Perldoc::Search - Index and Search local Perl Documentation

    #######################################
    # Command line utility:
    #######################################
        # This is permanent and needs to be performed only once
        # (or if new documentation gets installed).
    $ perldig -u 

        # Then, search:
    $ perldig log AND apache AND connect
     1) CGI/Carp.pm                    2) CGI/Prototype.pm              
     3) DBI/Changes.pm                 4) DBI/Changes.pm                
    Enter number of choice:

    #######################################
    # API
    #######################################
    use  Perldoc::Search;

    my $searcher = Perldoc::Search->new();

        # This is permanent and needs to be performed only once
        # (or if new documentation gets installed).
    $searcher->update();

        # Then, search:
    for my $hit ($searcher->search("log AND apache")) {
        print $hit->path(), "\n";
    }

Perldoc::Search uses the swish-e engine to index the local Perl documentation. It provides both the command line utility perldig and an API to perform searches on the index. It uses SWISH::API::Common as the indexing and search engine.

Most likely, you will want the command line utility perldig, please check the documentation that comes with it by calling

    perldoc perldig

In case you're interested in the API, read on.

my $searcher = Perldoc::Search-$<gtnew()>

Instantiates a searcher object. Usually takes no parameters.

If you like to modify the searched directories or want to pass different options to SWISH::API::Common, go ahead:

    use Config;

    my $searcher = Perldoc::Search->new(
        dirs => [$Config{installsitearch},
                 $Config{installsitelib},
                 $Config{installarchlib},
                 $Config{installprivlib},
                ],
        swish_options => {
            swish_adm_dir => "$ENV{HOME}/.perldig",
        }
    );

$searcher-update()>

Update the index. This operation might take a couple of minutes.

my @hits = $searcher-search("log AND apache")>

Perform a search on the index with the given query. Returns a list of result objects.

         # Search documents containing
         # both "foo" and "bar"
     for my $hit ($swish->search("foo AND bar")) {
         print $hit->path(), "\n";
     }

Copyright 2005 by Mike Schilli, all rights reserved. This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2005, Mike Schilli <cpan@perlmeister.com>