ICO Decision Notice Agentic RAG

Scraper

This project contains a Python script to scrape decision notices from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.

How to Run

1. Setup

It is recommended to use a Python virtual environment to manage dependencies.

Install the necessary libraries using pip:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4

2. Execution

To run the scraper, execute the following command from the root directory of this project:

python scraper/scraper.py

The script will start fetching data from the ICO website's API, processing each decision notice, and downloading the associated PDF.

3. Output

The scraped data is stored in the data/ directory. Each decision notice is saved in its own numbered sub-folder (e.g., case-1, case-2, etc.).

Each case folder contains:

• metadata.txt: A text file containing the key metadata for the decision notice, such as Organisation, Date, Sector, Decision, and Abstract.
• A .pdf file: The full decision notice document downloaded from the ICO website.