NAME

WWW::Scraper::Dice - Scrapes Dice : (skills,locations) => (title, location ,residue)

SYNOPSIS

 use WWW::Search;
 my $oSearch = new WWW::Scraper('Dice');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Scraper::escape_query("unix and (c++ or java)");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'method' => 'bool',
                         'state' => 'CA',
                         'daysback' => 14});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     if(isHitGood($res->url)) {
         my ($company,$title,$date,$location) = 
             ($res->company, $res->title, $res->date, $res->location);
         print "$company $title $date $location " . $res->url . "\n";
     } 
 }

DESCRIPTION

This class is a Dice extension of WWW::Scraper. It handles making and interpreting Dice searches at http://www.dice.com.

OPTIONS

The following search options can be activated by sending a hash as the second argument to native_query().

Format / Treatment of Query Terms

The default is to treat entire query as a boolean expression with AND, OR, NOT and parentheses

{'method' => 'and'}

Logical AND of all the query terms.

{'method' => 'or'}

Logical OR of all the query terms.

{'method' => 'bool'}

treat entire query as a boolean expression with AND, OR, NOT and parentheses. This is the default option.

Restrict by Date

The default is to return jobs posted in last 30 days

{'daysback' => $number}

Display jobs posted in last $number days

Restrict by Location

The default is "ALL" which means all US states

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

{'state' => 'CDA'} - Only jobs in Canada.

{'state' => 'INT'} - To select international jobs.

{'state' => 'TRV'} - Require travel.

{'state' => 'TEL'} - Display telecommute jobs.

Multiple selections are possible. To do so, add a "+" sign between desired states, e.g. {'state' => 'NY+NJ+CT'}

You can also restrict by 3-digit area codes. The following option does that:

{'acode' => $area_code}

Multiple area codes (up to 5) are supported.

Restrict by Job Term

No restrictions by default.

{'taxterm' => 'CON_W2' - Contract - W2

{'taxterm' => 'CON_IND' - Contract - Independent

{'taxterm' => 'CON_CORP' - Contract - Corp-to-Corp

{'taxterm' => 'CON_HIRE_W2' - Contract to Hire - W2

{'taxterm' => 'CON_HIRE_IND' - Contract to Hire - Independent

{'taxterm' => 'CON_HIRE_CORP' - Contract to Hire - Corp-to-Corp

{'taxterm' => 'FULLTIME'} - full time

                                                                <option value="" selected>No Restrictions</option>
                                                                <option value="CON_W2">Contract - W2</option>
                                                                <option value="CON_IND">Contract - Independent</option>
                                                                <option value="CON_CORP">Contract - Corp-to-Corp</option>
                                                                <option value="CON_HIRE_W2">Contract to Hire - W2</option>
                                                <option value="CON_HIRE_IND">Contract to Hire - Independent</option>
                                        <option value="CON_HIRE_CORP">Contract to Hire - Corp-to-Corp</option>
                                                                <option value="FULLTIME">Full - time</option>
=back

Use a '+' sign for multiple selection.

There is also a switch to select either W2 or Independent:

{'addterm' => 'W2ONLY'} - W2 only

{'addterm' => 'INDOK'} - Independent ok

Restrict by Job Type

No restriction by default. To select jobs with specific job type use the following option:

{'jtype' => $jobtype}

Here $jobtype (according to http://www.dice.com) can be one or more of the following:

• ANL - Business Analyst/Modeler

• COM - Communications Specialist

• DBA - Data Base Administrator

• ENG - Other types of Engineers

• FIN - Finance / Accounting

• GRA - Graphics/CAD/CAM

• HWE - Hardware Engineer

• INS - Instructor/Trainer

• LAN - LAN/Network Administrator

• MGR - Manager/Project leader

• OPR - Data Processing Operator

• PA - Application Programmer/Analyst

• QA - Quality Assurance/Tester

• REC - Recruiter

• SLS - Sales/Marketing

• SWE - Software Engineer

• SYA - Systems Administrator

• SYS - Systems Programmer/Support

• TEC - Custom/Tech Support

• TWR - Technical Writer

• WEB - Web Developer / Webmaster

Limit total number of hits

The default is to stop searching after 500 hits.

{'num_to_retrieve' => $num_to_retrieve}

Changes the default to $num_to_retrieve.

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2001 Glenn Wood http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=author&query=GLENNWOOD

All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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.

cpanm WWW::Scraper::Dice

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install WWW::Scraper::Dice