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mehrabx/web-crawler
===================

A web crawler package

v1.0(4y ago)411PHP

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PHP Web Crawler
===============

[](#php-web-crawler)

This library is a php web crawler which takes collection of URLs and DOM selects to crawl through the webpages and executing customized analyzers on each page.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install this library using composer :

```
composer require mehrabx/web-crawler
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In current version use [xpath expressions](https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_intro.asp) to select element

```
//set list of URLs and selects DOM elements of each URL page
$urls = [
    'https://test.exp/?page=1' => ["//img[@class='type1']","//a[@class='type1']"],
    'https://test.exp/?page=2' => ["//img[@class='type2'"],
    'https://test.exp/?page=3' => "//img[@class='type3']",
];

//return array of results
return \Crawler\Facades\CrawlFacade::make($urls)->start() ;
```

options
-------

[](#options)

### sleep

[](#sleep)

To avoid being blocked by the target url you can set sleep time between crawling each url :

```
$urls = [
    'https://test.exp/?page=1' => ["//img[@class='type1']","//a[@class='type1']"],
    'https://test.exp/?page=2' => ["//img[@class='type2'"],
];

//set 5 seconds sleep time
return \Crawler\Facades\CrawlFacade::make($urls)->sleep(10)->start() ;
```

### defualt select

[](#defualt-select)

You can set default select. URLs that have no selects can use it :

```
$urls = [
    'https://test.exp/?page=1', //this url has not select
    'https://test.exp/?page=2' => ["//img[@class='type2'"],
];

return \Crawler\Facades\CrawlFacade::make($urls)
                                    ->defaultSelect("//img[@class='type1']")
                                    ->start() ;
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1619d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![mehrabx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/83074328?v=4)](https://github.com/mehrabx "mehrabx (14 commits)")

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