---
name: "WWW::Search::AltaVista::Careers"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-search-perl"
version: "2.51.80-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Search::AltaVista::Careers"
---

# WWW::Search::AltaVista::Careers(3pm)

class for searching www.altavistacareers.com

## NAME

WWW::Search::AltaVista::Careers - class for searching www.altavistacareers.com

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use WWW::Search;
 my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('AltaVista::Careers');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("java c++)");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'state' => 'CA'});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     print $res->title . "\t" . $res->change_date
         . "\t" . $res->location . "\t" . $res->url . "\n";
 }
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is a AltaVistaCareers specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting AltaVistaCareers searches *http://careers.altavista.com*.

The returned WWW::SearchResult objects contain **url**, **title**, **location** and **change\_date** fields.

## OPTIONS

The following search options can be activated by sending a hash as the second argument to **native\_query()**.

The only available options are to select a specific location. The default is to search all locations. To change it use

- {'state' =\> $state} - Only jobs in state $state.

  - {'city' =\> $city} - Only job in a specific $city

  ## AUTHOR

`"WWW::Search::AltaVistaCareers"` is written and maintained by Alexander Tkatchev (Alexander.Tkatchev@cern.ch).

## 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.

### native\_setup\_search

This private method does the heavy lifting after **native\_query()** is called.

### native\_retrieve\_some

This private method does the heavy lifting of communicating with the server.