White House Executive Order Scraper

By Nasser Eledroos

A Python script to scrape and archive Executive Orders from whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions.

Features

• Automatically detects new Executive Orders
• Saves data to CSV with timestamps
• Color-coded command line output
• Error handling with retries
• Tracks progress and final statistics

Installation

1. Install Python (3.6 or newer required)
2. Install dependencies:

   pip install requests beautifulsoup4 newspaper4k colorama python-dateutil

Usage

python eo-scraper.py

• First run: Creates executive_orders.csv
• Subsequent runs: Only adds new Executive Orders
• Output includes:
  • EO titles and dates
  • Full text (preserves formatting)
  • Verification status (TRUE/FALSE)
  • Scraped timestamps

License

MIT License. Free to use and modify. Include license notice if redistributed.
See LICENSE for details.