open-navigator / agents /scraper.py
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"""
Scraper Agent for collecting government meeting minutes from various sources.
"""
import asyncio
import hashlib
import io
import json
import re
from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
import httpx
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from loguru import logger
try:
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
except Exception:
PdfReader = None
try:
import pdfplumber
except Exception:
pdfplumber = None
try:
import pytesseract
from pytesseract import TesseractNotFoundError
except Exception:
pytesseract = None
TesseractNotFoundError = Exception
try:
from PIL import Image
except Exception:
Image = None
try:
from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
except Exception:
YouTubeTranscriptApi = None
from agents.base import BaseAgent, AgentRole, AgentMessage, MessageType, AgentStatus
class MeetingDocument(dict):
"""Structured representation of a meeting document."""
def __init__(
self,
document_id: str,
source_url: str,
municipality: str,
state: str,
meeting_date: datetime,
meeting_type: str,
title: str,
content: str,
metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
):
super().__init__(
document_id=document_id,
source_url=source_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date.isoformat() if isinstance(meeting_date, datetime) else meeting_date,
meeting_type=meeting_type,
title=title,
content=content,
scraped_at=datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
metadata=metadata or {}
)
class ScraperAgent(BaseAgent):
"""
Agent responsible for scraping government meeting minutes from various sources.
Supports multiple platforms:
- Legistar (widely used by city councils)
- Granicus (meeting management platform)
- Generic municipal websites
- PDF documents
"""
def __init__(self, agent_id: str = "scraper-001"):
"""Initialize the scraper agent."""
super().__init__(agent_id, AgentRole.SCRAPER)
self.http_client: Optional[httpx.AsyncClient] = None
self.scraped_urls: set = set()
self.document_extensions = (".pdf", ".doc", ".docx", ".ppt", ".pptx", ".xls", ".xlsx")
self.meeting_keywords = ("minutes", "agenda", "meeting", "council", "commission", "board")
self.document_route_keywords = (
"getagendafile",
"getminutesfile",
"download",
"agendafile",
"minutesfile",
)
self.ocr_max_pages = 10
self._ocr_missing_tesseract_warned = False
self.social_source_limit = 8
# Policy and meeting-focused keywords for social media filtering
self.policy_meeting_keywords = (
# Meetings
"council meeting", "city council", "town council", "board meeting",
"commission meeting", "public meeting", "town hall", "session",
"special meeting", "regular meeting", "work session", "workshop",
# Documents
"agenda", "minutes", "ordinance", "resolution", "public hearing",
"hearing", "vote", "voting", "motion", "legislation",
# Policy topics
"policy", "budget", "zoning", "planning", "development",
"public comment", "community meeting", "civic", "government",
# Video/meeting specific
"live stream", "livestream", "recorded meeting", "meeting video",
"council session", "board session", "official meeting"
)
async def __aenter__(self):
"""Async context manager entry."""
self.http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
timeout=30.0,
follow_redirects=True,
headers={
"User-Agent": "OpenNavigator/1.0 (+https://github.com/getcommunityone/open-navigator)"
}
)
return self
async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
"""Async context manager exit."""
if self.http_client:
await self.http_client.aclose()
async def process(self, message: AgentMessage) -> List[AgentMessage]:
"""
Process scraping commands.
Args:
message: Command message with scraping targets
Returns:
List of messages containing scraped data
"""
self.update_status(AgentStatus.PROCESSING, "Scraping government meeting minutes")
try:
command = message.payload.get("command")
if command == "scrape":
targets = message.payload.get("targets", [])
date_range = message.payload.get("date_range", {})
# Initialize HTTP client if not already done
if not self.http_client:
async with self:
documents = await self._scrape_targets(targets, date_range)
else:
documents = await self._scrape_targets(targets, date_range)
# Send scraped documents to parser
response = await self.send_message(
AgentRole.PARSER,
MessageType.DATA,
{
"workflow_id": message.payload.get("workflow_id"),
"documents": documents,
"count": len(documents)
}
)
self.log_success()
logger.info(f"Scraped {len(documents)} documents")
return [response]
return []
except Exception as e:
self.log_failure(str(e))
error_msg = await self.send_message(
AgentRole.ORCHESTRATOR,
MessageType.ERROR,
{"error": str(e), "agent": self.agent_id}
)
return [error_msg]
async def _scrape_targets(
self,
targets: List[Dict[str, Any]],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape multiple targets concurrently.
Args:
targets: List of scraping targets
date_range: Date range for filtering meetings
Returns:
List of scraped documents
"""
tasks = []
for target in targets:
platform = target.get("platform", "generic")
url = target.get("url", "")
if platform == "legistar":
tasks.append(self._scrape_legistar(target, date_range))
elif platform == "granicus":
tasks.append(self._scrape_granicus(target, date_range))
elif platform == "suiteonemedia" or "suiteonemedia" in url.lower():
tasks.append(self._scrape_suiteonemedia(target, date_range))
elif platform == "eboard" or "eboardsolutions.com" in url.lower() or "simbli.eboardsolutions" in url.lower():
tasks.append(self._scrape_eboard(target, date_range))
elif platform == "youtube":
tasks.append(self._scrape_youtube_source(target))
elif platform == "facebook":
tasks.append(self._scrape_facebook_source(target))
else:
tasks.append(self._scrape_generic(target, date_range))
# Execute all scraping tasks concurrently
results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
# Flatten results and filter out errors
documents = []
for result in results:
if isinstance(result, Exception):
logger.error(f"Scraping error: {result}")
elif isinstance(result, list):
documents.extend(result)
return documents
async def scrape_social_sources(
self,
municipality: str,
state: str,
seed_url: str,
max_sources: int = 8
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Discover and scrape YouTube/Facebook sources for a jurisdiction."""
social_documents: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
homepage_url = await self._resolve_homepage_url(municipality, state, seed_url)
if not homepage_url:
logger.warning(f"Could not resolve homepage URL for social scraping: {municipality}, {state}")
return social_documents
logger.info(f"Discovering social sources from homepage: {homepage_url}")
social_urls = await self._discover_social_urls(homepage_url, municipality, state)
youtube_urls = list(dict.fromkeys(social_urls.get("youtube", [])))[:max_sources]
facebook_urls = list(dict.fromkeys(social_urls.get("facebook", [])))[:max_sources]
logger.info(
f"Social discovery for {municipality}: "
f"{len(youtube_urls)} YouTube, {len(facebook_urls)} Facebook"
)
tasks = []
for y_url in youtube_urls:
tasks.append(self._scrape_youtube_source({
"url": y_url,
"municipality": municipality,
"state": state,
}))
for f_url in facebook_urls:
tasks.append(self._scrape_facebook_source({
"url": f_url,
"municipality": municipality,
"state": state,
}))
if not tasks:
return social_documents
results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
for result in results:
if isinstance(result, Exception):
logger.warning(f"Social scraping error: {result}")
continue
if isinstance(result, list):
social_documents.extend(result)
return social_documents
async def _resolve_homepage_url(self, municipality: str, state: str, seed_url: str) -> str:
"""Resolve an official website homepage used for social discovery."""
