Firecrawl Alexandria

legislation.gov.uk

1Request
numberRequired

number

stringRequired

Legislation type code, e.g. `ukpga`, `uksi`, `asp`, `wsi`, `nisr`, `eur`.

numberRequired

year

string

`enacted` (Acts) or `made` (instruments) for the original text, or a `YYYY-MM-DD` point-in-time date. Omit for the current text.

5 credits
Codefollows the fields above
const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "legislation-gov-uk",
    capability: "legislation/get_contents",
    options: {
      number: 21,
      type: "ukpga",
      year: 2008,
    },
  },
});
2Response example

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{
  "document_class": "UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct",
  "document_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21",
  "enactment_date": "2008-11-13",
  "html_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/contents",
  "id_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/21",
  "identifier": "ukpga/2008/21",
  "items": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "document_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/section/1",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "id_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/21/section/1",
      "level": "item",
      "number": "1",
      "ref": "section-1",
      "start_date": "2026-03-25",
      "title": "Energy policies"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "document_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/section/2",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "id_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/21/section/2",
      "level": "item",
      "number": "2",
      "ref": "section-2",
      "start_date": "2026-03-25",
      "title": "Interpretation"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "document_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/section/3",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "id_uri": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/21/section/3",
      "level": "item",
      "number": "3",
      "ref": "section-3",
      "start_date": "2008-11-13",
      "title": "Short title and extent"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "An Act to enable local planning authorities to set requirements for energy use and energy efficiency in local plans.",
  "modified": "2026-04-30",
  "number_of_provisions": 3,
  "observed_at_ms": 1790487996764,
  "restrict_extent": "E+W",
  "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/contents/data.xml",
  "title": "Planning and Energy Act 2008",
  "valid": "2026-03-25",
  "version": "current"
}
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