spekulatius / faasd-phpscraper

openfaas/faasd wrapper for PHPScraper

PHP Scraper as a Function

A simple OpenFaaS/faasd wrapper around PHP Scraper. Essentially turning your scraper into a function.

Usage

1. Fork and clone the fork.
2. Adjust the stack.yml file with your docker hub name.
3. Change the handler to your needs.
4. faas-cli up --gateway http://faasd.somewhere.com:8080.

How to generate the secret?

1. Create a secret:

   echo $(head -c 16 /dev/urandom | shasum | cut -d "-" -f1) > token.txt

2. Store it on the server:

   faas-cli secret create phpscraper-token --from-file token.txt --gateway http://yourfaasd.somewhere.com:8080

3. Deploy as usual:

   faas-cli up --gateway http://yourfaasd.somewhere.com:8080

How to develop with PHPScraper?

For more information on core functionality of PHPScraper check the documentation. The tests and examples can also help understanding it better.