if seed_url and "suiteonemedia" not in seed_url.lower():
parsed = urlparse(seed_url)
return f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}" if parsed.scheme and parsed.netloc else seed_url
city = (municipality or "").lower().replace(" ", "").replace("'", "")
st = (state or "").lower()
candidates = [
f"https://www.{city}{st}.gov",
f"https://{city}{st}.gov",
f"https://www.cityof{city}.com",
f"https://www.{city}.gov",
f"https://www.{city}.com",
f"https://{city}.com",
]
for candidate in candidates:
try:
resp = await self.http_client.get(candidate, timeout=8)
if resp.status_code < 400:
parsed = urlparse(str(resp.url))
return f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}"
except Exception:
continue
return ""
async def _discover_social_urls(self, homepage_url: str, municipality: str, state: str) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
"""Discover social media URLs from homepage and YouTube pattern matching."""
discovered = {"youtube": [], "facebook": []}
try:
from discovery.social_media_discovery import SocialMediaDiscovery
async with SocialMediaDiscovery() as discovery:
social = await discovery.discover_from_website(
homepage_url=homepage_url,
jurisdiction_name=municipality,
state=state,
)
discovered["youtube"] = social.get("youtube", [])
discovered["facebook"] = social.get("facebook", [])
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"SocialMediaDiscovery unavailable/failed: {err}")
# Augment YouTube discovery using handle pattern search for better recall.
try:
from discovery.youtube_channel_discovery import YouTubeChannelDiscovery
async with YouTubeChannelDiscovery() as ydisc:
channels = await ydisc.discover_channels(
city_name=municipality,
state_code=state,
homepage_url=homepage_url,
)
for channel in channels:
url = channel.get("channel_url")
if url:
discovered["youtube"].append(url)
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"YouTubeChannelDiscovery unavailable/failed: {err}")
discovered["youtube"] = list(dict.fromkeys(discovered["youtube"]))
discovered["facebook"] = list(dict.fromkeys(discovered["facebook"]))
return discovered
def _is_policy_meeting_content(self, text: str) -> bool:
"""Check if text content is related to policy or meetings."""
if not text:
return False
text_lower = text.lower()
return any(keyword in text_lower for keyword in self.policy_meeting_keywords)
def _extract_youtube_video_metadata(self, html: str, video_id: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Extract title and description from YouTube video page HTML."""
metadata = {"title": "", "description": ""}
try:
# Extract title from various possible patterns
title_match = re.search(r'"title":"([^"]+)"', html)
if title_match:
metadata["title"] = title_match.group(1)
else:
# Fallback to meta tags
title_match = re.search(r'<title>([^<]+)</title>', html)
if title_match:
metadata["title"] = title_match.group(1).replace(" - YouTube", "")
# Extract description
desc_match = re.search(r'"description":"([^"]+)"', html)
if desc_match:
# Unescape and limit description length
metadata["description"] = desc_match.group(1)[:500]
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Error extracting metadata for video {video_id}: {err}")
return metadata
async def _scrape_youtube_source(self, target: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Scrape recent YouTube videos and transcripts from a channel URL, focusing on policy and meeting content."""
url = target.get("url", "")
municipality = target.get("municipality", "")
state = target.get("state", "")
documents: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
if not url:
return documents
videos_url = url.rstrip("/") + "/videos"
try:
resp = await self.http_client.get(videos_url)
if resp.status_code >= 400:
resp = await self.http_client.get(url)
text = resp.text
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Could not fetch YouTube page {url}: {err}")
return documents
video_ids = []
for vid in re.findall(r'watch\?v=([A-Za-z0-9_-]{11})', text):
if vid not in video_ids:
video_ids.append(vid)
# Process more videos initially to filter for relevant content
video_ids = video_ids[: self.social_source_limit * 3]
policy_videos = []
for vid in video_ids:
video_url = f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={vid}"
# Fetch video page to extract metadata
try:
video_resp = await self.http_client.get(video_url)
video_metadata = self._extract_youtube_video_metadata(video_resp.text, vid)
# Filter: Only keep videos with policy/meeting-related titles or descriptions
if not self._is_policy_meeting_content(video_metadata["title"]) and \
not self._is_policy_meeting_content(video_metadata["description"]):
logger.debug(f"Skipping non-policy video: {video_metadata['title']}")
continue
logger.info(f"Found policy/meeting video: {video_metadata['title']}")
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Could not fetch metadata for video {vid}: {err}")
video_metadata = {"title": f"Video {vid}", "description": ""}
# Fetch transcript
transcript_text = self._fetch_youtube_transcript(vid)
if not transcript_text:
logger.debug(f"No transcript available for video {vid}")
continue
# Double-check transcript content for policy/meeting keywords
if not self._is_policy_meeting_content(transcript_text):
logger.debug(f"Transcript doesn't contain policy/meeting content: {vid}")
continue
doc_id = hashlib.md5(f"youtube-{municipality}-{vid}".encode()).hexdigest()
policy_videos.append(MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=video_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
meeting_type="YouTube Video - Policy/Meeting",
title=video_metadata["title"] or f"YouTube Video {vid}",
content=transcript_text,
metadata={
"platform": "youtube",
"channel_url": url,
"video_id": vid,
"has_transcript": True,
"description": video_metadata["description"],
"filtered_for_policy": True,
}
))
# Limit to configured number of policy videos
if len(policy_videos) >= self.social_source_limit:
break
# Rate limiting
await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
logger.info(f"Found {len(policy_videos)} policy/meeting videos from {url}")
return policy_videos
async def _scrape_facebook_source(self, target: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Scrape publicly accessible Facebook page/post text snippets, focusing on policy and meeting content."""
url = target.get("url", "")
municipality = target.get("municipality", "")
state = target.get("state", "")
documents: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
if not url:
return documents
normalized = url.replace("www.facebook.com", "m.facebook.com")
try:
resp = await self.http_client.get(normalized)
if resp.status_code >= 400:
return documents
soup = BeautifulSoup(resp.content, "html.parser")
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Could not fetch Facebook page {url}: {err}")
return documents
# Try to extract links to individual post pages first.
post_links: List[str] = []
for a in soup.find_all("a", href=True):
href = a["href"]
if "/posts/" in href or "/videos/" in href:
full = urljoin(normalized, href)
if full not in post_links:
post_links.append(full)
post_links = post_links[: self.social_source_limit * 2] # Check more posts to filter
# If direct post links are unavailable, use page text as fallback content.
if not post_links:
page_text = soup.get_text(" ", strip=True)
# Filter: Only use page content if it contains policy/meeting keywords
if len(page_text) > 200 and self._is_policy_meeting_content(page_text):
doc_id = hashlib.md5(f"facebook-page-{municipality}-{url}".encode()).hexdigest()
documents.append(MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
meeting_type="Facebook Page - Policy/Meeting",
title="Facebook Page Content (Policy-Related)",
content=page_text[:8000],
metadata={
"platform": "facebook",
"content_source": "page_fallback",
"filtered_for_policy": True,
}
))
else:
logger.debug(f"Facebook page content doesn't contain policy/meeting keywords: {url}")
return documents
policy_posts = []
for post_url in post_links:
try:
p_resp = await self.http_client.get(post_url)
if p_resp.status_code >= 400:
continue
p_soup = BeautifulSoup(p_resp.content, "html.parser")
post_text = p_soup.get_text(" ", strip=True)
if len(post_text) < 120:
continue
# Filter: Only keep posts that mention policy/meeting keywords
if not self._is_policy_meeting_content(post_text):
logger.debug(f"Skipping non-policy Facebook post: {post_url[:80]}...")
