Website Downloader

This PHP class, WebsiteDownloader, is designed to download various assets (HTML files, CSS files, JavaScript files, images, etc.) from a given website. It provides methods to download specific types of assets or all assets at once.

Usage

Instantiate the WebsiteDownloader class by providing the required parameters: the domain of the website to download from and the output directory where the downloaded files will be saved.

$downloader = new WebsiteDownloader([
    'domain' => 'https://example.com',
    'output_dir' => '/path/to/output/directory'
]);

Methods

• download($asset): Downloads the specified type of asset. If no asset type is provided, it downloads all assets. Supported asset types are 'html', 'css', 'js', and 'img'.

• downloadAssetFromURL($url): Downloads a specific asset from the provided URL.

Example

download($asset);

Downloading a specified type of asset from the given domain.

try {
    // downloads all assets (html, css, js, images, etc)
    $downloader->download();

    // download html
    $downloader->download('html');

    // download js
    $downloader->download('js');
    
    // download css (this will include favicons if found)
    $downloader->download('css');

    // download images
    $downloader->download('img');

} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}

downloadAssetFromURL($href);

Downloads a specific asset from the provided URL

// downloads the index.html file
// you can pass any file in the url to download such as images, js, css, etc
$downloader->downloadAssetFromURL('https://example.com/index.html');

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• cURL extension enabled

Note

• This class uses cURL to download files from the website. Make sure cURL extension is enabled in your PHP configuration.
• Be cautious while using this class to avoid downloading files from unauthorized websites or violating terms of service.
• Downloading files from a website may not always be possible due to restrictions set by the website owner or technical limitations in its design.

Author

This PHP class was created by Yung Cet (Cedric Maenetja).

License

This PHP class is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.