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WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment(3pm)

WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment - class for searching Jobs Classifieds on AOL

 use WWW::Search;
 my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Aol');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("unix c++ java");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'qcqs' => ':ca:'});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     print $res->company . "\t" . $res->title . "\t" . $res->change_date
         . "\t" . $res->location . "\n";
 }

This class is a Aol specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Aol searches at http://classifiedplus.aol.com in category employment->JobSearch. The returned WWW::SearchResult objects contain url, title, company, location and change_date fields. The following search options can be activated by sending a hash as the second argument to native_query().
Format / Treatment of Query Terms The default is to match ALL keywords in your query.


Restrict by Job Category No restriction by default. To select jobs from a specific job category use the following option:
Possible values of $job_category are the following:















Restrict by Company Name
Display jobs where company name matches $pattern.
Restrict by Location No preference by default. Several options can restrict your search. Only one of the below listed options can be enabled at a time.
Regions can be:









There are too many possible values to be listed here. See http://classifiedplus.aol.com in category employment->JobSearch for a full list. Here are some examples from that list: to select jobs only from California use {'qcqs' => ':ca:'}, for jobs from San Fransisco use {'qcqs' => 'san francisco:ca:807'}.
"WWW::Search::Aol" is written and maintained by Alexander Tkatchev ([email protected]). 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.

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