Get results from search engine?

[cjtaylor]

Does anyone know the general route on how to send a search query to a search engine and then get the results, so I can parse the data in my app.

Any pointers would be appreciated

Chris Taylor

 

[Decster]

Here's how I did it:
void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
String A = "

http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=";

String B = Edit1->Text;
String C = "&FORM=SMCRT&cfg=SMCINITIAL&v=1&un=doc";
String Address = A + B + C;
CppWebBrowser1->Navigate(WideString(Address));
}

basically all you have to do is go to you favorite search engines and steal the part in "String A"!

 

[cjtaylor]

Beautiful, that worked perfectly. My only question is what does the info in string c represent?

String C = "&FORM=SMCRT&cfg=SMCINITIAL&v=1&un=doc";

does each search engine have it different format?

Thanks

 

[Decster]

No but they may have a differant "String A"!