code / legex /scrapers /sg.py
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[code] Initial release of the code.
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import logging
import re
import time
from datetime import date, datetime
from typing import Any
import requests
from legex.models.base import Case
from legex.scrapers.base import BaseScraper
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
BASE = "https://sgcaselaw.com/cases/"
HEADERS = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; LegalResearch/1.0)"}
TARGET_COURTS = {"SGCA", "SGHC", "SGHC(A)"}
PAGES = range(1, 29)
DELAY_SECONDS = 0.5
DETAIL_DELAY_SECONDS = 0.3
_CASE_RE = re.compile(r"/cases/(\d{4}-[A-Z]+(?:\([A-Z]\))?-\d+)/")
def _extract_date_from_listing(html: str, case_id: str) -> str:
"""Try to extract a decision date adjacent to a case link."""
pattern = (
rf"{re.escape(case_id)}.*?"
r"(\d{1,2}\s+(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s+\d{4})"
)
m = re.search(pattern, html, re.DOTALL)
if m:
try:
return datetime.strptime(m.group(1), "%d %B %Y").strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
except ValueError:
pass
return ""
def _scrape_date_for_case(link: str) -> str:
"""Fallback: fetch the individual case page and pluck the first long-form date."""
try:
r = requests.get(link, headers=HEADERS, timeout=15)
m = re.search(
r"(\d{1,2})\s+(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s+(\d{4})",
r.text,
)
if m:
dt = datetime.strptime(f"{m.group(1)} {m.group(2)} {m.group(3)}", "%d %B %Y")
return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
except Exception:
pass
return ""
def _scrape_index() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
for page in PAGES:
url = f"{BASE}?page={page}" if page > 1 else BASE
try:
r = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=30)
r.raise_for_status()
except Exception as e:
log.warning("SG page %d: %s", page, e)
continue
for case_id in _CASE_RE.findall(r.text):
parts = case_id.split("-")
if len(parts) < 3:
continue
court = "-".join(parts[1:-1])
if court not in TARGET_COURTS:
continue
link = f"https://sgcaselaw.com/cases/{case_id}/"
decision_date = _extract_date_from_listing(r.text, case_id)
rows.append({"decision_date": decision_date, "link": link, "case_id": case_id})
log.info("SG page %d: running %d", page, len(rows))
time.sleep(DELAY_SECONDS)
return rows
class SGScraper(BaseScraper):
country = "Singapur"
def scrape(
self,
start_date: date | None = None,
end_date: date | None = None,
) -> list[Case]:
rows = _scrape_index()
# Dedupe by link (preserve first occurrence).
seen: set[str] = set()
unique: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
for row in rows:
if row["link"] in seen:
continue
seen.add(row["link"])
unique.append(row)
log.info("SG unique civil cases: %d", len(unique))
# Back-fill missing dates from individual case pages.
missing = [row for row in unique if not row["decision_date"]]
log.info("SG missing dates: %d", len(missing))
for i, row in enumerate(missing):
if i % 10 == 0:
log.info("SG fetching dates %d/%d", i, len(missing))
row["decision_date"] = _scrape_date_for_case(row["link"])
time.sleep(DETAIL_DELAY_SECONDS)
cases: list[Case] = []
for row in unique:
decision_date: date | None = None
if row["decision_date"]:
try:
decision_date = date.fromisoformat(row["decision_date"])
except ValueError:
decision_date = None
if start_date and decision_date and decision_date < start_date:
continue
if end_date and decision_date and decision_date > end_date:
continue
case_id = row["case_id"]
parts = case_id.split("-")
court = "-".join(parts[1:-1]) if len(parts) >= 3 else None
cases.append(Case(
case_id=case_id,
link=row["link"],
decision_date=decision_date,
jurisdiction="sg",
language="en",
full_text=None,
metadata={"court": court} if court else {},
))
cases.sort(key=lambda c: c.decision_date or date.min, reverse=True)
log.info("Collected %d Singapore civil cases", len(cases))
return cases