continue
logger.info(f"Found policy/meeting Facebook post: {post_url[:80]}...")
doc_id = hashlib.md5(f"facebook-post-{municipality}-{post_url}".encode()).hexdigest()
policy_posts.append(MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=post_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
meeting_type="Facebook Post - Policy/Meeting",
title="Facebook Post (Policy-Related)",
content=post_text[:8000],
metadata={
"platform": "facebook",
"content_source": "post",
"filtered_for_policy": True,
}
))
# Limit to configured number of policy posts
if len(policy_posts) >= self.social_source_limit:
break
# Rate limiting
await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Could not parse Facebook post {post_url}: {err}")
logger.info(f"Found {len(policy_posts)} policy/meeting Facebook posts from {url}")
return policy_posts
def _fetch_youtube_transcript(self, video_id: str) -> str:
"""Return concatenated YouTube transcript text when available."""
if YouTubeTranscriptApi is None:
return ""
try:
transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id, languages=["en"])
return " ".join(chunk.get("text", "") for chunk in transcript if chunk.get("text")).strip()
except Exception:
return ""
async def _scrape_legistar(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape meeting minutes from Legistar platform using the official API.
Legistar provides a REST API at https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/{city}/
This is much more reliable than HTML scraping.
Args:
target: Target configuration with 'url' and 'municipality'
date_range: Date range for filtering (optional)
Returns:
List of meeting documents
"""
base_url = target["url"]
municipality = target["municipality"]
state = target["state"]
# Extract city slug from URL (e.g., "chicago" from "chicago.legistar.com")
parsed = urlparse(base_url)
hostname = parsed.hostname or ""
city_slug = hostname.split('.')[0] if '.' in hostname else municipality.lower().replace(' ', '')
# Use the official Legistar API
api_base = f"https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/{city_slug}"
documents = []
try:
# Build OData filter for date range
params = {
"$top": 100, # Limit to 100 most recent meetings
"$orderby": "EventDate desc"
}
if date_range and "start" in date_range:
params["$filter"] = f"EventDate ge datetime'{date_range['start']}'"
# Get events (meetings)
events_url = f"{api_base}/events"
logger.info(f"Fetching Legistar events from {events_url}")
response = await self.http_client.get(events_url, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
events = response.json()
logger.info(f"Found {len(events)} events for {municipality}")
# Process each event
for event in events[:50]: # Limit to 50 meetings
event_id = event.get("EventId")
event_guid = event.get("EventGuid")
if not event_id:
continue
# Get agenda items for this event
try:
items_url = f"{api_base}/events/{event_id}/EventItems"
items_response = await self.http_client.get(items_url, timeout=10)
if items_response.status_code == 200:
items = items_response.json()
# Create document from event and items
doc = self._create_legistar_document(
event,
items,
municipality,
state,
base_url
)
if doc:
documents.append(doc)
# Rate limiting - be respectful
await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
except Exception as item_error:
logger.warning(f"Error fetching items for event {event_id}: {item_error}")
continue
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping Legistar API for {municipality}: {e}")
return documents
def _create_legistar_document(
self,
event: Dict[str, Any],
items: List[Dict[str, Any]],
municipality: str,
state: str,
base_url: str
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Create a meeting document from Legistar API data.
Args:
event: Event data from API
items: Agenda items from API
municipality: Municipality name
state: State code
base_url: Base URL for constructing links
Returns:
Meeting document dict or None
"""
try:
event_id = event.get("EventId")
event_date = event.get("EventDate", "")
event_body = event.get("EventBodyName", "Unknown Body")
# Combine agenda items into content
content_parts = [f"Meeting: {event_body}", f"Date: {event_date}", "\n=== AGENDA ===\n"]
for item in items:
agenda_num = item.get("EventItemAgendaNumber", "")
title = item.get("EventItemTitle", "")
matter_file = item.get("EventItemMatterFile", "")
if title:
item_text = f"\n{agenda_num}. {title}"
if matter_file:
item_text += f" (File: {matter_file})"
content_parts.append(item_text)
content = "\n".join(content_parts)
# Generate document ID
doc_id = hashlib.md5(
f"{municipality}-{state}-{event_id}".encode()
).hexdigest()
# Create meeting detail URL
parsed = urlparse(base_url)
hostname = parsed.hostname or base_url
meeting_url = f"https://{hostname}/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID={event_id}"
return MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=meeting_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=event_date,
meeting_type=event_body,
title=f"{event_body} - {event_date}",
content=content,
metadata={
"event_id": event_id,
"event_guid": event.get("EventGuid"),
"event_time": event.get("EventTime"),
"event_location": event.get("EventLocation"),
"video_status": event.get("EventVideoStatus"),
"agenda_status": event.get("EventAgendaStatusName"),
"minutes_status": event.get("EventMinutesStatusName"),
"item_count": len(items),
"platform": "legistar_api"
}
)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error creating document from Legistar data: {e}")
return None
async def _scrape_granicus(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape meeting minutes from Granicus platform.
Args:
target: Target configuration
date_range: Date range for filtering
Returns:
List of meeting documents
"""
base_url = target["url"]
municipality = target["municipality"]
state = target["state"]
documents = []
try:
# Granicus often has an API endpoint
api_url = urljoin(base_url, "api/v1/meetings")
response = await self.http_client.get(api_url)
response.raise_for_status()
meetings_data = response.json()
for meeting in meetings_data.get("meetings", [])[:50]:
meeting_id = meeting.get("id")
meeting_url = urljoin(base_url, f"meeting/{meeting_id}")
if meeting_url in self.scraped_urls:
continue
doc = await self._scrape_meeting_page(
meeting_url,
municipality,
state,
meeting_data=meeting
)
if doc:
documents.append(doc)
self.scraped_urls.add(meeting_url)
await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping Granicus {base_url}: {e}")
return documents
async def _scrape_suiteonemedia(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape meeting events from a SuiteOne Media portal.
Strategy:
1. Fetch the portal homepage — it renders ALL current-year events as
/event/?id=XXXX anchor links.
2. Parse each <tr> in the eventTable to get: event ID, title, date,
agenda/minutes PDF links, and whether a media recording exists.
3. For events with media (or missing title/date), fetch the event page
to extract the S3 MP4 video recording URL from jwplayer setup.
