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NAME

WWW::WWWJDIC - Get information from online Japanese dictionary WWWJDIC

SYNOPSIS

    use WWW::WWWJDIC;
    

(This example is included as synopsis.pl in the distribution.)

VERSION

This documents WWW::WWWJDIC version 0.002 corresponding to git commit 8035373c2b120e8ec661e7069fc24c3498e00347 released on Tue Oct 10 10:14:25 2017 +0900.

DESCRIPTION

Scrape the WWWJDIC online dictionaries.

METHODS

new

    my $wwwjdic = WWW::WWWJDIC::new (mirror => "japan")

Create the object which extracts the information from WWWJDIC. Arguments:

mirror: Mirror site. This can take the values @SCRAPE MIRROR NAMES@.

lookup_url

    my $url = $wwwjdic->lookup_url ($key, $search_type);

For example,

    my $wwwjdic = WWW::WWWJDIC->new();
    $wwwjdic->lookup_url ("日本");

returns a value http://

Make a lookup url (the "backdoor URL") which links to a WWWJDIC page.

lookup

Look up a word in WWWJDIC.

parse_results

    $html = <contents of WWWJDIC page>;
    my $results = $wwwjdic->parse_results ($html);
    

BUGS

The module relies on the structure of the WWWJDIC reply page, which seems to change every few months.

AUTHOR

Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENCE

This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2009-2017 Ben Bullock.

You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.