README - Crawler Blog for Laravel

Overview

Welcome to the Crawler Blog for Laravel repository! This robust web scraping tool is crafted to effortlessly gather data from blogs and websites, delivering valuable insights and information. Whether you're a content creator, market researcher, or e-commerce entrepreneur, this Laravel-based crawler provides an ideal solution for your data extraction needs.

Features

• Web Scraping: Extract data from various blogs and websites, including blog posts, product descriptions, prices, and customer reviews.

Installation

Follow these steps to get the Crawler Blog for Laravel up and running:

1. Clone the repository:

   composer require giauphan/crawl-blog-data -W

Laravel 10.x

You need to add provider and alias to your config/app.php file:

<?php

'providers' => [     

    Giauphan\CrawlBlog\CrawlBlogDataServiceProvider::class  
  
],

You need to add commands to your app/Console/Kernel.php file:

 protected function commands(): void
    {
        $this->load(__DIR__.'/Commands');
        $this->load(__DIR__.'/../CrawlBlog');

        require base_path('routes/console.php');
    }

Laravel 11.x

You need to add commands to your bootstrap/app.php file:

 use App\CrawlBlog\CrawlExample;

->withCommands([
        CrawlExample::class,
])

You can publish and run the migrations with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Giauphan\CrawlBlog\CrawlBlogDataServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
php artisan migrate

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Giauphan\CrawlBlog\CrawlBlogDataServiceProvider" --tag="command"

2. Configuration:
   • Update the .env file to configure the database settings.
   • Adjust the CrawlBlogData.php file to customize scraping behavior based on your requirements.

You can generate a new settings class using this artisan command.

 php artisan make:crawl-blog CrawlExample

3. Executing the Crawler: Run the crawler via the command line using the following command:

   php artisan crawl:CrawlExample url category_name lang limitblog

   This initiates the web scraping process, and the extracted data will be saved to the configured database tables.

Contributions

We welcome contributions from the community! If you encounter bugs, have feature requests, or want to enhance the crawler, please submit issues or pull requests on GitHub.

License

The Crawler Blog for Laravel is open-source software licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use, modify, and distribute it following the license terms.

Contact

For inquiries or support, contact us at [email protected].

Thank you for using the Crawler Blog for Laravel! Happy scraping!