Does it work with Laravel?

Yes. Use Laravel's built-in HTTP client (which wraps Guzzle) to call the AlterLab API with a clean, fluent interface. You can queue scraping jobs with Laravel Queues and schedule recurring scrapes with Laravel Scheduler.

Can I use Guzzle instead of cURL?

Yes. Guzzle makes it easier to handle concurrent requests with promises and has better error handling than raw cURL. Both Guzzle and Symfony's HttpClient work cleanly with the AlterLab REST API.

Is there a PHP package?

There is no official Composer package yet. The AlterLab REST API requires only a standard HTTP client — Guzzle, Symfony HttpClient, or PHP's built-in cURL. A few lines of code are all you need.

Language Integration

Web Scraping API for PHP

Call AlterLab's web scraping API from PHP using cURL or Guzzle. Works in Laravel, Symfony, and plain PHP scripts. Extract structured data from any website and receive clean JSON responses.

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Quick Start

PHP (cURL)

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
$payload = json_encode(["url" => "https://example.com"]);

$ch = curl_init("https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "X-API-Key: $apiKey",
    "Content-Type: application/json",
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
echo $data["content"];

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How It Works

Send a URL

POST any public URL to the AlterLab API with your API key. The API handles JavaScript rendering and access automatically.

Receive structured data

The API returns clean JSON with page content, metadata, and any structured fields you requested via an extraction schema.

Use in your project

Integrate the response into your PHP application, database, or workflow. No scraper maintenance required.

Common Use Cases

Lead Generation Price Monitoring Market Research

Frequently Asked Questions

Explore All Integrations

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View all SDK and tool integrations on the Integrations overview.

Responsible Use

AlterLab is designed for extracting publicly available data. Always review the terms of service for any website you access, respect robots.txt directives, and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

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Just a POST request.

terminal

curl -X POST https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape \

-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \

-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-d '{"url": "https://example.com", "formats": ["markdown"]}'

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