Configure and Activate a Legal Scraping Source

Learn how to configure extraction instructions, preview scraping results, and activate a newly approved legal source.

July 7, 2026 By Obama

This guide explains how to configure extraction instructions for an approved data source and activate it so that it automatically scrapes relevant legal documents on a schedule.

This workflow applies to Country Admins who need to process newly approved sources waiting in the configuration queue.

Step #1: Click the Awaiting configuration tab to view sources that have been approved but not yet set up. — Click the **Awaiting configuration** tab to view sources that have been approved but not yet set up.

Step #2: Click the View icon (eye) on a source to open its configuration panel. — Click the **View** icon (eye) on a source to open its configuration panel.

Configure Instructions

To ensure the correct data is extracted, define your scraping rules and run a preview.

Step #3: Enter your extraction rules in the Instruction field (for example, "From the page provided, extract the links to all PDF files in French. Ignore all other links."). — Enter your extraction rules in the **Instruction** field (for example, "From the page provided, extract the links to all PDF files in French. Ignore all other links.").

Step #4: Click Pagination if you need to add specific instructions for navigating through multiple pages. — Click **Pagination** if you need to add specific instructions for navigating through multiple pages.

Step #5: Click Run preview to trigger the scraping pipeline and test your instructions. — Click **Run preview** to trigger the scraping pipeline and test your instructions.

Review the Output

Once the preview finishes loading, verify that the scraper correctly identified the desired elements.

Step #6: Check the Scraping tree tab to see a hierarchical list of what was scraped, with indicators showing whether each item is a document or a link. — Check the **Scraping tree** tab to see a hierarchical list of what was scraped, with indicators showing whether each item is a document or a link.

Step #7: Click the Output tab to view the contents of the extracted documents or the rendered HTML of URLs. — Click the **Output** tab to view the contents of the extracted documents or the rendered HTML of URLs.

Step #8: Click the Next and Previous buttons to page through the extracted documents and verify their accuracy. — Click the **Next** and **Previous** buttons to page through the extracted documents and verify their accuracy.

Save and Activate

If you cancel the configuration without saving, all progress on your instructions will be lost.

Step #9: Click Save to store your configured instructions on the platform. — Click **Save** to store your configured instructions on the platform.

Step #10: Click the Activate icon (checkmark) on the source row. This moves the source out of the Awaiting Configuration queue and places it on a schedule to be automatically scraped. — Click the **Activate** icon (checkmark) on the source row. This moves the source out of the Awaiting Configuration queue and places it on a schedule to be automatically scraped.

Step #11: Click the Scraping tab to confirm your newly activated source appears in the active scraping list. — Click the **Scraping** tab to confirm your newly activated source appears in the active scraping list.

Q: What happens if I exit without saving my instructions?

A: If you cancel without saving, all progress on your configured instructions will be permanently lost.

Q: Where do approved sources go before they are set up?

A: Once a legal expert approves a requested source, it moves to the Awaiting Configuration tab until a Country Admin configures and activates it.

Q: How do I distinguish between documents and links in the preview?

A: In the Scraping tree, each extracted element displays a specific indicator icon that identifies it as either a document or a URL link.

Term	Definition
Scraping tree	A hierarchical preview displaying the URLs and documents successfully extracted during a preview run.
Run preview	A test pipeline execution that scrapes and analyzes a source to display the expected output of your extraction instructions.

Term

Definition

Scraping tree

A hierarchical preview displaying the URLs and documents successfully extracted during a preview run.

Run preview

A test pipeline execution that scrapes and analyzes a source to display the expected output of your extraction instructions.