WWW::Search 2.488 review

WWW::Search is a collection of Perl modules which provide an API to WWW search engines like WebCrawler, AltaVista, Hotbot, Lycos and

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 0K Developer: Martin Thurn

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WWW::Search is a collection of Perl modules which provide an API to WWW search engines like WebCrawler, AltaVista, Hotbot, Lycos and so on. Currently WWW::Search includes back-ends for variations of AltaVista, Lycos, and HotBot.

We include two applications built from this library: AutoSearch (an program to automate tracking of search results over time), and a small demonstration program to drive the library. Back-ends for other search engines and more sophisticated clients are currently under development.

WWW::Search includes AutoSearch, an program to automate web-based searches.

Requirements:
Perl
libwww-perl
URI module
HTML::Parser module

Installation:

It is highly recommended that you use CPAN.pm to install WWW::Search. It will automatically install all the prerequisite modules and put everything in the right places. While connected to the internet, just type

perl -MCPAN -e 'install WWW::Search'

Otherwise, you can install WWW::Search as you would any perl module library, by running the following commands in the WWW-Search-x.xx directory after unpacking the archive (and after installing all the prerequisite modules):

perl Makefile.PL
make test
make install

What's New in This Release:
code/AutoSearch-code.pl (main): now uses result_as_HTML() to format email