# Compliance & Regulatory Web Scraping

##  Watch regulators, sanctions lists, and filings in one pipeline. 

 Build audit-ready data feeds from public regulatory sources - SEC EDGAR, OFAC SDN, EU sanctions registers, company KYB data, and adverse media - without managing proxies or anti-bot bypass yourself.

 [ Get Free API Key ](https://scrapfly.io/register) [ Web Scraping API ](https://scrapfly.io/products/web-scraping-api) 

 1,000 free credits. No credit card required. 

 

  

 

 

 

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## 5B+

scrapes / month platform-wide

 



 

## 99%+

success rate on protected targets

 



 

## JSON

structured output, schema-ready

 



 

## Filings

sanctions / PEP / KYB coverage

 



 

 

 

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 // FORMULA## Turn regulatory signals into audit-ready records.

 `Source` + `Schema` + `Timestamp` = Audit Trail 

Collect raw HTML from public regulatory sources, extract structured fields, attach a retrieval timestamp, and persist to your data warehouse. Repeatable, reproducible, traceable.

 

 

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 COVERAGE## Public Regulatory Sources, One Pipeline

Every major compliance data category available through the same API.

 

 // FEATURED ### Regulator Filings

Collect mandatory disclosure filings from securities and financial regulators. Parse 8-K, 10-K, 20-F, prospectuses, and material-change notices on the day they land.

SEC EDGAR



AMF (France)



FCA (UK)



BaFin (Germany)



 

 



 

 

 ### Sanctions & PEP Lists

Refresh your screening data from authoritative public lists on a schedule. Delta-detect new entries and removals for daily change-feeds.

**OFAC**SDN + non-SDN

**EU**consolidated list

**UN**Security Council

 

OFAC SDN List



EU Sanctions



UN Consolidated



UK OFSI



 

 



 

 ### KYB Source Data

Pull company registry data for Know Your Business checks: legal name, registered address, directors, and ownership chain.

  **Company Register** legal name, address, registration date 

 

  **Directors** appointments, resignations, roles 

 

  **Ownership Structure** persons with significant control, share classes 

 

  **UBO** ultimate beneficial owner chain 

 

 

 



 

 

 ### Adverse Media Monitoring

Scan public news sources, regulatory press releases, and enforcement announcements for entity mentions. Flag newly published adverse coverage as part of an ongoing screening programme.

**News**press & media

**Enforcement**regulatory actions

**Watchlists**public alert feeds

 

 



 

 ### Audit Trail & Timestamping

Every scrape response carries retrieval metadata: URL, HTTP status, timestamp, and duration. Store raw responses alongside structured extracts to reproduce any point-in-time view of a data source.

**Timestamp**ISO 8601 UTC

**Raw HTML**source preserved

**Reproducible**replay-ready

 

 



 

 

 ### Anti-bot Bypass - Regulatory Sites Included

Public regulatory portals and financial data sites deploy Cloudflare, Akamai, and similar stacks. Scrapfly bypasses them so your compliance pipeline keeps running without manual intervention.

[Cloudflare](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/cloudflare)

[DataDome](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/datadome)

[Akamai](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/akamai)

[PerimeterX](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/perimeterx)

[Imperva](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/incapsula)

[Kasada](https://scrapfly.io/bypass/kasada)

 

 [See full bypass coverage](https://scrapfly.io/bypass) 



 

 

 

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  - Web Scraping API
- Extraction API
- Screenshot API
- Crawler API
- Cloud Browser
 
 

Products

## Every Scrapfly Product Available for Compliance Pipelines

From raw HTML retrieval to structured extraction, scheduling, and browser rendering.

   Web Scraping API

Fetch any regulatory URL with anti-bot bypass, proxy rotation, and JS rendering. Returns clean HTML or structured JSON on each call.

 [ Landing page ](https://scrapfly.io/products/web-scraping-api) 

 

   Extraction API

Turn raw filing HTML into typed records with a prompt or a schema. Pull entity names, addresses, dates, and amounts without hand-written parsers.

 [ Landing page ](https://scrapfly.io/products/extraction-api) 

 

   Screenshot API

Capture full-page screenshots of regulatory pages as timestamped evidence. Full-page, viewport, or element - PNG / JPEG / WebP.

 [ Landing page ](https://scrapfly.io/products/screenshot-api) 

 

   Crawler API

Traverse entire regulator filing archives with depth limits and follow rules. Streams discovered URLs; every page runs through the Web Scraping API automatically.

 [ Landing page ](https://scrapfly.io/products/crawler-api) 

 

   Cloud Browser

Drive a real stealth Chromium over CDP for sources that require JavaScript rendering or interactive navigation before data is visible.

 [ Landing page ](https://scrapfly.io/products/cloud-browser-api) 

 

 

 [Get Free API Key](https://scrapfly.io/register) 

 



 

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 CODE## Real Targets, Working Snippets

SEC EDGAR full-text search - three languages, one pattern.

 

Full-text filing search - anti-bot bypass handles the portal.

