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opportus/web-scraper
====================

A web scraper taking as arguments a list of URIs and a list of XPath queries to perform on each document. Returns an instance of DataInterface.

v2.0.0(7y ago)14MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Nov 28Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Web Scraper
===========

[](#web-scraper)

A web scraper taking as arguments a list of URIs and a list of XPath queries to perform on each document. Returns an instance of [`DataInterface`](https://github.com/opportus/web-scraper/blob/master/src/DataInterface.php).

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require opportus/web-scraper
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
Use Opportus\WebScraper\WebScraper;

$uris = [
    'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping',
    'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath',
];

$queries = [
    '//p[1][node()]',
    '//div[@id="mw-normal-catlinks"]/ul//li[node()]',
];

$scraper = new WebScraper();

$data = $scraper->scrap($uris, $queries); // @see https://github.com/opportus/web-scraper/blob/master/src/DataInterface.php
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Every ~10 days

Total

4

Last Release

2693d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0.x-dev → v2.0.02018-12-29

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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