I've just begun working on another round of API cleanups, to assure the pYsearch code is completely on parity with the search APIs. If you have any problems, bugs or ideas, now would be a good time to file a bug or contact me.

I've placed a number of distro packages (RPM's, .deb's etc) on the http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134651. Currently available are

• Fedora Core 8
• Fedora Core 9
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)
• Ubuntu8 (which might work on other debian type systems)
• OpenSolaris

After you download, verify that the MD5 checksum (md5sum) is correct (and please report any inconsistencies immediately):

Package name                            md5sum
============                            ================================
pYsearch-3.1-1.fc8.noarch.rpm           eb60ec8bcfb544dd9bcee916a7346ce5
pYsearch-3.1-1.fc9.noarch.rpm           1631cf13ecc47a2c04ce58d4a9181d83
pYsearch-3.1-1.rhel4.noarch.rpm         6b49ba9095f7ed81ae61763c058ca754
pYsearch-3.1-1.rhel5.noarch.rpm         e8a0e54035692121c3de3c1c0e44277e
pYsearch-3.1-1.ubuntu8_all.deb          4e01929f9a92742d304bb5eb3d3e63a6
pYsearch.3.1.opensolaris.pkg.tgz        85c3bfbbe628f9c8519fef6c4dbf6542

pYsearch v3.1 is just released, and now available for download. This is a tiny update, to fix a problem with the old AppID parsing logic (it's now disabled, and not enforced). At the same time, we decided to remove the support for My Web searches, since they are no longer available.

Enjoy!

-- Leif

From the release notes:

[09/11/07] pYsearch v3.1

• Removed checks for appID format.
• Removed all MyWeb v1 and v2 features.

Finally! pYsearch v3.0 is finished, and now available for download. This is a massive update, primarily focusing on extending the APIs to be comprehensive. This release supports most of the services and features of the latest Yahoo Search APIs.

There are also numerous bug fixes and other improvements, including better error handling around transient HTTP failures. So please download and upgrade to this latest version, and report any bugs to me.

Enjoy!

-- Leif

From the release notes:

[02/27/07] pYsearch v3.0

• Added support for region parameter in Web search.
• Updates to documentation (missing new services).
• Added support for PHP and JSON responses.
• Updated all web services with latest parameters.
• Updated to support all Search services.

It's been a while, but I finally got all the bits together, and finished pYsearch v2.0. This is a pretty significant rewrite, I decided to refactor the modules to better cope with the ever expanding arsenal of search APIs. This should make it easier to use, easier to maintain, and probably slightly faster to load (unless you use the factory classes).

From the release notes:

10/27/05 pYsearch v2.0

• Added support for MyWeb2, Audio and Site Explorer.
• Major refactoring of all classes/modules.
• Updated with all changes to Search APIs, parameters etc.
• Improved documentation and examples.
• Plenty of bugfixes.... I mean, improvements.

Please report any bugs, problems, feature requests etc. on the message boards and bug tracker. I'll most likely end up doing a point release fairly soon, depending on how many bugs etc. are discovered.