AltaVista::SearchSDK 0.99b

AltaVista::SearchSDK is a Perl extension for AltaVista Search Software Development Kit.

SYNOPSIS

use AltaVista::SearchSDK;
avs_adddate(idx, yr, mo, da, startloc)
avs_addfield(idx, pFname, startloc, endloc)
avs_addliteral(idx, pWord, loc)
avs_addvalue(idx, valtype, value, loc)
avs_addword(idx, pWords, loc, pNumWords)
avs_buildmode(idx)
avs_buildmode_ex(idx, ntiers)
avs_close(idx)
avs_compact(idx, bMore_p)
avs_compactionneeded(idx)
avs_compact_minor(idx, bMore_p)
avs_count(idx, pWordPrefix, pCountsHdl)
avs_count_close(CountsHdl)
avs_count_getcount(CountsHdl)
avs_countnext(CountsHdl)
avs_count_getword(CountsHdl)
avs_default_options(pOptions)
avs_define_valtype(name, minval, maxval, valtype_p)
avs_deletedocid(idx, pDocId, pCount)
avs_enddoc(idx)
avs_errmsg(code)
avs_getindexmode(idx)
avs_getindexversion(idx)
avs_getindexversion_counts_v(countsHdl)
avs_getindexversion_search_v(searchHdl)
avs_getsearchresults(searchHdl, resultNum)
avs_getsearchterms(psearchHdl, termNum, term, count)
avs_lookup_valtype(name)
avs_makestable(idx)
avs_open(path, mode, pIdx)
avs_querymode(idx)
avs_release_valtypes()
avs_search(idx, pQuery, pBoolQuery, pOptions, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pTermCount, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_close(pSearchHdl)
avs_search_ex(idx, pQuery, pBoolQuery, pOptions, searchsince, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pTermCount, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_genrank(idx, pBoolQuery, pRankTerms, pRankSetup, pOptions, searchsince, pDocsFound, pDocsReturned, pSearchHdl)
avs_search_getdata(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdatalen(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdate(psearchHdl, year, month, day)
avs_search_getdocid(searchHdl)
avs_search_getdocidlen(searchHdl)
avs_search_getrelevance(psearchHdl)
avs_setdocdata(idx, pDocData, len)
avs_setdocdate(idx, year, month, day)
avs_setdocdatetime(idx, year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
avs_setparseflags(idx, parseflags)
avs_setrankval(idx, valtype, value)
avs_startdoc(idx, pDocId, flags, pStartLoc)
avs_timer(current)
avs_version()
avs_create_options(limit, timeout, flags)

This set of extensions provides wrappers for all the C functionality of the AltaVista Search software development kit (SDK) except for a few functions that did not make sense to export to perl.

All the functions of the 97 Rev B kit are available as advertised, except for the following:

avs_add_ms_callback UNIMPLEMENTED

It makes no sense to implement this function, since it would require being able to pass a C function handle through perl.

avs_addrankterms UNIMPLEMENTED

Internal function

avs_newdoc UNIMPLEMENTED

No easy way to provide filter function

avs_search_getdata_copy UNIMPLEMENTED

No need for this function

avs_search_getdocid_copy UNIMPLEMENTED

No need for this function

avs_search_getrelevance RETURN ARGUMENT

Relevance is returned as a string representation of the float

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Requirements:

· Perl
· AltaVista::SearchSDK