NAME WWW::Search::ISBNDB - Search for book information on isbndb.com VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS This module creates an easy to use interface for searching books on isbndb.com. use WWW::Search; my $search = WWW::Search->new('ISBNDB', key => 'abcd1234'); $search->native_query("born in blood"); while (my $result = $search->next_result() ) { print $result->{isbn}.' - '.$result->{book_id}, "\n"; print $result->{title}.' - '.$result->url, "\n"; } DETAILS native_setup_search This prepares the search by checking for a valid developer key. A developer key can be obtained at isbndb.com and is free. native_retrieve_some The logic behind this module is very simple. First we prepare the search query that includes the access_key, search type, search value and display options and fetch the page with LWP::UserAgent. Once we have the results, we use XML::Simple to sift through them and populate a WWW::SearchResult object. Note that because of the complexity of the search result, it does not have all of the default WWW::SearchResult fields. The extra fields are contained within the object hash and consist of the following: book_id idbn language summary titlelong notes INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install AUTHOR Nick Gerakines, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-www-search-isbndb@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to isbndb.com for the data that powers this module. I have no affiliation whatsoever with this website, staff or affiliates. If you are bored, check out my website: http://www.socklabs.com/ COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2005 Nick Gerakines, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.