Activity

Summary

• Adds production-grade scraping infrastructure with anti-detection features
• Integrates Webshare.io for residential proxy rotation (datacenter + residential)
• Provides artisan command for testing proxy health against targets

What's included

ScraperClient

HTTP client with stealth features:

• Rotating user agents (desktop/mobile browser fingerprints)
• Realistic browser headers (sec-ch-ua, referer, etc.)
• Cookie jar management
• Configurable request delays

Proxy System

• ProxyRotator: Manages proxy pools with health checking
• WebshareProvider: Webshare.io integration with rotating/sticky sessions
• Country targeting (e.g., UK, US residential IPs)

Configuration

• config/scraper.php: Centralized config for strategies, proxies, rate limits

Testing

• php artisan scraper:test-proxies - Test proxy health and effectiveness

Usage

use App\Services\Scraper\ScraperClient;
use App\Services\Scraper\Proxy\WebshareProvider;

$provider = new WebshareProvider(config('scraper.proxy.webshare.token'));
$proxy = $provider->getRotatingProxy('GB');  // UK residential

$client = new ScraperClient();
$response = $client
    ->withProxy($proxy)
    ->getJson('https://example.com/api');

Test plan

• Test datacenter proxies against httpbin.org
• Test residential proxies against Reddit JSON API
• Verify proxy rotation (different IPs each request)
• Verify country targeting works
• Review for security best practices
• Review for code standards compliance