4. Download PDFs for text extraction.
5. Extend backwards through historical event IDs when max_events > homepage count.
Parameters via target dict:
max_events - maximum events to process (default 500, 0 = unlimited)
start_year - only include events on/after this year (0 = all)
fetch_videos - whether to fetch event pages for S3 video URLs (default True)
"""
url = target["url"]
municipality = target.get("municipality", "")
state = target.get("state", "")
max_events: int = int(target.get("max_events", 500))
start_year: int = int(target.get("start_year", 0))
fetch_videos: bool = bool(target.get("fetch_videos", True))
parsed = urlparse(url)
base_url = f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}"
documents: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
try:
# ---- Step 1: fetch homepage and parse event table rows ----
logger.info(f"Fetching SuiteOne homepage: {base_url}/Web/Home.aspx")
home_resp = await self.http_client.get(f"{base_url}/Web/Home.aspx")
home_resp.raise_for_status()
home_soup = BeautifulSoup(home_resp.content, "html.parser")
# Each <tr> in an eventTable contains: event link, agenda/minutes PDF links, date text
events: list[dict] = []
seen_event_ids: set[int] = set()
for table in home_soup.find_all("table", class_=re.compile("eventTable", re.I)):
for tr in table.find_all("tr"):
row_links = [(a["href"], a.get_text(" ", strip=True)) for a in tr.find_all("a", href=True)]
row_text = tr.get_text(" ", strip=True)
event_id = None
event_title = ""
agenda_url = ""
minutes_url = ""
has_media = False
for href, text in row_links:
m = re.match(r'/event/\?id=(\d+)', href)
if m:
eid = int(m.group(1))
if event_id is None:
event_id = eid
event_title = re.sub(r'\(opens in new window\)', '', text).strip()
elif "getagendafile" in href.lower():
agenda_url = self._normalize_document_url(urljoin(base_url, href))
elif "getminutesfile" in href.lower():
minutes_url = self._normalize_document_url(urljoin(base_url, href))
if "media" in text.lower():
has_media = True
if event_id is None or event_id in seen_event_ids:
continue
seen_event_ids.add(event_id)
date_m = re.search(
r'((?:Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\w*'
r'\s+\d{1,2},?\s*\d{4}(?:\s*\|\s*\d{2}:\d{2}\s*[AP]M)?)',
row_text, re.I
)
meeting_date = date_m.group(1).strip() if date_m else ""
year_m = re.search(r'\b(20\d{2})\b', meeting_date)
if start_year and year_m and int(year_m.group(1)) < start_year:
continue
events.append({
"id": event_id,
"title": event_title,
"date": meeting_date,
"agenda_url": agenda_url,
"minutes_url": minutes_url,
"has_media": has_media,
})
logger.info(
f"Parsed {len(events)} events from SuiteOne homepage table "
f"({len([e for e in events if e['agenda_url']])} with agenda, "
f"{len([e for e in events if e['minutes_url']])} with minutes, "
f"{len([e for e in events if e['has_media']])} with media)"
)
# ---- Step 2: extend with historical events if needed ----
if events and (max_events == 0 or max_events > len(events)):
lowest_id = min(e["id"] for e in events)
logger.info(f"Probing historical events below ID {lowest_id}")
for eid in range(lowest_id - 1, max(1, lowest_id - 5000), -1):
if eid not in seen_event_ids:
seen_event_ids.add(eid)
events.append({
"id": eid, "title": "", "date": "", "agenda_url": "",
"minutes_url": "", "has_media": True,
})
logger.info(f"Expanded to {len(events)} total events (including historical)")
events.sort(key=lambda e: e["id"], reverse=True)
if max_events > 0:
events = events[:max_events]
logger.info(f"Processing {len(events)} SuiteOne events for {municipality}")
# ---- Step 3 & 4: for each event, fetch video URL + download PDFs ----
for i, ev in enumerate(events):
eid = ev["id"]
event_url = f"{base_url}/event/?id={eid}"
meeting_date = ev["date"]
meeting_title = ev["title"]
meeting_type = re.sub(r'^\d+:\d+\s*[ap]\.m\.\s*', '', meeting_title, flags=re.I).strip() or "Meeting"
video_url = ""
# Fetch event page when: has media flag, or missing title/date
if ev["has_media"] or not meeting_title or not meeting_date:
try:
ev_resp = await self.http_client.get(event_url)
if ev_resp.status_code == 404:
continue
ev_resp.raise_for_status()
ev_text = ev_resp.text
ev_soup = BeautifulSoup(ev_resp.content, "html.parser")
title_tag = ev_soup.find("title")
if title_tag:
page_title = title_tag.get_text(strip=True).replace("Meeting:", "").strip()
if "upcoming meetings" in page_title.lower():
continue
if not meeting_title:
meeting_title = page_title
meeting_type = re.sub(r'^\d+:\d+\s*[ap]\.m\.\s*', '', meeting_title, flags=re.I).strip() or "Meeting"
if not meeting_date:
dm = re.search(
r'((?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|'
r'September|October|November|December)\s+\d{1,2},?\s*\d{4})',
ev_text
)
meeting_date = dm.group(1) if dm else ""
year_m = re.search(r'\b(20\d{2})\b', meeting_date)
if start_year and year_m and int(year_m.group(1)) < start_year:
continue
if fetch_videos:
src_m = re.search(r"var src\s*=\s*'([^']+)';", ev_text)
if src_m and src_m.group(1):
video_url = src_m.group(1)
for a in ev_soup.find_all("a", href=True):
href = a["href"]
full = self._normalize_document_url(urljoin(base_url, href))
if "getagendafile" in full.lower() and not ev["agenda_url"]:
ev["agenda_url"] = full
elif "getminutesfile" in full.lower() and not ev["minutes_url"]:
ev["minutes_url"] = full
await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
except Exception as fetch_err:
logger.debug(f"Could not fetch event page {eid}: {fetch_err}")
doc_urls = [(ev["agenda_url"], "Agenda"), (ev["minutes_url"], "Minutes")]
produced = 0
for doc_url, doc_type in doc_urls:
if not doc_url or doc_url in self.scraped_urls:
continue
doc = await self._scrape_document(
url=doc_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
title=f"{meeting_title}{doc_type}",
)
if doc:
doc["meeting_date"] = meeting_date
doc["meeting_type"] = meeting_type
meta = doc.setdefault("metadata", {})
meta["platform"] = "suiteonemedia"
meta["event_id"] = eid
meta["doc_type"] = doc_type.lower()
if video_url:
meta["video_url"] = video_url
documents.append(doc)
self.scraped_urls.add(doc_url)
produced += 1
if produced == 0 and meeting_title and "upcoming meetings" not in meeting_title.lower():
doc_id = hashlib.md5(event_url.encode()).hexdigest()
documents.append(MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=event_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date or datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
meeting_type=meeting_type,
title=meeting_title,
content="",
metadata={
"platform": "suiteonemedia",
"event_id": eid,
"video_url": video_url,
"has_pdf": False,
}
))
if (i + 1) % 50 == 0:
logger.info(
f" SuiteOne: {i+1}/{len(events)} events processed, "
f"{len(documents)} docs so far"
)
await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping SuiteOne portal {url}: {e}")
logger.info(f"SuiteOne scrape complete: {len(documents)} documents from {municipality}")
return documents
async def _scrape_eboard_undetected(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape eBoard using undetected-chromedriver to bypass Incapsula automatically.
