Input - getExciteByKeyword

 

Description

Performs a search for news articles using the Excite search engine at search.excite.com.  Results are sorted by date.

 

Configuration Variables

mustHaveWords 
These words will be "anded" (+ AND +) together to form a search string.
 

mustNotHaveWords

These words will be negated (+ AND + NOT +) together and added to the search string. 

Product

Builds a VectorProduct containing a list of URL's and their descriptions.

 

How it works

Uses standard Java API calls to create a URL and read from the resultant stream.  The html is then parsed and the interesting fields are extracted.

 

Revised: 7 July 1998