Federal Register Rules & Notices Scraper

Federal Register Rules & Notices Scraper — a fast, reliable federal register scraper that needs no API key. You pay only for the results you get: failed or empty runs are always free.

This federal register scraper runs on the Apify platform, so you can call it from the API, run it on a schedule, or export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets.

What this scraper does

• Extracts structured federal register data with no browser or API key required
• Returns clean JSON, one record per result — ready for sheets, databases, or apps
• Pay-per-result pricing: you are never charged for a run that returns nothing
• Runs on demand or on a schedule, and integrates with 5,000+ apps via the Apify API and webhooks

What data you get

Each result record includes fields such as:

• Document Number (documentNumber) — e.g. "2026-03888"
• Title (title) — e.g. "Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Reporting Emission Data, Em...
• Document Type (documentType) — e.g. "Rule"
• Abstract (abstract) — e.g. "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking fina...
• Action (action) — e.g. "Final rule."
• Agencies (agencies) — e.g. ["Environmental Protection Agency"]
• Agency Slugs (agencySlugs) — e.g. ["environmental-protection-agency"]
• Publication Date (publicationDate) — e.g. "2026-02-26"
• Effective Date (effectiveDate) — e.g. "2026-03-30"
• Citation (citation) — e.g. "91 FR 9457"
• Docket Ids (docketIds) — e.g. ["EPA-R07-OAR-2025-2830", "FRL-13059-02-R7"]
• Regulation Id Numbers (regulationIdNumbers) — e.g. []
• Presidential Document Number (presidentialDocumentNumber) — e.g. null
• Executive Order Number (executiveOrderNumber) — e.g. null

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchTerms	array	Full-text search terms. Each term is run separately against the Federal Register full-text index (condition...
documentType	array	Optional. Restrict results to one or more document categories. Leave empty for all types.
agencies	array	Optional. Filter by agency slug as used by the Federal Register (e.g. "environmental-protection-agency", "s...
fromDate	string	Optional. Only include documents published on or after this date, in YYYY-MM-DD format (maps to conditions[...
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of documents to return for each search term (or for the filter-only browse when no terms are...

Example output

{
  "type": "document",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T00:00:00Z",
  "documentNumber": "2026-03888",
  "title": "Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Reporting Emission Data, Emission Fees, and Process Information",
  "documentType": "Rule",
  "abstract": "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP).",
  "action": "Final rule.",
  "agencies": [
    "Environmental Protection Agency"
  ],
  "agencySlugs": [
    "environmental-protection-agency"
  ],
  "publicationDate": "2026-02-26",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-03-30",
  "citation": "91 FR 9457",
  "docketIds": [
    "EPA-R07-OAR-2025-2830",
    "FRL-13059-02-R7"
  ],
  "regulationIdNumbers": [],
  "presidentialDocumentNumber": null,
  "executiveOrderNumber": null,
  "signingDate": null,
  "htmlUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/26/2026-03888/air-plan-approval-missouri-reporting-emission-data-emission-fees-and-process-information",
  "pdfUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-26/pdf/2026-03888.pdf",
  "publicInspectionPdfUrl": "https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03888.pdf?1772027121",
  "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/26/2026-03888/air-plan-approval-missouri-reporting-emission-data-emission-fees-and-process-information",
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}

Use cases

• Monitor news and media coverage
• Track brands, topics, and competitors
• Feed research and trend-analysis pipelines
• Build alerting on breaking events

Run it as a monitor (alerts on new federal register)

Schedule this federal register scraper to run automatically — hourly, daily, or on any cron schedule — with the built-in Apify Scheduler, and have results pushed to you by webhook, email, Slack, or your own app the moment they're ready. It's the easiest way to monitor federal register for changes over time and get alerted the instant something new appears — no manual runs. Because pricing is per result, a scheduled monitor only ever charges you for the data each run actually returns.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing at $0.0006 per record. There is no monthly fee and no start fee — and empty or failed runs cost $0, so you only ever pay for data you actually receive.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or account for the source? No. This federal register scraper works out of the box with no API key required.

What happens if a run returns no results? You are not charged. Billing is per result, so empty or failed runs are free.

Can I run the federal register scraper on a schedule? Yes. Use the Apify Scheduler to run it hourly, daily, or on any cron schedule, and get results by webhook or API.

What export formats are supported? Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or pushed to Google Sheets, a database, or your own app via the Apify API.

Is the data structured? Yes. Every federal register result is a clean, flat JSON record you can use immediately.