Gazzetta Ufficiale Scraper - Italian Official Gazette Data

Extract laws, decrees, regulations, and public notices from Italy's official gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana). Browse recent issues or search by keyword across all gazette series. Returns act titles, types, numbers, dates, issuing authorities, full text, and PDF links. No login or cookies required.

How to scrape Gazzetta Ufficiale data

This actor scrapes the official Italian government gazette at gazzettaufficiale.it and extracts structured data from published legislative acts. The Gazzetta Ufficiale is Italy's official publication for all laws, legislative decrees, presidential decrees, ministerial orders, public competitions, and government notices.

Browse Recent Issues

Enable "Browse Recent Issues" to automatically scrape acts from the last 30 days of gazette publications. The actor navigates through each issue's table of contents (sommario) and extracts every published act with its full text.

Search by Keywords

Enter Italian keywords to search across act titles. For example, search for "sicurezza" (security), "ambiente" (environment), "lavoro" (employment), or "decreto legislativo" (legislative decree) to find specific legislation.

Filter by Act Type

Narrow results to specific types of legislative acts:

• Legge — Parliamentary law
• Decreto Legislativo — Legislative decree (delegated legislation)
• Decreto-Legge — Decree-law (emergency legislation)
• Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica — Presidential decree
• Decreto — Ministerial or interministerial decree
• Delibera — Resolution
• Ordinanza — Ordinance
• Comunicato — Official notice
• Regolamento — Regulation

Choose Gazette Series

The Gazzetta Ufficiale is published in seven series:

• Serie Generale — Main legislation (most common)
• Corte Costituzionale — Constitutional Court decisions
• Unione Europea — EU-related materials
• Regioni — Regional legislation
• Concorsi ed Esami — Public competitions and exams (government jobs)
• Contratti Pubblici — Public contracts and tenders
• Parte II — Notices and insertions

What data does the Gazzetta Ufficiale Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
title	String	Full title of the legislative act
actType	String	Type (Legge, Decreto Legislativo, Decreto, etc.)
actNumber	String	Official act number (e.g. "83/2026")
actDate	String	Date the act was signed
issuingAuthority	String	Government body that issued the act
publicationDate	String	Date published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale
gazetteNumber	String	Issue number of the gazette
series	String	Gazette series (Serie Generale, Concorsi, etc.)
codiceRedazionale	String	Unique editorial code (e.g. "26A03143")
fullText	String	Full text content of the act (up to 50K characters)
pdfUrl	String	Direct link to the PDF version
url	String	Source URL on gazzettaufficiale.it
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
Search Query	String	—	Keywords to search in act titles (Italian)
Act Type	Select	All types	Filter by type of legislative act
Gazette Series	Select	Serie Generale	Which gazette series to search
Browse Recent	Boolean	true	Browse last 30 days instead of searching
Date From	String	—	Start date for search (dd/mm/yyyy)
Date To	String	—	End date for search (dd/mm/yyyy)
Max Results	Integer	100	Maximum number of acts to scrape
Proxy Configuration	Object	IT Residential	Proxy settings (Italian residential recommended)

Example Output

{
    "title": "DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 16 aprile 2026, n. 83",
    "actType": "DECRETO LEGISLATIVO",
    "actNumber": "83",
    "actDate": "16 aprile 2026",
    "issuingAuthority": "PRESIDENZA DELLA REPUBBLICA",
    "publicationDate": "2026-05-20",
    "gazetteNumber": "115",
    "series": "Serie Generale",
    "codiceRedazionale": "26A03001",
    "fullText": "IL PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA Visti gli articoli 76 e 87...",
    "pdfUrl": "https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/do/gazzetta/downloadPdf?...",
    "url": "https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?...",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-23T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• Legal research — Monitor new legislation and regulatory changes in Italy
• Compliance monitoring — Track decrees and regulations affecting your industry
• Government job tracking — Scrape public competitions from the Concorsi series
• Public procurement — Monitor new tenders and contracts from the Contratti series
• Academic research — Build datasets of Italian legislative history
• EU law transposition — Track implementation of EU directives into Italian law

Technical Notes

• The site uses a WAF that blocks raw HTTP requests, so this actor uses Playwright (headless browser)
• Italian residential proxies are strongly recommended for reliable operation
• The actor supports two modes: browsing recent issues (last 30 days) and keyword search
• Full text is capped at 50,000 characters per act to keep dataset sizes manageable
• Rate limiting is built in to avoid triggering anti-bot measures
• The Gazzetta Ufficiale textual archive covers publications from 1988 onwards

Proxy Configuration

This actor requires Italian residential proxies for reliable operation. The default configuration uses Apify's residential proxy pool with Italy as the country. If you experience blocking, try reducing maxResults or increasing the delay between requests.

Cost Estimation

• Browsing 30 days of gazette issues: ~500-1500 acts depending on series
• Each act detail page adds one request
• Typical run: 100 acts in ~5-10 minutes
• Uses Playwright (higher compute cost than HTTP-only actors)

Legal Notice

This actor scrapes publicly available data from the official Italian government gazette. The Gazzetta Ufficiale is a public record. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and the website's terms of service.