---
name: "WWW::Search::WashPost"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-search-perl"
version: "2.51.60-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Search::WashPost"
---

# WWW::Search::WashPost(3pm)

WWW::Search backend for searching www.washingtonpost.com

## NAME

WWW::Search::WashPost - WWW::Search backend for searching www.washingtonpost.com

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use WWW::Search;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('WashPost');
  my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("japan prime minister");
  $oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
  while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
    { print $oResult->url, "\n"; }
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is a specialization of WWW::Search.  It handles making and interpreting searches on news at The Washington Post *http://www.washingtonpost.com*.

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

## NOTES

In the resulting WWW::SearchResult objects, the following elements will be set (in addition to the usual title, description, etc.):

- source

  Something like "Post" or a certain "Edition".

- location

  The page number of the print edition, e.g. "E05".

- category

  The type of item found, either "Article" or "Photo".

- seller

  The author or photographer.

## SEE ALSO

To make new backends, see WWW::Search.

## CAVEATS

This backend (and all its subclasses) only searches news stories from the last 14 days. (This is a restriction on the Washington Post website that we can not avoid.)

## BUGS

Please tell the author if you find any!

## AUTHOR

Martin Thurn \<mthurn@cpan.org\>

## LICENSE

Copyright (C) 1998-2009 Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn

This software is released under the same license as Perl itself.