     Python TypeScript HTTP / cURL  

    

 ```
from scrapfly import ScrapeConfig, ScrapflyClient, ScrapeApiResponse

client = ScrapflyClient(key="API KEY")

# Scrape SEC EDGAR full-text search for AAPL 10-K filings.
# asp=True bypasses anti-bot on the portal.
api_response: ScrapeApiResponse = client.scrape(
    ScrapeConfig(
        url='https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22AAPL%22&forms=10-K',
        asp=True,
    )
)
print(api_response.content)
```

 ```
import {
    ScrapflyClient, ScrapeConfig
} from 'jsr:@scrapfly/scrapfly-sdk';

const client = new ScrapflyClient({ key: "API KEY" });

// Scrape SEC EDGAR full-text search for AAPL 10-K filings.
// asp:true bypasses anti-bot on the portal.
const api_response = await client.scrape(
    new ScrapeConfig({
        url: 'https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22AAPL%22&forms=10-K',
        asp: true,
    })
);
console.log(api_response.result.content);
```

 ```
http https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape \
  key==$SCRAPFLY_KEY \
  url=="https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22AAPL%22&forms=10-K" \
  asp==true
```

 

 

 [ Python SDK docs → ](https://scrapfly.io/docs/sdk/python) [ TypeScript SDK docs → ](https://scrapfly.io/docs/sdk/typescript) [ HTTP API docs → ](https://scrapfly.io/docs) 

 

 

 

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 AUTOMATE## Automate with AI & Workflows

Connect compliance scraping to your existing AI pipelines and orchestration tools.

 

 ### MCP Server

Point Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent at Scrapfly and scrape regulatory sources as tool calls - no separate integration code required.

**Claude**Desktop

**Cursor**IDE

**Any**MCP client

 

 



 

 ### LLM-Powered Extraction

Pass raw regulatory HTML to the Extraction API with a prompt describing the fields you need. Get back typed JSON records without maintaining HTML parsers as source formats change.

**Prompt**any fields

**Schema**JSON output

**Auto**format-change

 

 



 

 ### Scheduled Crawls

Set up a daily or weekly crawler against a regulator's filing index. New pages are scraped automatically, structured by the Extraction API, and delivered to your webhook or data warehouse.

**Cron**schedule

**Webhook**push results

**Delta**new items only

 

 



 

 

 

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  FAQ## Frequently Asked Questions

 

  ### IS SCRAPING COMPLIANCE AND REGULATORY DATA LEGAL?

 Generally yes - collecting publicly available data from government and regulatory websites is legal in most jurisdictions. Regulatory bodies publish sanctions lists, company registers, and filing indexes specifically for public consumption. For a detailed discussion see our [web scraping laws](https://scrapfly.io/is-web-scraping-legal) guide, and always review the terms of use of each specific source.

 

   ### HOW DO I BYPASS ANTI-BOT PROTECTION ON REGULATORY SITES?

 Many regulatory portals use Cloudflare, Akamai, or similar systems to rate-limit automated access. Scrapfly's Web Scraping API handles bypass automatically - set `asp=true` in your request and the platform selects the correct fingerprint, proxy, and browser profile for the target. No manual configuration needed.

 

   ### WHAT COMPLIANCE DATA SOURCES CAN I SCRAPE?

 Common public-data sources used by compliance teams include: SEC EDGAR (US securities filings), OFAC SDN and non-SDN lists, EU consolidated sanctions register, UK OFSI list, UN Security Council consolidated list, Companies House (UK), and national business registers across the EU. Adverse media sources such as news aggregators and regulator press-release feeds are also reachable through the same API.

 

   ### WHAT IS A WEB SCRAPING API AND WHY USE ONE FOR COMPLIANCE?

 A Web Scraping API abstracts proxy management, browser fingerprinting, and anti-bot bypass into a single HTTP call. For compliance pipelines this means fewer moving parts: you send a URL and get back structured content without maintaining a proxy pool, rotating user agents, or handling CAPTCHAs manually. Scrapfly's [Web Scraping API](https://scrapfly.io/products/web-scraping-api) also supports the Python and [TypeScript](https://scrapfly.io/docs/sdk/typescript) SDKs for tight integration with existing data pipelines.

 

   ### HOW DO I EXTRACT STRUCTURED DATA FROM FILING HTML?

 Use the [Extraction API](https://scrapfly.io/products/extraction-api) after scraping. Pass the raw HTML along with a plain-language prompt describing the fields you need (entity name, date, jurisdiction, filing type) and the API returns a typed JSON object. Built-in LLM models handle layout changes gracefully, so your parser does not break when a regulator redesigns their portal.

 

   ### ARE PROXIES ALONE ENOUGH TO SCRAPE REGULATORY SITES?

 No. Modern anti-bot stacks fingerprint TLS handshakes, HTTP/2 frame order, and browser-level signals - a plain proxy only changes your IP address. To reliably access regulatory portals you need a complete stealth stack: correct TLS fingerprint, rotating residential proxies, and optionally a full browser for JavaScript-gated pages. Scrapfly bundles all of this behind a single API call.

 

   ### HOW DO I KEEP MY COMPLIANCE DATA FRESH ON A SCHEDULE?

 Use the [Crawler API](https://scrapfly.io/products/crawler-api) to set up a scheduled traversal of a filing index or sanctions list page. Scrapfly re-crawls on your chosen interval, identifies new pages, and pushes results to your webhook endpoint. Combine with the Extraction API to get structured delta feeds rather than raw HTML diffs.

 

  

 

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 // GET STARTED### Start building your compliance data pipeline today.

Free account, 1,000 credits, no credit card required. Access every Scrapfly product from a single API key - regulatory filings, sanctions lists, KYB data, and adverse media covered.

 

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