NAME
WebService::GoogleHack::Search - This module is used to query Google.
SYNOPSIS
use WebService::GoogleHack::Search;
#create an object of type search
my $search = GoogleHack::Search->new();
#Query Google.
$search->searchPhrase($searchString);
#The results variable will now contain the results of your query.
#Printing the searchtime
print "\n Search Time".$search->{'searchTime'};
#Printing the snippet element 0
print "\n\nSnippet".$search->{'snippet'}->[0];
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a simple interface to the Google API. It is used by the GoogleHack module.
PACKAGE METHODS
_METHOD__->new()
Purpose: This function creates an object of type Search and returns a blessed reference.
_METHOD__->init(key,wsdl_location)
Purpose: This this function can used to inititalize the member variables.
Valid arguments are :
key
string. key to the google-api
wsdl_location
string. This the wsdl file name
_METHOD__->Search(searchString,num_results,integer)
Purpose: This function is used to query googles
Valid arguments are :
searchString
string. Need to pass the search string, which can be a single word or phrase, maximum ten words
num_results
integer. The number of results you wast to retrieve, default is 10. Maximum is 1000. Give in terms of multiples of ten.
Returns: Returns a Search object containing the search results.
_METHOD__->getEstimateNo()
Purpose: This function returns the number of results predicted by google for a specific search term.
No Valid arguments.
Returns: Returns the total number of results for a search string..
_METHOD__->IamFeelingLucky()
Purpose: This function imitates the "I am Feeling Lucky" search feature of Google. It basically returns the URL of the first result of your search.
No Valid arguments.
Returns: Returns the URL of the first result of your search.
_METHOD__->getCachedPage()
Purpose: This function retrieves a cached webpage, given the URL.
No Valid arguments.
Returns: Returns the contents of as web page given a URL.
AUTHOR
Pratheepan Raveendranathan, <rave0029@d.umn.edu>
Ted Pedersen, <tpederse@d.umn.edu>
BUGS
SEE ALSO
GoogleHack home page - http://google-hack.sourceforge.net
Pratheepan Raveendranathan - http://www.d.umn.edu/~rave0029/research
Ted Pedersen - www.d.umn.edu./~tpederse
Google-Hack Maling List <google-hack-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2005 by Pratheepan Raveendranathan, Ted Pedersen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to
The Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.