This method uses undetected-chromedriver which patches Selenium to avoid detection:
- Removes navigator.webdriver flag
- Uses real Chrome binary
- Randomizes browser fingerprints
Args:
target: Scraping target with URL, municipality, state
date_range: Date range for filtering meetings
Returns:
List of meeting documents
"""
url = target.get("url", "")
municipality = target.get("municipality", "Unknown")
state = target.get("state", "")
import undetected_chromedriver as uc
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
import time
import random
import re
from pathlib import Path
# Extract school ID from URL
school_id_match = re.search(r'[?&]s=(\d+)', url, re.IGNORECASE)
school_id = school_id_match.group(1) if school_id_match else None
if not school_id:
logger.error(f"Could not extract school ID from URL: {url}")
return []
base_url = "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com"
meetings_url = f"{base_url}/SB_Meetings/SB_MeetingListing.aspx?S={school_id}"
logger.info(f"Using undetected-chromedriver for: {meetings_url}")
documents = []
driver = None
try:
# Create undetected Chrome instance
options = uc.ChromeOptions()
# Try headless mode (may work better with newer Chrome)
options.add_argument('--headless=new') # New headless mode
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
options.add_argument('--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
options.add_argument('--window-size=1920,1080')
logger.info("Launching Chrome with anti-detection patches...")
# Let undetected-chromedriver auto-download matching ChromeDriver
# Specify version_main to match system Chrome (147)
try:
driver = uc.Chrome(
options=options,
version_main=147, # Match Chromium version
use_subprocess=True
)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Headless mode failed: {e}, trying with visible browser...")
# Try without headless as fallback
options = uc.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
driver = uc.Chrome(options=options, version_main=147, use_subprocess=True)
# Navigate to meetings page
logger.info("Loading meeting listing page...")
driver.get(meetings_url)
# Wait for Incapsula challenge to complete
wait_time = random.uniform(6.0, 9.0)
logger.info(f"Waiting {wait_time:.1f}s for Incapsula challenge...")
time.sleep(wait_time)
# Check if we bypassed Incapsula
page_source = driver.page_source
if 'Incapsula incident ID' in page_source or ('Incapsula' in page_source and len(page_source) < 10000):
logger.error(f"Still blocked by Incapsula ({len(page_source)} bytes)")
logger.error("Incapsula detection triggered despite undetected-chromedriver")
raise Exception("Incapsula block detected")
logger.success(f"✓ Bypassed Incapsula! Page size: {len(page_source)} bytes")
# Parse the page
soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source, 'html.parser')
# Extract meeting links
meeting_links = []
# Look for links with MID parameter or PDFs
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
text = link.get_text().strip()
if 'MID=' in href.upper() or 'meetingdetail' in href.lower():
full_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
meeting_links.append({
'url': full_url,
'text': text,
'type': 'meeting'
})
elif href.lower().endswith('.pdf') and any(word in text.lower() for word in ['agenda', 'minutes', 'packet', 'meeting']):
full_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
meeting_links.append({
'url': full_url,
'text': text,
'type': 'pdf'
})
logger.info(f"Found {len(meeting_links)} meeting/document links")
# If no links found, try waiting for JavaScript-rendered content
if len(meeting_links) == 0:
logger.warning("No links found initially, waiting for JavaScript...")
try:
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
EC.presence_of_element_located((By.TAG_NAME, "a"))
)
time.sleep(3)
# Re-parse
page_source = driver.page_source
soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source, 'html.parser')
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
text = link.get_text().strip()
if 'MID=' in href.upper() or href.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
full_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
meeting_links.append({
'url': full_url,
'text': text,
'type': 'pdf' if href.lower().endswith('.pdf') else 'meeting'
})
logger.info(f"After JS wait: {len(meeting_links)} links")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"JS content wait failed: {e}")
# Save page HTML for debugging
debug_file = Path("/tmp/eboard_meeting_list_undetected.html")
with open(debug_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(page_source)
logger.info(f"Saved page HTML to {debug_file} for debugging")
# Process meeting links (limit to prevent overwhelming)
for idx, meeting_info in enumerate(meeting_links[:50]):
if idx > 0 and idx % 10 == 0:
logger.info(f"Progress: {idx}/{min(50, len(meeting_links))}")
# Human-like delay
time.sleep(random.uniform(2.0, 4.0))
try:
meeting_url = meeting_info['url']
meeting_title = meeting_info['text']
if meeting_info['type'] == 'pdf':
# Record PDF link for later download
logger.debug(f" Found PDF: {meeting_title[:50]}")
# Try to extract date from title
meeting_date = datetime.now()
try:
from dateutil import parser as date_parser
date_match = re.search(r'(\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{2,4})', meeting_title)
if date_match:
meeting_date = date_parser.parse(date_match.group(0))
except:
pass
# Download and extract PDF content
try:
pdf_content = await self._scrape_pdf_document(meeting_url)
if pdf_content and len(pdf_content.strip()) > 100:
doc = MeetingDocument(
document_id=hashlib.md5(f"{meeting_url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest(),
source_url=meeting_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date,
meeting_type='Board Meeting',
title=meeting_title,
content=pdf_content[:50000],
metadata={
'platform': 'eboard',
'school_id': school_id,
'scraped_with': 'undetected_chromedriver'
}
)
documents.append(doc)
logger.success(f" ✓ Scraped PDF: {meeting_title[:50]}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f" Error downloading PDF: {e}")
else:
# Navigate to meeting detail page
logger.debug(f" Loading meeting: {meeting_title[:50]}")
driver.get(meeting_url)
time.sleep(random.uniform(2.0, 4.0))
meeting_soup = BeautifulSoup(driver.page_source, 'html.parser')
# Extract meeting date
meeting_date = datetime.now()
try:
from dateutil import parser as date_parser
for elem in meeting_soup.find_all(['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'div', 'span']):
text = elem.get_text().strip()
date_match = re.search(r'(\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{2,4})', text)
if date_match:
meeting_date = date_parser.parse(date_match.group(0))
break
except:
pass
# Find document links (PDFs)
doc_links = []
for link in meeting_soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
link_text = link.get_text().strip()
if href.lower().endswith('.pdf') or any(word in link_text.lower() for word in ['agenda', 'minutes', 'packet']):
doc_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
doc_links.append({
'url': doc_url,
'text': link_text
})
logger.info(f" Found {len(doc_links)} documents")
# Download each document
for doc_info in doc_links[:5]:
try:
doc_url = doc_info['url']
doc_title = doc_info['text']
if doc_url.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
doc_content = await self._scrape_pdf_document(doc_url)
if doc_content and len(doc_content.strip()) > 100:
doc = MeetingDocument(
document_id=hashlib.md5(f"{doc_url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest(),
source_url=doc_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date,
meeting_type='Board Meeting',
title=doc_title or meeting_title,
content=doc_content[:50000],
metadata={
'platform': 'eboard',
'meeting_page': meeting_url,
'school_id': school_id,
'scraped_with': 'undetected_chromedriver'
}
)
documents.append(doc)
logger.success(f" ✓ Scraped: {doc_title[:50]}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f" Error scraping document: {e}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error processing {meeting_info.get('text', 'unknown')}: {e}")
continue
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error in undetected scraper: {e}")
import traceback
logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
raise # Re-raise to trigger fallback
finally:
if driver:
try:
driver.quit()
except:
pass
logger.success(f"Undetected scraper complete: {len(documents)} documents")
return documents
async def _scrape_eboard(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape eBoard Solutions platform (used by many school districts).
eBoard uses ASP.NET with JavaScript and Incapsula bot protection.
