Hacky documentation website search using either Perl or Python










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I have a test coming up where we have been provided full access to perl5 and python3 documentation. The problem the search feature in these documentations have been disabled as I guess it uses the internet to get results.[Exam environment, the internet is disabled]



I was hoping if I could write a hacky/ make-shift website documentation search to use during the exam.[I will learn and reproduce the code in exam and then use it NOT carry it on a device or something]



All the resources available online either reference external libraries or implement sophisticated ranking searches. Which is not practical for my purpose.



Details:



  1. The documentation is hosted on the university domain

  2. I have access to Perl5, Python3.6, python2.7, Vanilla JS

Requirement:



  1. Search website for the keyword

  2. display links based on the frequency of the said keyword

I would appreciate if you could point me to appropriate resources or give advice as to how to approach this.



EDIT 1:
I am on some sort of a private network. So WGET works to pull the website but links pointing to external download sources are disabled, I can only access links that point to locations within the docs.



EDIT 2:
I ended up using perldocs had a hard time looking for stuff but it was better than alternatives and best available.






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    Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
    – amon
    Nov 11 at 10:57






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    perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
    – ikegami
    Nov 11 at 19:59















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I have a test coming up where we have been provided full access to perl5 and python3 documentation. The problem the search feature in these documentations have been disabled as I guess it uses the internet to get results.[Exam environment, the internet is disabled]



I was hoping if I could write a hacky/ make-shift website documentation search to use during the exam.[I will learn and reproduce the code in exam and then use it NOT carry it on a device or something]



All the resources available online either reference external libraries or implement sophisticated ranking searches. Which is not practical for my purpose.



Details:



  1. The documentation is hosted on the university domain

  2. I have access to Perl5, Python3.6, python2.7, Vanilla JS

Requirement:



  1. Search website for the keyword

  2. display links based on the frequency of the said keyword

I would appreciate if you could point me to appropriate resources or give advice as to how to approach this.



EDIT 1:
I am on some sort of a private network. So WGET works to pull the website but links pointing to external download sources are disabled, I can only access links that point to locations within the docs.



EDIT 2:
I ended up using perldocs had a hard time looking for stuff but it was better than alternatives and best available.






javascript python perl web search







share|improve this question



















  • 1




    Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
    – amon
    Nov 11 at 10:57






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    perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
    – ikegami
    Nov 11 at 19:59













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I have a test coming up where we have been provided full access to perl5 and python3 documentation. The problem the search feature in these documentations have been disabled as I guess it uses the internet to get results.[Exam environment, the internet is disabled]



I was hoping if I could write a hacky/ make-shift website documentation search to use during the exam.[I will learn and reproduce the code in exam and then use it NOT carry it on a device or something]



All the resources available online either reference external libraries or implement sophisticated ranking searches. Which is not practical for my purpose.



Details:



  1. The documentation is hosted on the university domain

  2. I have access to Perl5, Python3.6, python2.7, Vanilla JS

Requirement:



  1. Search website for the keyword

  2. display links based on the frequency of the said keyword

I would appreciate if you could point me to appropriate resources or give advice as to how to approach this.



EDIT 1:
I am on some sort of a private network. So WGET works to pull the website but links pointing to external download sources are disabled, I can only access links that point to locations within the docs.



EDIT 2:
I ended up using perldocs had a hard time looking for stuff but it was better than alternatives and best available.






javascript python perl web search







share|improve this question















I have a test coming up where we have been provided full access to perl5 and python3 documentation. The problem the search feature in these documentations have been disabled as I guess it uses the internet to get results.[Exam environment, the internet is disabled]



I was hoping if I could write a hacky/ make-shift website documentation search to use during the exam.[I will learn and reproduce the code in exam and then use it NOT carry it on a device or something]



All the resources available online either reference external libraries or implement sophisticated ranking searches. Which is not practical for my purpose.



Details:



  1. The documentation is hosted on the university domain

  2. I have access to Perl5, Python3.6, python2.7, Vanilla JS

Requirement:



  1. Search website for the keyword

  2. display links based on the frequency of the said keyword

I would appreciate if you could point me to appropriate resources or give advice as to how to approach this.



EDIT 1:
I am on some sort of a private network. So WGET works to pull the website but links pointing to external download sources are disabled, I can only access links that point to locations within the docs.



