baraja-core/webcrawler

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Simple package to load list of urls and make sitemap.

v1.3.3 2023-08-01 12:54 UTC

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Web crawler

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Simply library for crawling websites by following links with minimal dependencies.

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📦 Installation

It's best to use Composer for installation, and you can also find the package on Packagist and GitHub.

To install, simply use the command:

$ composer require baraja-core/webcrawler

You can use the package manually by creating an instance of the internal classes, or register a DIC extension to link the services directly to the Nette Framework.

How to use

Crawler can run without dependencies.

In default settings create instance and call crawl() method:

$crawler = new \Baraja\WebCrawler\Crawler;

$result = $crawler->crawl('https://example.com');

In $result variable will be entity of type CrawledResult.

Advanced checking of multiple URLs

In real case you need download multiple URLs in single domain and check if some specific URLs works.

Simple example:

$crawler = new \Baraja\WebCrawler\Crawler;

$result = $crawler->crawlList(
    'https://example.com', // Starting (main) URL
    [ // Additional URLs
        'https://example.com/error-404',
        '/robots.txt', // Relative links are also allowed
        '/web.config',
    ]
);

Notice: File robots.txt and sitemap will be downloaded automatically if exist.

Settings

In constructor of service Crawler you can define your project specific configuration.

Simply like:

$crawler = new \Baraja\WebCrawler\Crawler(
    new \Baraja\WebCrawler\Config([
        // key => value
    ])
);

No one value is required. Please use as key-value array.

Configuration options:

📄 License

baraja-core/webcrawler is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more details.