This implementation uses undetected-chromedriver for automatic bypass.
Bypass methods (in order):
1. Undetected ChromeDriver - automatic bot detection evasion
2. Playwright with manual cookies (fallback)
Args:
target: Scraping target with URL, municipality, state
date_range: Date range for filtering meetings
Returns:
List of meeting documents
"""
url = target.get("url", "")
municipality = target.get("municipality", "Unknown")
state = target.get("state", "")
logger.info(f"Scraping eBoard platform: {url} for {municipality}")
# Try undetected-chromedriver first (automatic bypass)
try:
import undetected_chromedriver as uc
logger.info("Attempting with undetected-chromedriver (automatic bot evasion)")
return await self._scrape_eboard_undetected(target, date_range)
except ImportError:
logger.warning("undetected-chromedriver not available, falling back to Playwright")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Undetected ChromeDriver failed: {e}, falling back to Playwright")
# Fallback to Playwright with cookies
logger.info("Using Playwright with manual cookies (if available)")
documents = []
try:
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
from playwright_stealth import Stealth
import random
from pathlib import Path
# Extract school ID from URL (S=xxxx parameter)
import re
school_id_match = re.search(r'[?&]s=(\d+)', url, re.IGNORECASE)
school_id = school_id_match.group(1) if school_id_match else None
if not school_id:
logger.error(f"Could not extract school ID from URL: {url}")
return []
# Target the Meeting Listing page directly (bypasses some Incapsula triggers)
base_url = "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com"
meetings_url = f"{base_url}/SB_Meetings/SB_MeetingListing.aspx?S={school_id}"
# Check for manual cookies file
cookie_file = Path("eboard_cookies.json")
cookies = None
if cookie_file.exists():
try:
import json
with open(cookie_file, 'r') as f:
cookies = json.load(f)
logger.success(f"✓ Loaded {len(cookies)} cookies from eboard_cookies.json")
logger.info("Using manual session cookies to bypass Incapsula")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Could not load cookies: {e}")
else:
logger.info("No cookie file found. Will attempt without cookies (may be blocked)")
logger.info(f"To bypass Incapsula: Create {cookie_file.absolute()}")
logger.info("See docs/EBOARD_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD.md for instructions")
logger.info(f"Targeting Meeting Listing: {meetings_url}")
async with async_playwright() as p:
# Launch browser with anti-detection settings
logger.info("Launching browser with stealth settings to bypass Incapsula")
browser = await p.chromium.launch(
headless=True, # Stealth makes headless work
args=[
'--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled',
'--disable-dev-shm-usage',
'--no-sandbox'
]
)
# CRITICAL: User-Agent must match the browser used to generate cookies
# If cookies were from Chrome 123, use Chrome 123 UA
user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'
context = await browser.new_context(
viewport={'width': 1920, 'height': 1080},
user_agent=user_agent,
locale='en-US',
timezone_id='America/Chicago',
# Additional fingerprinting evasion
geolocation={'latitude': 33.2098, 'longitude': -87.5692}, # Tuscaloosa, AL
permissions=['geolocation']
)
page = await context.new_page()
# Apply stealth to bypass Incapsula fingerprinting
stealth = Stealth()
await stealth.apply_stealth_async(page)
logger.info("Stealth mode activated")
# Inject cookies if available (CRITICAL for bypassing Incapsula)
if cookies:
await context.add_cookies(cookies)
logger.success("✓ Cookies injected into browser session")
# Navigate to Meeting Listing
logger.info(f"Loading Meeting Listing page...")
try:
# Simulate human behavior - move mouse before navigation
await page.mouse.move(random.randint(100, 500), random.randint(100, 500))
response = await page.goto(meetings_url, wait_until='networkidle', timeout=60000)
logger.info(f"Response status: {response.status if response else 'No response'}")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Navigation timeout/error: {e}, continuing anyway...")
# Wait for Incapsula JavaScript challenge to complete
# CRITICAL: Use randomized delay (not flat sleep) to avoid pattern detection
wait_time = random.uniform(5.0, 7.0)
logger.info(f"Waiting {wait_time:.1f}s for Incapsula JavaScript challenge...")
await page.wait_for_timeout(int(wait_time * 1000))
# Check if we got through
content = await page.content()
# More sophisticated Incapsula detection
is_blocked = False
if len(content) < 5000:
is_blocked = True
logger.error(f"Still blocked by Incapsula (page too small: {len(content)} bytes)")
elif 'Incapsula incident ID' in content:
is_blocked = True
logger.error(f"Still blocked by Incapsula (incident ID found)")
elif 'Request unsuccessful. Incapsula' in content:
is_blocked = True
logger.error(f"Still blocked by Incapsula (request unsuccessful message)")
elif '<title>Access Denied</title>' in content or '<title>Blocked</title>' in content:
is_blocked = True
logger.error(f"Still blocked by Incapsula (access denied title)")
if is_blocked:
logger.warning(f"Try running with headless=False or use manual session cookies")
logger.info(f"See docs/EBOARD_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD.md for manual download guide")
await browser.close()
return []
logger.success(f"✓ Bypassed Incapsula! Got {len(content)} bytes")
# Save HTML for debugging
debug_file = Path("/tmp/eboard_success.html")
with open(debug_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(content)
logger.info(f"Saved successful page to {debug_file}")
# Parse the page
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, 'html.parser')
# Debug: Log all links found on page
all_links = soup.find_all('a', href=True)
logger.info(f"Total <a> tags with href found: {len(all_links)}")
if len(all_links) > 0:
logger.info(f"Sample links (first 10):")
for i, link in enumerate(all_links[:10]):
href = link.get('href', '')[:100]
text = link.get_text().strip()[:50]
logger.info(f" {i+1}. {text} -> {href}")
# Extract meeting links - eBoard uses MID parameter
# Look for links containing "MID=" (Meeting ID)
meeting_links = []
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
text = link.get_text().strip()
# eBoard meeting detail links contain MID parameter
if 'MID=' in href.upper() or 'meetingdetail' in href.lower():
full_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
meeting_links.append({
'url': full_url,
'text': text,
'mid': re.search(r'MID=(\d+)', href, re.IGNORECASE).group(1) if re.search(r'MID=(\d+)', href, re.IGNORECASE) else None
})
# Also look for direct PDF links (agendas/minutes)
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
text = link.get_text().strip()
if href.lower().endswith('.pdf') and any(word in text.lower() for word in ['agenda', 'minutes', 'packet']):
full_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
meeting_links.append({
'url': full_url,
'text': text,
'type': 'pdf'
})
logger.info(f"Found {len(meeting_links)} meeting/document links")
# Process each meeting (limit to prevent overwhelming)
for idx, meeting_info in enumerate(meeting_links[:50]):
try:
meeting_url = meeting_info['url']
meeting_title = meeting_info['text']
if idx > 0 and idx % 10 == 0:
logger.info(f" Progress: {idx}/{min(50, len(meeting_links))} meetings processed")
# CRITICAL: Randomized rate limiting to prevent Advanced Mode trigger
# Never use flat sleep - Incapsula detects patterns
wait_time = random.uniform(3.0, 7.0)
await asyncio.sleep(wait_time)
