Web scraping is an essential tool for gathering structured data from the internet, but scraping efficiently while respecting web standards, handling rate limits, and avoiding bans can be challenging. This talk will guide developers through building scalable web scrapers using Symfony components and PHP tools.
We will cover:
- Leveraging Symfony’s HTTP Client for fast and reliable requests
- Handling JavaScript-heavy websites
- Managing rate limits and CAPTCHAs effectively
- Avoiding bot detection with ethical scraping techniques
- Storing and processing scraped data efficiently with Doctrine