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- <LI><A HREF="#2.06, 19991210">2.06, 1999-12-10</A></LI>
- <LI><A HREF="#2.05, 19991005">2.05, 1999-10-05</A></LI>
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- <H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1>
- <P>WWW::Search::Infoseek - class for searching Infoseek</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1>
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- <LI>Linux</LI>
- <LI>Solaris</LI>
- <LI>Windows</LI>
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- <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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- use WWW::Search;
- my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Infoseek');
- 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>
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- <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
- <P>This class is a Infoseek specialization of WWW::Search.
- It handles making and interpreting Infoseek searches
- <EM><A HREF="http://www.infoseek.com">http://www.infoseek.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>
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- <H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
- <PRE>
- L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Companies>
- L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web>
- L<WWW::Search::Infoseek::News></PRE>
- <P>To make new back-ends, see <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A>.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="bugs">BUGS</A></H1>
- <P>Please tell the author if you find any!</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="testing">TESTING</A></H1>
- <P>This module adheres to the <CODE>WWW::Search</CODE> test suite mechanism.</P>
- <P>See <CODE>WWW::Search::Infoseek::Web</CODE> for test cases for the default usage.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
- <P><CODE>WWW::Search::Infoseek</CODE> is maintained by Martin Thurn
- (<A HREF="mailto:MartinThurn@iname.com">MartinThurn@iname.com</A>)</P>
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- <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>
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- <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>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.06, 19991210">2.06, 1999-12-10</A></H2>
- <P>handle infoseek.com's slight output format change</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.05, 19991005">2.05, 1999-10-05</A></H2>
- <P>BUGFIX: parser for ::Companies and ::News;
- now uses <CODE>hash_to_cgi_string()</CODE></P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.04, 19990929">2.04, 1999-09-29</A></H2>
- <P>BUGFIX: handle descriptions with embedded \n;
- ignore ``company profile'' URLs during Web search</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.02, 19990928">2.02, 1999-09-28</A></H2>
- <P>BUGFIX: was going to the ``previous'' page instead of the ``next'' page!</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="2.01, 19990713">2.01, 1999-07-13</A></H2>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.18, 19990709">1.18, 1999-07-09</A></H2>
- <P>BUGFIX for not seeing all the URLs on a page, and fetching the first
- page of results over and over(!).</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.16, 19990630">1.16, 1999-06-30</A></H2>
- <P>Now strips HTML tags from titles and descriptions.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.14, 19990629">1.14, 1999-06-29</A></H2>
- <P>Companies and News searches now work!</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.13, 19990628">1.13, 1999-06-28</A></H2>
- <P>www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever so slightly.
- Companies and News searches return URLs, but titles and descriptions are unreliable.</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="1.12, 19990521">1.12, 1999-05-21</A></H2>
- <P>www.infoseek.com changed their output format.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.11, 19990427">1.11, 1999-04-27</A></H2>
- <P>Fixed BUG in parsing of News search results.
- Added version method.</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="1.08, 19990209">1.08, 1999-02-09</A></H2>
- <P>Fixed BUG in parsing of Companies search results.
- Thanks to Jim Smyser (<A HREF="mailto:jsmyser@bigfoot.com">jsmyser@bigfoot.com</A>) for pointing it out.</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="1.7, 19981005">1.7, 1998-10-05</A></H2>
- <P>www.infoseek.com changed their output format.
- Thanks to Andreas Borchert (<A HREF="mailto:borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de">borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de</A>) for patches.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.6, 19980918">1.6, 1998-09-18</A></H2>
- <P>Fixed BUG where (apparently) no titles were retrieved.</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="1.5">1.5</A></H2>
- <P>www.infoseek.com changed their output format ever-so-slightly.</P>
- <P>
- <H2><A NAME="1.3">1.3</A></H2>
- <P>First publicly-released version.</P>
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