Short: Search Altavista and show results in AmIRC or CLI. (Version 1.0b) Author: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple) Uploader: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple) Type: comm/irc Requires: HTTPResume.lha (comm/tcp) Yet another script for AmIRC :) But a handy one! Allows AltaVista to be searched and the results displayed in the current AmIRC window OR in a CLI. I have no idea if this kinda script has been done before... but here's my version anyway if it has :) Installation & Configuration ---------------------------- 1. Open AVSearch in your text editor and edit any neccesary lines to point to where your HttpResume executable resides. Change the AVSTempFile location if you like. 2. Edit the Four Info Fields to show however much info from AltaVista you would like to be displayed in AmIRC. The fields are pretty self explanitory. Just change them to "Y" or "N" and see what search result info they show in AmIRC. By default, all fields are off ("N"), but the result URLs will always show in AmIRC. 3. Change the Hits Field to the number of results you want to be shown. Range is between 1 to 10 hits. Anything outside this range will not be allowed. 4. Copy the edited script to Amirc:Rexx 5. Make an alias in AmIRC: /alias /AV /RX AVSearch %p If you also want to use it in the CLI, add this line to your startup-sequence AFTER the AmIRC path assign: Alias AVS "RX AmIRC:Rexx/AVSearch.Amirx" Usage ----- Amirc: /AV Shell: AVS Search results return in approximately the same time it takes to retrieve the same search results in a regular browser. Some searches may take longer due to the search keywords used and the number of web pages altavista finds ;-) Once the results are downloaded, they will be displayed in the AmIRC window. If no results were found, AVSearch will notify you of this. Bugs ---- This was done as a quickie request for someone in under an hour, so there's likely to be plenty of bugs. One I found that I think is fixed now was in sending the referer info thru httpresume. Altavista would refuse to return the query after much testing, but would load the identical url fine in a browser. Please EMail me if you find any more bugs. Suggestions very welcome ;-) Seeya, Purple ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 3197 1286 59.7% 10-Jun-00 06:09:38 AVSearch.Amirx 2333 1195 48.7% 10-Jun-00 06:06:24 AVSearch.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 5530 2481 55.1% 10-Jun-100 05:45:20 2 files