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Re: [TCLUG:15558] run web-search and output to a file (perl?)



The LWP module does exactly what you are looking for.  There is also an 
HTML  parser and some modules for dealing with URIs.

-Chris McKinley

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ben Luey wrote:

> I have a list of e-mail address and I'd like to get first and last names
> for them in a tab-delinated text file using a search tool that is on the
> web. Any ideas how to go about this? I'd like to have a scripts (perl?)
> that for each e-mail address would run that through the web search-tool
> and put the output into a file where I could grep and sed the stuff. Below
> is teh code for the web page that has the search tool. I don't know where
> to start looking to do this. Does perl do web queries?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <script language="javascript">
> 
> <!--
> function focuslogin () {
>   document.forms[0].searchstring.focus();
> }
> // -->
> 
> </script>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF onLoad="focuslogin();">
>   
> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="index.php3">
>     <TABLE WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=40 BGCOLOR=#000055 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0
>       CELLSPACING=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0>
>       <TR>
>         <TD>
>           <IMG SRC="http://www.carleton.edu/graphics/carleton-level2.gif"
>             WIDTH=199 HEIGHT=18 ALT="Carleton College:" ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE>
>           <IMG SRC="http://www.carleton.edu/graphics/campus/directory.gif"
>             HEIGHT=15 WIDTH=111 ALIGN=RIGHT>
>         </TD>
>       </TR>
>     </TABLE>
>     <BR CLEAR=RIGHT>
>     <BLOCKQUOTE>
>         <H1>Carleton Phone Book Search:</H1>
>               <p>This is an index of Carleton phone numbers. Please type a
> query in 
>             the search dialog. </p>
>         <P>Display entries containing <em>all</em> of these words: 
>             <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="searchstring">
>             <INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Search">
>         </P>
>         <hr>
>             <P>Information in this directory is subject to change.  Please
> consult
>       the Carleton Operator (0) if you have questions.</p>
>         <p>Please forward office location and phone number changes to
> Chris Jensen 
>             (email <CODE><a
> 
> href="mailto:cjensen@acs.carleton.edu">cjensen@acs.carleton.edu</a></CODE>) 
>             in the Telecommunications office, Laird 6. 
>           <p>Please forward additions and corrections for the faculty and
> staff listings 
>             to Joanne Sharp (email <CODE><a
> 
> href="mailto:sharp@acs.carleton.edu">sharp@acs.carleton.edu</A></CODE>) 
>             in the personnel Office, Leighton 109. 
>         <p>Please forward student changes to the Office of the Dean of
>       Students in Severance 22.
>         <P><A HREF=http://www.carleton.edu/campus/directory/>Back to main
> Directory 
>             page</A>
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>   </FORM>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
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