WWW::Search::Jobserve(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				WWW::Search::Jobserve(3pm)

NAME

       WWW::Search::Jobserve - backend for searching www.jobserve.com

SYNOPSIS

	   use WWW::Search;
	   my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Jobserve');
	   my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("(Fast Food Operative) and PERL");
	   $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_category => 'it' });
	   while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
	     {
	       print $oResult->url, "
";
	       print $oResult->title, "
";
	       print $oResult->description, "
";
	     }

DESCRIPTION

       This class is a Jobserve specialisation of WWW::Search.	It handles making, retrieving and interpreting Jobserve searches
       http://www.jobserve.com.

       This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.

NOTES

       This class can be used to query both the UK and Australian Jobserve sites, see below.

       The search will terminate unless "job_category" is set in the native_query options.

       The results are ordered Best Match first
	  (unless 'job_order' => 'DateTime' is specified).

OPTIONS

       Parameters Available:

       job_category job_type job_lookahead job_order jobserve_site

       Job Category
	   Job Categories must be specified by setting "job_category" in the native_query options:

	     $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_category => 'it' });

	   The value of this is simply the prefix you see jobserve insert into the url once you've clicked beyond the front page. E.g.

	     http://www.it.jobserve.com 	   { job_category => 'it' }
	     http://www.engineering.jobserve.com   { job_category => 'engineering' }

	   etc.

       Job Type
	   Job Types are (Any|Contract|Permanent).  To specifically search for one contract type, set 'job_type' => (*|C|P) to the query options:

	     $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_type => 'C',  job_category => 'it' } );

	   The search defaults to "All"

       Days Ahead
	   Choices of how many days to look ahead are (5|4|3|2|1|0).  To specifically search for x working days ahead, set 'job_lookahead' =>
	   (5|4|3|2|1|0) to the query options:

	     $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_lookahead => '2', job_category => 'it' } );

	   The search defaults to 5

       Result Order
	   Choices of how to order results are (Best Match|Latest Job).  To alter the result order, set 'job_order' => (Rank|DateTime) to the
	   query options:

	     $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_order => 'DateTime', job_category => 'it' } );

	   The search defaults to "Best Match".

       Different Jobserve Sites
	   There are currently two Jobserve websites supported by this module namely United Kingdom and Australia.
	     The search will default to the UK site unless the parameter, 'jobserve_site' => (uk|au) is set in the query options:

	     $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { jobserve_site => 'au', job_category => 'it' } );

	   The search defaults to "uk"

	   Invoke all parameters like so:

	       $oSearch->native_query($sQuery, { job_category  => 'it',
						 job_type      => 'C',
						 job_lookahead => '2',
						 job_order     => 'DateTime',
						 jobserve_site => 'au', } );

SEE ALSO

       To make new back-ends, see WWW::Search.

BUGS

       Doubt it. Please tell me if you find any! Better still have a go at fixing them.

AUTHOR

       "WWW::Search::Jobserve" was written by Andy Pritchard (pilchkinstein@hotmail.com).

       "WWW::Search::Jobserve" is maintained by Andy Pritchard

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

   1.02
       Altered parse_tree for cases where another href link is inserted before the job title and link

   1.01
       Altered POD and added a README

   1.00
       Released to the public.

perl v5.12.4							    2011-11-02						WWW::Search::Jobserve(3pm)