NAME
WWW::Search::EbayUK - backend for searching www.ebay.co.uk
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Search;
my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('EbayUK');
my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis");
$oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
{ print $oResult->url, "\n"; }DESCRIPTION
This class is a Ebay specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Ebay searches http://www.ebay.co.uk.
This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.
NOTES
The search is done against CURRENT running auctions only.
The query is applied to TITLES only.
The results are ordered youngest auctions first (reverse order of auction listing date).
In the resulting WWW::Search::Result objects, the description field consists of a human-readable combination (joined with semicolon-space) of the Item Number; number of bids; and high bid amount (or starting bid amount).
OPTIONS
- Search descriptions
-
To search titles and descriptions, add 'srchdesc' => 'y' to the query options:
$oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { srchdesc => 'y' } );
SEE ALSO
To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.
CAVEATS
BUGS
Please tell the author if you find any!
AUTHOR
WWW::Search::EbayUK was Adapted by Andy Pritchard from Martin Thurn's Ebay backend (pilchkinstein@hotmail.com).
WWW::Search::Ebay was written by Martin Thurn (mthurn@megapipe.net).
WWW::Search::Ebay is maintained by Martin Thurn (mthurn@megapipe.net).
LEGALESE
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.
VERSION HISTORY
1.00, 2003-02-14
Adapted Ebay module for ebay.co.uk site
2.13, 2003-02-06
Fixed parsing for slightly-changed ebay.com pages
2.11, 2002-10-21
Fixed parsing for Buy-It-Now prices, and foreign currencies
2.08, 2002-07-24
Fixed parsing for new images in the results table
2.07, 2001-12-20
Restructured using parse_tree()
2.06, 2001-12-20
Handle new ebay.com output format
2.01
First publicly-released version.