EDIT 2:
I ended up using perldocs had a hard time looking for stuff but it was better than alternatives and best available.






javascript python perl web search




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    Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
    – amon
    Nov 11 at 10:57






  • 1




    perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
    – ikegami
    Nov 11 at 19:59












  • 1




    Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
    – amon
    Nov 11 at 10:57






  • 1




    perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
    – ikegami
    Nov 11 at 19:59







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Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
– amon
Nov 11 at 10:57




Note that you can use perldoc and pydoc from the command line. However, some Perl installations omit the documentation, and pydoc is only a frontend for the help() system – it only shows the docstrings and introspects the structure of modules/classes, but does not show the full documentation.
– amon
Nov 11 at 10:57




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perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
– ikegami
Nov 11 at 19:59




perldoc command line tool gives access to Perl docs. Depending on command-line options, it can bring up specific perl doc pages, docs on modules, specific functions or special vars.
– ikegami
Nov 11 at 19:59












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Why don't you build the docs yourself with sphinx?



Just take python repo https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Doc and run the sphinx, then you can also apply any theme you like: python-docs-theme, rtd-theme.






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  • I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:03










  • You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
    – oglop
    Nov 14 at 6:00


















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I think the best way for you would be to download the docs for offline use;



https://docs.python.org/3.6/archives/python-3.6.7-docs-html.zip



You can then search the documentation offline aswell.






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  • Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:02











  • how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:17






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    You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:22










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Why don't you build the docs yourself with sphinx?



Just take python repo https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Doc and run the sphinx, then you can also apply any theme you like: python-docs-theme, rtd-theme.






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  • I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:03










  • You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
    – oglop
    Nov 14 at 6:00















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Why don't you build the docs yourself with sphinx?



Just take python repo https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Doc and run the sphinx, then you can also apply any theme you like: python-docs-theme, rtd-theme.






share|improve this answer




















  • I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:03










  • You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
    – oglop
    Nov 14 at 6:00













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Why don't you build the docs yourself with sphinx?



Just take python repo https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Doc and run the sphinx, then you can also apply any theme you like: python-docs-theme, rtd-theme.






share|improve this answer












Why don't you build the docs yourself with sphinx?



Just take python repo https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Doc and run the sphinx, then you can also apply any theme you like: python-docs-theme, rtd-theme.







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  • I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:03










  • You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
    – oglop
    Nov 14 at 6:00
















  • I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:03










  • You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
    – oglop
    Nov 14 at 6:00















I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
– cRAYonhere
Nov 11 at 9:03




I will get the copy on docs during the exam. I cannot take material into the exam.
– cRAYonhere
Nov 11 at 9:03












You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
– oglop
Nov 14 at 6:00




You should also be able to rebuilt the docs from sources because sphinx web contains it's sources in _sources eg: docs.python.org/3/_sources
– oglop
Nov 14 at 6:00













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I think the best way for you would be to download the docs for offline use;



https://docs.python.org/3.6/archives/python-3.6.7-docs-html.zip



You can then search the documentation offline aswell.






share|improve this answer




















  • Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:02











  • how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:17






  • 1




    You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:22















0














I think the best way for you would be to download the docs for offline use;



https://docs.python.org/3.6/archives/python-3.6.7-docs-html.zip



You can then search the documentation offline aswell.






share|improve this answer




















  • Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:02











  • how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:17






  • 1




    You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:22













0












0








0






I think the best way for you would be to download the docs for offline use;



https://docs.python.org/3.6/archives/python-3.6.7-docs-html.zip



You can then search the documentation offline aswell.






share|improve this answer












I think the best way for you would be to download the docs for offline use;



https://docs.python.org/3.6/archives/python-3.6.7-docs-html.zip



You can then search the documentation offline aswell.







share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



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answered Nov 11 at 8:35









Jack Herer

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  • Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:02











  • how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:17






  • 1




    You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:22
















  • Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
    – cRAYonhere
    Nov 11 at 9:02











  • how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:15










  • can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:17






  • 1




    You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
    – Jack Herer
    Nov 11 at 9:22















Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
– cRAYonhere
Nov 11 at 9:02





Download option has been blocked. I can do wget and stuff no internet access and since the link you provided is hosted outside, I don't have access to it.
– cRAYonhere
Nov 11 at 9:02













how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:15




how can you "do wget and stuff " without internet access?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:15












what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:15




what does "Download option has been blocked" mean?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:15












can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:17




can you not just download the html docs then just upload the docs to the uni domain?
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:17




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1




You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:22




You could learn a basic implementation of... zackgrossbart.com/hackito/search-engine-python
– Jack Herer
Nov 11 at 9:22

















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