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software-desk/scraper-app
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Initial draft of a BBC home page most popular news content scraper

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ScraperApp
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[](#scraperapp)

1. How to install the application from GitHub
2. How to install the application via Composer (Packaglist)
3. How to run the application
4. How to run the unit tests

1 - How to install the application from Github
----------------------------------------------

[](#1---how-to-install-the-application-from-github)

Open up a terminal and type the following:

**git clone **

This will install the application and create a directory called 'ScraperApp'.

2 - How to install the application via Composer (Packaglist)
------------------------------------------------------------

[](#2---how-to-install-the-application-via-composer-packaglist)

Create a directory, called for example 'demoScraperApp'. Within that create a composer.json file and place the following contents in it:

```
{
    "name": "acme/demoScraperApp",
     "require": {
        "software-desk/scraper-app": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

The run the composer install command. If you have composer set up globally (  ) then the command will be as follows:

**composer install**

This will create the following directory structure: vendor/software-desk/scraper-app/SoftwareDesk/ScraperApp

The application is available on Packaglist at

3 - How to run the application
------------------------------

[](#3---how-to-run-the-application)

If you installed it via GitHub then change into the ScraperApp directory. If you installed it via Composer then change into the vendor/software-desk/scraper-app/SoftwareDesk/ScraperApp directory.

Now to run the application type the following in the terminal:

**php dataParserApplication.php bbc**

If the 'bbc' argument is missing the application will not run.

4 - How to run the unit tests
-----------------------------

[](#4---how-to-run-the-unit-tests)

While still in the same directory, to run the unit tests type the following:

**phpunit**

There is a phpunit.xml file which contains the configuration location for the tests and will be picked up by the phpunit command and all tests will be executed.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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