Java Reference
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Figure 5-1. The user interface for the Open Directory
The Open Directory interface is a simple form with one input field named
search
; input
typed in this field is sent to a program at
http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search
, which
does the actual search. The HTML for the form looks like this:
<
form
class
=
"center mb1em"
action
=
"search"
method
=
"GET"
>
<
input
style
=
"*vertical-align:middle;"
size
=
"45"
name
=
"q"
value
=
""
class
=
"qN"
>
<
input
style
=
"*vertical-align:middle; *padding-top:1px;"
value
=
"Search"
class
=
"btn"
type
=
"submit"
>
<
a
href
=
"search?type=advanced"
><
span
class
=
"advN"
>
advanced
</
span
></
a
>
</
form
>
There are only two input fields in this form: the Submit button and a text field named
q
. Thus, to submit a search request to the Open Directory, you just need to append
q=
searchTerm
to
http://www.dmoz.org/search
. For example, to search for “java”, you