example.php

<?php
/**
 * Perplexity Scraper — Scrapeless LLM Chat Scraper (PHP example)
 *
 * Docs:  https://docs.scrapeless.com/en/llm-chat-scraper/quickstart/introduction/
 * Token: https://app.scrapeless.com/passport/login?redirect=/quick-start
 *
 * Run:
 *   export SCRAPELESS_API_TOKEN="your_api_token"
 *   php example.php
 */

$apiUrl = 'https://api.scrapeless.com/api/v2/scraper/execute';
$apiToken = getenv('SCRAPELESS_API_TOKEN') ?: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN';

$payload = [
    'actor' => 'scraper.perplexity',
    'input' => [
        'prompt' => "Best supplements for better sleep",
        'country' => "US",
    ],
    // Optional: receive the result via webhook instead of the sync response.
    // 'webhook' => ['url' => 'https://www.your-webhook.com'],
];

$ch = curl_init($apiUrl);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_POST           => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => json_encode($payload),
    // A cold call takes roughly 15 seconds, so keep the timeout generous.
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 180,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'x-api-token: ' . $apiToken,
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
if ($response === false) {
    fwrite(STDERR, 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch) . PHP_EOL);
    exit(1);
}

$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($status !== 200) {
    fwrite(STDERR, "HTTP {$status}: {$response}" . PHP_EOL);
    exit(1);
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
$result = $data['task_result'] ?? [];

echo 'Status:  ' . ($data['status'] ?? '') . PHP_EOL;
echo 'Task ID: ' . ($data['task_id'] ?? '') . PHP_EOL;
echo PHP_EOL . 'Answer:' . PHP_EOL . ($result['result_text'] ?? '') . PHP_EOL;

// Every list field is conditional — coalesce to [] before iterating.
$sources = $result['web_results'] ?? [];
echo PHP_EOL . 'Web results (' . count($sources) . '):' . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($sources as $item) {
    echo '  - ' . ($item['name'] ?? '') . ' -> ' . ($item['url'] ?? '') . PHP_EOL;
}