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__)
HEADERS = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; LegalResearch/1.0)"}
MONTHS = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"]
DEFAULT_YEARS = list(range(2026, 2004, -1))
MAX_CANDIDATES = 500
DELAY_SECONDS = 0.3
_LINK_RE = re.compile(r"]*>(.*?)", re.DOTALL)
_CASE_NO_RE = re.compile(r"\s*(.*?)\s*", re.DOTALL)
_DATE_RE = re.compile(
r"((?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)"
r"\s+\d{1,2},\s+\d{4})"
)
def _scrape_month(mon: str, year: int) -> tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], str | None]:
"""Scrape a single month's decisions page."""
url = f"https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/docmonth/{mon}/{year}/1"
cases: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
try:
r = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=30)
r.raise_for_status()
except Exception as e:
return cases, str(e)
for doc_type, doc_id, inner_html in _LINK_RE.findall(r.text):
cn_match = _CASE_NO_RE.search(inner_html)
case_no = cn_match.group(1).strip() if cn_match else ""
date_str = ""
d_match = _DATE_RE.search(inner_html)
if d_match:
try:
dt = datetime.strptime(d_match.group(1), "%B %d, %Y")
date_str = dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
except ValueError:
pass
link = f"https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/{doc_type}/{doc_id}"
cases.append({"decision_date": date_str, "link": link, "case_id": case_no})
return cases, None
class PHScraper(BaseScraper):
country = "Philippinen"
def scrape(
self,
start_date: date | None = None,
end_date: date | None = None,
) -> list[Case]:
years = DEFAULT_YEARS
if end_date is not None:
years = [y for y in years if y <= end_date.year]
if start_date is not None:
years = [y for y in years if y >= start_date.year]
rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
seen: set[str] = set()
for year in years:
if len(rows) >= MAX_CANDIDATES:
break
for mon in MONTHS:
if len(rows) >= MAX_CANDIDATES:
break
month_rows, err = _scrape_month(mon, year)
if err:
log.warning("PH %s %s: %s", mon, year, err)
else:
for row in month_rows:
if row["link"] in seen:
continue
seen.add(row["link"])
rows.append(row)
log.info("PH %s %s: %d new (running %d)", mon, year, len(month_rows), len(rows))
time.sleep(DELAY_SECONDS)
cases: list[Case] = []
for row in rows:
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
cases.append(Case(
case_id=row["case_id"] or None,
link=row["link"],
decision_date=decision_date,
jurisdiction="ph",
language="en",
full_text=None,
metadata={},
))
cases.sort(key=lambda c: c.decision_date or date.min, reverse=True)
log.info("Collected %d Philippines cases", len(cases))
return cases