com does not give the score, date, nor size of the pages at the resulting URLs; therefore change_date(), score(), and <CODE>size()</CODE> will never have a value.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1> <P>To make new back-ends, see <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A>.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="bugs">BUGS</A></H1> <P>Please tell the author if you find any!</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="testing">TESTING</A></H1> <P>This module adheres to the WWW::Search test mechanism. See $TEST_CASES below.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1> <P>As of 1998-12-07, <CODE>WWW::Search::Lycos</CODE> is maintained by Martin Thurn (<A HREF="mailto:MartinThurn@iname.com">MartinThurn@iname.com</A>)</P> <P><CODE>WWW::Search::Lycos</CODE> was originally written by Martin Thurn, based on <CODE>WWW::Search::Yahoo</CODE> version 1.12 of 1998-10-22.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="legalese">LEGALESE</A></H1> <P>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.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME="version history">VERSION HISTORY</A></H1> <P>If it is not listed here, then it was not a meaningful nor released revision.</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.09, 19991226">2.09, 1999-12-26</A></H2> <P>output format fixes, and query string changes for searching Lycos.com (<A HREF="mailto:dbradford@bdctechnologies.com">dbradford@bdctechnologies.com</A>)</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.08, 19991222">2.08, 1999-12-22</A></H2> <P>point to new path on lycos.com (thanks to David Bradford <A HREF="mailto:dbradford@bdctechnologies.com)">dbradford@bdctechnologies.com)</A></P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.07, 19991210">2.07, 1999-12-10</A></H2> <P>more output format fixes, and missing 'next' link for Sites</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.05, 19991203">2.05, 1999-12-03</A></H2> <P>handle new url and new output format for Lycos::Sites.pm</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.04, 19991022">2.04, 1999-10-22</A></H2> <P>use strip_tags(); extract real URL from www.lycos.com's redirection URL</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.03, 19991005">2.03, 1999-10-05</A></H2> <P>now uses <CODE>hash_to_cgi_string()</CODE></P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.02, 19990930">2.02, 1999-09-30</A></H2> <P>Now able to get Web Sites results via child module Sites.pm</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="2.01, 19990713">2.01, 1999-07-13</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="1.04, 19990430">1.04, 1999-04-30</A></H2> <P>Now uses lycos.com's advanced query format.</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="1.02, 19981210">1.02, 1998-12-10</A></H2> <P>First public release after being adopted by Martin Thurn.</P> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=100%> <TR><TD CLASS=block VALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR="#cccccc"> <STRONG><P CLASS=block> WWW::Search::Lycos - class for searching Lycos</P></STRONG> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>