# Austrian Law & Federal Law Gazette (RIS) Scraper (`esint/austria-ris-law`) Actor

New Austrian Federal Law Gazette (BGBl) publications, consolidated federal law, government bills and draft laws from the official RIS legal information system. Open data (CC BY 4.0) with ELI and HTML/PDF/XML links – for legal-tech, compliance monitoring and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/esint/austria-ris-law.md
- **Developed by:** [ESINT](https://apify.com/esint) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, News, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Austrian Federal Law & Gazette Scraper (RIS Open Data)

> 🇩🇪 Neue Bundesgesetzblätter, konsolidiertes Bundesrecht, Regierungsvorlagen und Begutachtungsentwürfe aus dem offiziellen RIS (Open Government Data, CC BY 4.0).

Monitor **Austrian federal legislation** from the official **RIS – Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes**:

- **Federal Law Gazette (BGBl, authentic, since 2004)** – newest publications first (default: last month)
- **Consolidated federal law** (Bundesrecht konsolidiert) – search norms by keyword/title
- **Government bills** (Regierungsvorlagen) and **draft laws in consultation** (Begutachtungsentwürfe)

Each result includes date, BGBl number, title/short title, issuing ministry, ELI identifier and direct **HTML / PDF / XML** links to the official text.

**Use cases:** regulatory & compliance monitoring, legal-tech, law firms, public affairs, feeding AI agents/RAG with current Austrian law. Schedule daily for alerts.

### Who is it for?

- **Legal-tech & law firms** – structured, linkable Austrian legal data without building your own parser.
- **Compliance & regulatory monitoring** – schedule daily runs and get only new items (combine with Apify integrations: e-mail, Slack, webhooks, Google Sheets).
- **Public affairs, NGOs, journalists, researchers** – track legislation by topic or ministry.
- **AI agents & RAG pipelines** – clean JSON with official source links, ideal grounding for LLM answers about Austria.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Add this Actor as a tool in any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT connectors, …) via the Apify MCP server:
`https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=esint/austria-ris-law`
Then ask e.g. "What was published in the Austrian Federal Law Gazette this week?"

### Quick start

Run with the default input – it returns recent results within seconds. Use the API endpoint `run-sync-get-dataset-items` for one-call integrations.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `application` | `BgblAuth` (default), `BrKons`, `RegV`, `Begut` |
| `searchTerms` | full-text search, e.g. `Datenschutz` |
| `titleSearch` | search in titles |
| `period` | BGBl publication period (default 1 month) |
| `maxItems` | cap (default 100) |

### Output example

```json
{"collection":"BgblAuth","date":"2026-10-14","gazetteNumber":"BGBl. I Nr. 85/2026","part":"I","type":"Bundesgesetz","title":"…","authority":"BMF (Bundesministerium für Finanzen)","eli":"https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/bgbl/I/2026/85","htmlUrl":"https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/…","pdfUrl":"https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/…","source":"RIS – Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes (OGD, CC BY 4.0)"}
```

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$2.00 per 1,000 documents**.

### Data, license & attribution

Source: **RIS – Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes**, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, via the official OGD API (https://data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6). License: **CC BY 4.0** – attribution: "Datenquelle: RIS – Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes, CC BY 4.0". Only federal legal norms and gazettes – **no court decisions, no personal data**. No warranty for accuracy; only the authentic RIS publications are legally binding. Not affiliated with the Federal Chancellery.

# Actor input Schema

## `application` (type: `string`):

Which RIS federal collection to query.

## `searchTerms` (type: `string`):

Words to search for, e.g. Datenschutz or Steuer.

## `titleSearch` (type: `string`):

Search only in titles.

## `period` (type: `string`):

Publication period for the Federal Law Gazette collection.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of documents (100 per API page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "application": "BgblAuth",
  "period": "EinemMonat",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped items in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("esint/austria-ris-law").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("esint/austria-ris-law").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call esint/austria-ris-law --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,esint/austria-ris-law"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/S226NciuZua5xjFEa/builds/odqTW9x6ERQBT6IfX/openapi.json