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Mar 21, 2003, 2:10 PM
mofoman5678
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hello, i wanna know how i can have users input a search on my website which will search the web using google or msn or other popular search engines, displaying the results in a new window.

also i wanna know how i can check if a url is still active by pinging it or something.

ta. mofoman Pirate
Mar 22, 2003, 1:55 AM
Andy
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Mar 22, 2003, 1:55 AM
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Re: [mofoman5678] search popular search engines such as google In reply to
Not sure about the first one...but for the second, you could use something like;

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";

use LWP::Simple;
@data = get("http://www.site.com/page.html");

if (!@data) { print "page cannot be found! \n"; }

Cheers

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Mar 22, 2003, 2:59 AM
Paul
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Mar 22, 2003, 2:59 AM
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Or just use Net::Ping Tongue
Mar 23, 2003, 11:10 AM
zeshan
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:10 AM
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As far as google is concerned.

I have a script for it that you can snatch the results from google in seemingless way. But you can perform only 1000 searches a day. Otherwise, google is going to ban your domain.

you can see it here:

http://ammarasim.hypermart.net/cgi-bin/search/meta.cgi

If you are interested, let me know at zeshanism@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Zeshan.
Mar 23, 2003, 11:37 AM
Paul
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:37 AM
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I believe you are not allowed to "borrow" their results at all. I wrote a script and after only a few searches my IP was banned.

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Mar 23, 2003, 11:43 AM
zeshan
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:43 AM
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you are misinformed.

Google is now open for developers to use the results as they want but only upto 1,000 queries per day

http://www.google.com/apis/index.html

you can find a pre-made script at O'Reily website for Perl/Unix users. I did try it but its more complex than what I have, so I choosed my own.

Thanks,

Zeshan.
Mar 23, 2003, 11:48 AM
Paul
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:48 AM
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you are misinformed.

Not really...I was accurate.

Your post above offering your script is misleading. In order to use it you must first register with Google.

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To access the Google Web APIs service, you must create a Google Account and obtain a license key. Your Google Account and license key entitle you to 1,000 automated queries per day.

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Mar 23, 2003, 11:51 AM
zeshan
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:51 AM
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Re: [Paul] search popular search engines such as google In reply to
Oh! sorry!!. I forgot to mention that my script also uses the license key, but its not a big deal. You can have a license key within 10 minutes.

The best part of my script is.. you don't need an special module like SOAP installed on your server.

Thanks,

Zeshan.
Mar 23, 2003, 11:53 AM
Paul
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Mar 23, 2003, 11:53 AM
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The best part of my script is.. you don't need an special module like SOAP installed on your server.

Yes, it's very easy to do using something like LWP::UserAgent

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Mar 23, 2003, 8:31 PM
klauslovgreen
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Mar 23, 2003, 8:31 PM
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Hi,

Would you mind posting your script here so we can have a look :-)

Klaus
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Mar 25, 2003, 3:14 PM
gotze
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Mar 25, 2003, 3:14 PM
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Allow me to refer to http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...orum.cgi?post=236773

It's time to move on to SOAP. Not that you need to care, it's just another module, really.

John
Mar 27, 2003, 11:18 AM
zeshan
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Mar 27, 2003, 11:18 AM
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MOFORMAN, I have deleted your E-mail and unable to find your mail address so that I can send you the script.

Kindly mail me once again, if you still need the script.

Thanks,

Zeshan.