# Simulate human mouse movement before each action
await page.mouse.move(random.randint(200, 800), random.randint(200, 600))
# Handle PDF links directly
if meeting_info.get('type') == 'pdf':
try:
# Download PDF
pdf_content = await self._scrape_pdf_document(meeting_url)
if pdf_content and len(pdf_content.strip()) > 100:
# Extract date from title/text
meeting_date = None
try:
from dateutil import parser as date_parser
date_match = re.search(r'(\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{2,4})', meeting_title)
if not date_match:
date_match = re.search(r'(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s+\d{1,2},?\s+\d{4}', meeting_title, re.IGNORECASE)
if date_match:
meeting_date = date_parser.parse(date_match.group(0))
except:
meeting_date = datetime.now()
if not meeting_date:
meeting_date = datetime.now()
document_id = hashlib.md5(f"{meeting_url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest()
doc = MeetingDocument(
document_id=document_id,
source_url=meeting_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date,
meeting_type='Board Meeting',
title=meeting_title,
content=pdf_content[:50000],
metadata={
'platform': 'eboard',
'school_id': school_id,
'scraped_with': 'playwright_stealth'
}
)
documents.append(doc)
logger.success(f" ✓ Scraped PDF: {meeting_title[:50]}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f" Error downloading PDF: {e}")
continue
# Handle meeting detail pages
else:
logger.debug(f" Loading meeting detail: {meeting_title[:50]}")
try:
# Simulate clicking on link (human-like behavior)
await page.mouse.move(random.randint(300, 700), random.randint(200, 500))
await page.goto(meeting_url, wait_until='domcontentloaded', timeout=30000)
# Random wait to appear human
await page.wait_for_timeout(random.randint(1500, 3000))
meeting_content = await page.content()
meeting_soup = BeautifulSoup(meeting_content, 'html.parser')
# Extract meeting date
meeting_date = None
for elem in meeting_soup.find_all(['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'div', 'span']):
text = elem.get_text().strip()
date_match = re.search(r'(\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{2,4})', text)
if not date_match:
date_match = re.search(r'(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s+\d{1,2},?\s+\d{4}', text, re.IGNORECASE)
if date_match:
try:
from dateutil import parser as date_parser
meeting_date = date_parser.parse(date_match.group(0))
break
except:
pass
if not meeting_date:
meeting_date = datetime.now()
# Find document links (PDFs)
doc_links = []
for link in meeting_soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link.get('href', '')
link_text = link.get_text().strip()
if (href.lower().endswith('.pdf') or
'agenda' in link_text.lower() or
'minutes' in link_text.lower() or
'packet' in link_text.lower()):
doc_url = urljoin(base_url, href)
doc_links.append({
'url': doc_url,
'text': link_text
})
logger.info(f" Found {len(doc_links)} documents for {meeting_title[:40]}")
# Download each document
for doc_info in doc_links[:5]: # Limit per meeting
try:
doc_url = doc_info['url']
doc_title = doc_info['text']
if doc_url.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
doc_content = await self._scrape_pdf_document(doc_url)
if doc_content and len(doc_content.strip()) > 100:
document_id = hashlib.md5(f"{doc_url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest()
doc = MeetingDocument(
document_id=document_id,
source_url=doc_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=meeting_date,
meeting_type='Board Meeting',
title=doc_title or meeting_title,
content=doc_content[:50000],
metadata={
'platform': 'eboard',
'meeting_page': meeting_url,
'school_id': school_id,
'meeting_id': meeting_info.get('mid'),
'scraped_with': 'playwright_stealth'
}
)
documents.append(doc)
logger.success(f" ✓ Scraped: {doc_title[:50]}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f" Error scraping document: {e}")
continue
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f" Error processing meeting {meeting_title[:40]}: {e}")
continue
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error processing meeting link: {e}")
continue
# Close browser
await browser.close()
except ImportError as e:
logger.error(f"Missing dependency: {e}")
logger.error("Install with: pip install playwright-stealth && playwright install chromium")
return []
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping eBoard {url}: {e}")
import traceback
logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
logger.success(f"eBoard scrape complete: {len(documents)} documents from {municipality}")
return documents
async def _scrape_generic(
self,
target: Dict[str, Any],
date_range: Dict[str, str]
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape meeting minutes from generic municipal websites.
Args:
target: Target configuration
date_range: Date range for filtering
Returns:
List of meeting documents
"""
url = target["url"]
municipality = target["municipality"]
state = target["state"]
documents = []
try:
response = await self.http_client.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html.parser")
candidate_documents = self._extract_document_candidates(
page_url=url,
html=response.text,
soup=soup
)
# Crawl a few likely meeting pages because many sites (including JS-heavy portals)
# keep document links off the landing page.
meeting_pages = self._extract_meeting_pages(page_url=url, soup=soup)
for meeting_page in meeting_pages[:8]:
try:
page_response = await self.http_client.get(meeting_page)
if page_response.status_code >= 400:
continue
page_soup = BeautifulSoup(page_response.content, "html.parser")
page_candidates = self._extract_document_candidates(
page_url=meeting_page,
html=page_response.text,
soup=page_soup
)
candidate_documents.extend(page_candidates)
await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
except Exception as page_err:
logger.debug(f"Could not scrape meeting page {meeting_page}: {page_err}")
# De-duplicate while preserving order
seen_urls = set()
deduped_candidates = []
for doc_url, doc_label in candidate_documents:
if doc_url not in seen_urls:
seen_urls.add(doc_url)
deduped_candidates.append((doc_url, doc_label))
for doc_url, doc_label in deduped_candidates[:50]:
if doc_url in self.scraped_urls:
continue
# Prioritize meeting-related labels but still allow document URL heuristics.
label = (doc_label or "").lower()
if label and not any(keyword in label for keyword in self.meeting_keywords):
if not any(keyword in doc_url.lower() for keyword in self.meeting_keywords):
continue
doc = await self._scrape_document(
url=doc_url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
title=doc_label or "meeting document"
)
if doc:
documents.append(doc)
self.scraped_urls.add(doc_url)
await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping generic site {url}: {e}")
return documents
def _extract_document_candidates(
self,
page_url: str,
html: str,
soup: BeautifulSoup
) -> List[tuple[str, str]]:
"""Extract document URLs from anchors and script text."""
candidates: List[tuple[str, str]] = []
# Anchor/link extraction
for anchor in soup.find_all("a", href=True):
href = anchor.get("href", "")
if not href:
continue
full_url = urljoin(page_url, href)
full_url = self._normalize_document_url(full_url)
lowered = full_url.lower()
if any(ext in lowered for ext in self.document_extensions) or any(k in lowered for k in self.document_route_keywords):
text = anchor.get_text(" ", strip=True) or anchor.get("title", "") or "document"
candidates.append((full_url, text))
# Script extraction for JS-driven portals that embed links in JSON blobs.
url_pattern = r'(https?://[^"\'\s)]+\.(?:pdf|docx?|pptx?|xlsx?)(?:\?[^"\'\s)]*)?)'
