Google::Search overload arg invalid

cormanaz has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Good day bros. I am trying to use mod Google::Search. When I run it, using

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Google::Search;
my $search = Google::Search->Web( key => '***', query => "rock" );
while ( my $result = $search->next ) {
    print $result->rank, " ", $result->uri, "\n";
}
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it yields error overload arg '' is invalid at c:/Perl64/site/lib/Google/Search/Error.pm line 9. but seems to run anyway, returning a data structure that is empty. The docs say if you provide an API key you need to provide a valid referrer but the Custom Search page doesn't seem to say anything about this, so I'm not sure what to give it.

I'm thinking maybe this mod was developed for an older version of the API. Is there a way to get it to work, or a better alternative?

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Re: Google::Search overload arg invalid by hippo (Archbishop) on Apr 20, 2017 at 19:08 UTC
I'm thinking maybe this mod was developed for an older version of the API. "maybe"? The documentation makes that pretty clear, given the multiple uses of the term "deprecated" and links to google's own docs indicating that the API was indeed deprecated and has been withdrawn. I would not be using Google::Search for any real tasks.	[reply]