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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. myerscode/beacon ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) myerscode/beacon ================ A fluent PHP wrapper for web page content retrieval, screenshots, PDFs, Lighthouse audits, and concurrent site crawling using Chrome. 111↓92.9%PHPCI passing Since Jun 11Pushed 3w agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/myerscode/beacon)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/myerscode/beacon)[ RSS](/packages/myerscode-beacon/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (4)Used By (0) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ffd3596178fe10e510cc37684d1b9ee5b07429fd48f3f60211fde8d222632a60/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d79657273636f64652f626561636f6e2f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/myerscode/beacon)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/37038220458de9288ea1b6c3227f98e33f06c7f1832f43172954d132a4f3bb0e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d79657273636f64652f626561636f6e2f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/myerscode/beacon)[![PHP Version Require](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/25e0be663a8c42a05f57765967225bd97cf43c488436f17ec74d4983604bfdd5/687474703a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d79657273636f64652f626561636f6e2f726571756972652f706870)](https://packagist.org/packages/myerscode/beacon)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d04e36b90fe66f802938224942df1d97838c313ad997fcc3e1b3a154a9a4c44b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d79657273636f64652f626561636f6e2f6c6963656e7365)](https://github.com/myerscode/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE)[![Tests](https://github.com/myerscode/beacon/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/myerscode/beacon/actions/workflows/tests.yml)[![codecov](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7bb2d7cf5a832fcc72470667247077df8a872f51445e319dd551ab8ee0fdae08/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f6d79657273636f64652f626561636f6e2f67726170682f62616467652e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/myerscode/beacon) Beacon ====== [](#beacon) A fluent PHP wrapper around [Symfony Panther](https://github.com/symfony/panther) for web page content retrieval and site analysis. Renders JavaScript-heavy pages (SPAs, React, Vue, etc.) and provides an easy API for source code, screenshots, PDFs, meta tags, link extraction, Lighthouse audits, and concurrent site crawling. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 8.5 or higher - Chrome/Chromium browser installed - Node.js 16 or higher (only required for Lighthouse features) - [Lighthouse CLI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lighthouse) (only required for Lighthouse features) Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require myerscode/beacon ``` ChromeDriver is installed automatically on `composer install` — Beacon detects your Chrome version and downloads the matching driver for your platform. See [Managing Dependencies](docs/advanced-usage.md#managing-dependencies) for manual install, update, and clean commands. Quick Start ----------- [](#quick-start) ``` // Get the fully rendered HTML of any page $html = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->source(); // Take a screenshot or save as PDF beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->screenshot('/tmp/shot.png'); beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->pdf('/tmp/page.pdf'); // Page info $title = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->title(); $status = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->statusCode(); $links = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->links(); $meta = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->meta(); // Lighthouse audit $scores = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->lighthouse(); // Crawl the site for broken links $results = beacon()->visit('https://example.com')->crawl(); $broken = $results->broken(); ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) - [Page](docs/page.md) — content, screenshots, PDF, links, meta, status code - [Lighthouse](docs/lighthouse.md) — category scores, individual audits, configuration, reports - [Crawler](docs/crawler.md) — concurrent spider crawl, broken link detection, retries, throttling - [Advanced Usage](docs/advanced-usage.md) — browser configuration, dependency management - [CI/CD](docs/ci-cd.md) — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and other pipeline setups Issues ------ [](#issues) Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted on the [Github Issue Tracker](https://github.com/myerscode/beacon/issues). Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Contributions are welcome! Please see [contributing.md](https://github.com/myerscode/docs/blob/master/contributing.md) for guidelines on how to contribute to this project. License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information. ### Health Score 23 — LowBetter than 26% of packages Maintenance62 Regular maintenance activity Popularity7 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity15 Early-stage or recently created project Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 93.6% 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. 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