rel_pattern = r'([\w/\-.]+\.(?:pdf|docx?|pptx?|xlsx?)(?:\?[^"\'\s)]*)?)'
for raw in re.findall(url_pattern, html, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
candidates.append((self._normalize_document_url(raw), "document"))
route_pattern = r'(["\'](?:/event/Get(?:Agenda|Minutes)File/[^"\']+)["\'])'
for raw in re.findall(route_pattern, html, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
cleaned = raw.strip("\"'")
candidates.append((self._normalize_document_url(urljoin(page_url, cleaned)), "document"))
for raw in re.findall(rel_pattern, html, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
if raw.startswith("http"):
continue
if raw.startswith("/") or "/" in raw:
candidates.append((self._normalize_document_url(urljoin(page_url, raw)), "document"))
return candidates
def _normalize_document_url(self, url: str) -> str:
"""Clean common malformed URL artifacts found in embedded portal markup."""
normalized = url.strip()
normalized = normalized.replace(" %20?", "?")
normalized = normalized.replace("%20?", "?")
normalized = normalized.replace(" ?", "?")
return normalized
def _extract_meeting_pages(self, page_url: str, soup: BeautifulSoup) -> List[str]:
"""Find likely meeting-related subpages to expand document discovery."""
pages = []
for anchor in soup.find_all("a", href=True):
href = anchor.get("href", "")
text = anchor.get_text(" ", strip=True).lower()
if not href:
continue
full_url = urljoin(page_url, href)
combined = f"{text} {full_url.lower()}"
if "/event/?id=" in full_url.lower() or any(keyword in combined for keyword in self.meeting_keywords):
pages.append(full_url)
seen = set()
deduped = []
for p in pages:
if p not in seen:
seen.add(p)
deduped.append(p)
return deduped
async def _scrape_meeting_page(
self,
url: str,
municipality: str,
state: str,
meeting_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Scrape a single meeting page.
Args:
url: Meeting page URL
municipality: Municipality name
state: State code
meeting_data: Optional pre-fetched meeting data
Returns:
Meeting document or None
"""
try:
response = await self.http_client.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html.parser")
# Extract meeting details (simplified - actual implementation would be more robust)
title = soup.find("h1") or soup.find("title")
title_text = title.get_text().strip() if title else "Untitled Meeting"
# Extract main content
content_div = soup.find("div", class_="meeting-content") or soup.find("main")
content = content_div.get_text(separator="\n").strip() if content_div else ""
# Generate document ID
doc_id = hashlib.md5(f"{url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest()
document = MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=datetime.utcnow(), # Would parse from content
meeting_type="City Council", # Would determine from content
title=title_text,
content=content,
metadata={"platform": "web", "raw_data": meeting_data}
)
return document
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping meeting page {url}: {e}")
return None
async def _scrape_document(
self,
url: str,
municipality: str,
state: str,
title: str
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Download and extract text from a document URL.
Args:
url: PDF URL
municipality: Municipality name
state: State code
title: Document title
Returns:
Meeting document or None
"""
try:
response = await self.http_client.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
content_type = (response.headers.get("content-type") or "").lower()
url_lower = url.lower()
is_pdf = ".pdf" in url_lower or "application/pdf" in content_type
is_image = any(ext in url_lower for ext in [".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".tif", ".tiff"]) or content_type.startswith("image/")
content = "[Document content extraction unavailable]"
ocr_used = False
ocr_pages = 0
if is_pdf and PdfReader is not None:
try:
reader = PdfReader(io.BytesIO(response.content))
pages = []
for page in reader.pages[:30]:
pages.append(page.extract_text() or "")
extracted = "\n".join(pages).strip()
if extracted:
content = extracted
else:
content = "[PDF has no extractable text]"
except Exception as parse_error:
logger.debug(f"PDF parse failed for {url}: {parse_error}")
content = "[PDF parsing failed]"
# OCR fallback for scanned/image-based PDFs.
if is_pdf and content in ["[PDF has no extractable text]", "[PDF parsing failed]"]:
ocr_text, ocr_pages = self._ocr_pdf_bytes(response.content)
if ocr_text:
content = ocr_text
ocr_used = True
# OCR for image documents.
if is_image and content == "[Document content extraction unavailable]":
image_text = self._ocr_image_bytes(response.content)
if image_text:
content = image_text
ocr_used = True
ocr_pages = 1
doc_id = hashlib.md5(f"{url}{municipality}".encode()).hexdigest()
document = MeetingDocument(
document_id=doc_id,
source_url=url,
municipality=municipality,
state=state,
meeting_date=datetime.utcnow(),
meeting_type="Unknown",
title=title,
content=content,
metadata={
"platform": "document",
"file_size": len(response.content),
"content_type": response.headers.get("content-type"),
"is_pdf": is_pdf,
"is_image": is_image,
"ocr_used": ocr_used,
"ocr_pages": ocr_pages,
"text_extracted": content not in [
"[Document content extraction unavailable]",
"[PDF has no extractable text]",
"[PDF parsing failed]"
]
}
)
return document
except Exception as e:
if isinstance(e, httpx.HTTPStatusError) and e.response.status_code == 404:
logger.debug(f"Document not found (404): {url}")
else:
logger.error(f"Error downloading document {url}: {e}")
return None
def _ocr_pdf_bytes(self, pdf_bytes: bytes) -> tuple[str, int]:
"""OCR PDF pages when direct PDF text extraction fails."""
if pdfplumber is None or pytesseract is None:
return "", 0
try:
extracted_pages = []
with pdfplumber.open(io.BytesIO(pdf_bytes)) as pdf:
for page in pdf.pages[:self.ocr_max_pages]:
try:
image = page.to_image(resolution=200).original
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image).strip()
if text:
extracted_pages.append(text)
except TesseractNotFoundError:
if not self._ocr_missing_tesseract_warned:
logger.warning("Tesseract binary not found. Install 'tesseract-ocr' to enable OCR.")
self._ocr_missing_tesseract_warned = True
return "", 0
except Exception as page_err:
logger.debug(f"OCR page failed: {page_err}")
if not extracted_pages:
return "", 0
return "\n\n".join(extracted_pages), len(extracted_pages)
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"OCR PDF fallback failed: {err}")
return "", 0
def _ocr_image_bytes(self, image_bytes: bytes) -> str:
"""OCR text from image-based documents."""
if pytesseract is None or Image is None:
return ""
try:
image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes))
return pytesseract.image_to_string(image).strip()
except TesseractNotFoundError:
if not self._ocr_missing_tesseract_warned:
logger.warning("Tesseract binary not found. Install 'tesseract-ocr' to enable OCR.")
self._ocr_missing_tesseract_warned = True
return ""
except Exception as err:
logger.debug(f"Image OCR failed: {err}")
return ""
async def _scrape_pdf_document(
self,
url: str,
municipality: str,
state: str,
title: str
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Backward-compatible wrapper for existing call sites."""
return await self._scrape_document(url, municipality, state, title)