WWW::Search::AltaVista(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation WWW::Search::AltaVista(3pm)
NAME
WWW::Search::AltaVista - class for searching www.altavista.com
SYNOPSIS
require WWW::Search;
$search = new WWW::Search('AltaVista');
DESCRIPTION
This class is an AltaVista specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting AltaVista searches http://www.altavista.com.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
OPTIONS
The default is "any of these words" (OR of query terms).
aqa=all+of+these+words
Add the AND of these words to the query.
aqp=this+exact+phrase
Add "this exact phrase" to the query.
aqo=any+of+these+words
Add the OR of these words to the query. This is where the query is placed by default.
aqn=none+of+these+words
Add NOT these words to the query.
aqb=(boolean+AND+expression)+NEAR+entry
Add a boolean expression to the query. Operators are AND, OR, AND NOT, and NEAR. In the browser interface, the boolean expression
can not be combined with any other query types listed above. You should probably build the boolean expression with parentheses and
spaces and urlescape it.
aqs=these+words
Pages containing "these words" will be ranked highest.
kgs=[0,1]
To restrict the search to U.S. websites, set kgs=1. The default is world-wide, kgs=0.
kls=[0,1]
To restrict the search to pages in English and Spanish, set kls=1. The default is no language restrictions, kls=0.
filetype=[html,pdf]
To restrict the search to HTML pages only, set filetype=html. To restrict the search to PDF pages only, set filetype=pdf. The
default is no restriction on page type, filetype=.
rc=dmn&swd=net+org+or.jp
To restrict the search to pages from certain domains, set rc=dmn and set swd to a list of desired toplevel domains.
rc=url&lh=www.sandcrawler.com/SWB
To restrict the search to pages from a particular site, set rc=url and set lh to the site name and path. Leave off the http://
from the site.
PUBLIC METHODS
gui_query
Call this instead of native_query() if you want to get the same results as your average Joe web surfer.
PRIVATE METHODS
native_setup_search
This private method does the heavy lifting after you call native_query() or gui_query().
parse_tree
This private method does the hard work of parsing the results out of the HTML.
BUGS
Not all of the above options have been tested.
Please report bugs and send feature requests via email to "bug-WWW-Search-AltaVista@rt.cpan.org", or via the web interface at
https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WWW-Search-AltaVista <https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WWW-Search-AltaVista>.
SEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search, or the specialized AltaVista searches described in options.
AUTHOR
Written by John Heidemann, "johnh@isi.edu"; maintained by Martin Thurn, "mthurn@cpan.org".
LICENSE
This software is released under the same license as Perl itself.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1996-1998 University of Southern California. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated
in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge
that the software was developed by the University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute. The name of the University may
not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.
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