scripts/README.md

VLC Downloader

Vietnamese Legal Corpus Downloader - Downloads laws and codes from thuvienphapluat.vn

Setup

cd ~/Downloads/vlc-2026/scripts
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .

Usage

Download laws from database to markdown files

# Basic download (metadata only)
uv run python downloader.py download

# With full content from web
uv run python downloader.py download --fetch-content

# With custom delay and limit
uv run python downloader.py download --fetch-content --delay 2.0 --limit 10

Show statistics

uv run python downloader.py stats

List downloaded files

uv run python downloader.py list-files

Output Structure

vlc-2026/
├── data/
│   ├── codes/
│   │   └── 2015/
│   │       ├── bo-luat-dan-su.md
│   │       ├── bo-luat-hinh-su.md
│   │       └── ...
│   └── laws/
│       ├── 2022/
│       ├── 2023/
│       ├── 2024/
│       └── 2025/
├── scripts/
│   ├── pyproject.toml
│   ├── downloader.py
│   └── README.md
├── vietnam_laws.sqlite
└── REFERENCES.md

Markdown Front Matter

Each file includes YAML front matter:

---
title: Luật Bảo vệ dữ liệu cá nhân
title_en: Personal Data Protection Law
type: law
year: 2025
document_number: 91/2025/QH15
effective_date: 2026-01-01
status: Active
url: https://thuvienphapluat.vn/...
downloaded_at: 2026-01-24T10:30:00
---