# Singapore Law Society Lawyer Directory Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper`) Actor Scrapes the Law Society of Singapore's official 'Find a Featured Lawyer/Law Firm' directory. Extracts firm names, practice areas, locations, languages spoken, contact details (phone, email, website), office address, and firm descriptions from Singapore's official legal professional registry. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Law Society of Singapore Lawyer Directory Scraper Scrapes the [Law Society of Singapore's](https://www.lawsociety.org.sg/find-a-lawyer/) official "Find a Featured Lawyer/Law Firm" directory. Returns structured JSON with firm names, practice areas, office locations, spoken languages, contact details, and firm descriptions — all from Singapore's only official legal professional registry. --- ### Singapore Law Society Scraper Features - Extracts all featured law firms and lawyers from the official LSS directory - Returns practice areas, geographic zones, and languages spoken per firm - Collects contact details — phone, email, and external website — from each listing - Pulls office addresses with Singapore postal codes - Includes the firm's "About Us" description where published - No proxies required. No browser needed. Pure API access via the WordPress REST endpoint. - Covers the complete featured directory (~75 listings) in a single run --- ### Who Uses Singapore Legal Directory Data? - **Legal recruiters** — Source contact details for Singapore-based law firms before outreach - **Corporate legal departments** — Screen preferred-panel candidates by practice area and language - **Legal tech platforms** — Seed databases with verified Singapore Bar contact information - **Competing law firms** — Map the competitive landscape across practice areas and locations - **Researchers and journalists** — Track Singapore's legal market structure and specializations - **Business development teams** — Identify firms with relevant practice coverage for referrals --- ### How Singapore Law Society Scraper Works 1. Calls the Law Society's WordPress REST API with embedded taxonomy data — one request returns the full directory 2. Resolves practice area, location, and language taxonomy terms from the embedded response 3. Extracts contact information (phone, email, website) and office address from each firm's HTML content 4. Saves each listing as a structured JSON record with 11 fields --- ### Input ```json { "maxItems": 10 } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `maxItems` | integer | 10 | Maximum number of firms to return. Set higher to get more of the ~75 total listings. | *** ### Singapore Law Society Scraper Output Fields ```json { "firm_name": "EUGENE THURAISINGAM ASIA LLC – Criminal", "profile_url": "https://www.lawsociety.org.sg/firms/eugene-thuraisingam-asia-llc-criminal/", "practice_areas": "Criminal", "location": "South", "languages": "Malay, Mandarin, Tamil", "address": "1 Coleman Street, #07-06 The Adelphi Singapore 179803", "phone": "+65 6557 2436", "email": "eugene@thuraisingam.com", "website": "https://thuraisingam.com", "description": "Eugene Thuraisingam Asia LLC is a unique disputes practice in Singapore...", "scraped_at": "2026-05-05T11:22:00.000Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `firm_name` | string | Official firm or lawyer name as listed in the directory | | `profile_url` | string | URL of the firm's profile page on lawsociety.org.sg | | `practice_areas` | string | Practice area(s), comma-separated (e.g., "Criminal" or "Corporate & Commercial") | | `location` | string | Geographic zone in Singapore: Central, South, East, North, or West | | `languages` | string | Languages spoken, comma-separated (e.g., "Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil") | | `address` | string | Full office address including postal code | | `phone` | string | Contact phone number in +65 XXXX XXXX format | | `email` | string | Contact email address | | `website` | string | Firm's external website URL | | `description` | string | Firm description from their "About Us" section | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was scraped | *** ### 🔍 FAQ #### How do I scrape the Singapore Law Society directory? Singapore Law Society Scraper handles it in one API call. Set `maxItems` to 75 or higher to get the full directory. Default is 10 if you're just testing. #### What data can I get from lawsociety.org.sg? Singapore Law Society Scraper returns 11 fields per listing: firm name, profile URL, practice areas, location zone, languages spoken, office address, phone, email, website, description, and scrape timestamp. These are paid "featured" listings — the directory covers selective premium firms, not the full Singapore Bar roll. #### How much does Singapore Law Society Scraper cost to run? About $0.0015 per record, plus a $0.10 flat start fee. A full directory run of 75 firms costs under $0.25 total — which is considerably less than what those firms charge per billable minute. #### Does Singapore Law Society Scraper need proxies? No. The site runs Cloudflare in passive mode and serves clean responses to direct HTTP requests. No residential proxy needed, no browser, no CAPTCHA solving. #### Can I filter by practice area or language? Not via input parameters — the underlying API doesn't support server-side filtering. Download the full dataset and filter locally, which is straightforward given the structured output format. *** ### Need More Features? Need custom fields, filters, or a different Singapore legal data source? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use Singapore Law Society Scraper? - **Official source** — Data comes directly from Singapore's official legal professional registry, not a third-party aggregator with stale listings - **Zero friction** — No proxies, no browser, no CAPTCHA. The scraper makes a single API call and returns clean structured JSON, which is more than most directories offer - **Premium market** — Singapore lawyers bill $300–$1,500/hr. The contacts here are worth more per record than most directories in the region. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of firms/lawyers to scrape (0 = all) ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/singapore-law-society-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Singapore Law Society Lawyer Directory Scraper", "description": "Scrapes the Law Society of Singapore's official 'Find a Featured Lawyer/Law Firm' directory. Extracts firm names, practice areas, locations, languages spoken, contact details (phone, email, website), office address, and firm descriptions from Singapore's official legal professional registry.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "WDDeh3As5QEjpjQv6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~singapore-law-society-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-singapore-law-society-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~singapore-law-society-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-singapore-law-society-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~singapore-law-society-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-singapore-law-society-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of firms/lawyers to scrape (0 = all)", "default": 10 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", 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