# Regulations.gov Documents Scraper (`neuton/regulations-gov-documents-scraper`) Actor

Search Regulations.gov public rulemaking documents for policy monitoring, regulatory intelligence, compliance research, lobbying research, and market-risk tracking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/neuton/regulations-gov-documents-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ashwin Prasad](https://apify.com/neuton) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Regulations.gov Documents Scraper

Search public Regulations.gov rulemaking documents for regulatory monitoring, policy intelligence, legal research, compliance alerts, market-risk tracking, and lobbying research. This actor targets SEO searches like Regulations.gov scraper, rulemaking documents API, federal regulation monitor, and docket document export.

### Why this actor

Regulations.gov documents are high-value for legal teams, public-affairs groups, regulated industries, consultants, compliance teams, and policy analysts because early rulemaking signals can affect product roadmaps, market access, reporting obligations, and lobbying priorities. This actor turns public rulemaking search results into structured rows that can be scheduled, filtered, and routed to review workflows.

SEO keywords covered by this Store page include Regulations.gov scraper, rulemaking documents API, federal regulation monitor, docket document export, public comment deadline tracker, agency rulemaking data, compliance document scraper, and regulatory intelligence dataset.

### Output

Rows include document ID, title, agency, docket ID, document type, posted date, comment deadline, withdrawn status, object ID, and Regulations.gov URL.

### Use cases

- Monitor rulemaking documents by keyword, agency, docket, or document type.
- Track public comment deadlines for legal, compliance, and public-affairs workflows.
- Build regulatory-intelligence dashboards and market-risk alerts.
- Route relevant documents to Slack, Airtable, Make, n8n, a warehouse, or a review queue.
- Feed AI agents with official source URLs for summaries, issue spotting, and briefing notes.

### Example input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["artificial intelligence", "cybersecurity"],
  "agencyIds": ["FTC"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 25
}
```

### Responsible use

This actor extracts public Regulations.gov data. Use it for research, monitoring, compliance support, and policy intelligence. Verify legal or regulatory decisions against official source documents and qualified advice.

### Pricing

Launch around $4 per 1,000 documents because compliance and policy monitoring users have higher buyer intent.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords or phrases such as water, AI, cybersecurity, drug pricing.

## `agencyIds` (type: `array`):

Optional agency IDs such as EPA, FDA, FTC, SEC.

## `docketIds` (type: `array`):

Optional docket IDs to filter documents.

## `documentTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional types such as Rule, Proposed Rule, Notice, Supporting & Related Material.

## `postedDateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD posted date lower bound.

## `postedDateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD posted date upper bound.

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Optional api.data.gov key. Defaults to DEMO\_KEY for small tests.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Maximum documents per search term or filter search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50
}
```

# 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 '<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("neuton/regulations-gov-documents-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 '<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("neuton/regulations-gov-documents-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 '{}' |
apify call neuton/regulations-gov-documents-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=neuton/regulations-gov-documents-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CIsMmN1jZEhQ5FdMi/builds/cSZBUyVWtDrp7tfFT/openapi.json