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BIS Central Bank Research PDF Scraper

Scrapes publication metadata and optionally extracts full PDF text from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) research library. Covers six publication series: BIS Working Papers, Quarterly Reviews, Annual Economic Reports, BCBS Standards, CPMI Papers, and Statistical Bulletins.

What it does

The actor queries BIS's internal document-list API to retrieve all publications in your selected series, then fetches detailed metadata (authors, abstracts, JEL codes, publication type) for each item. Optionally, it downloads and parses the PDF for full-text extraction using pdf-parse (born-digital PDFs, no OCR cost).

Use cases

• Macro research — track every BIS Working Paper on a given JEL code (e.g. E52 for monetary policy)
• Basel III / IV compliance monitoring — stay current on BCBS standards and consultation papers
• CPMI fintech intelligence — monitor payments-infrastructure publications
• Literature review automation — build structured datasets of abstracts, authors, and JEL codes at scale

Input

Output

Each record in the dataset contains:

Example: JEL-filtered Working Papers

{
"series":["working_papers"],
"yearFrom":2022,
"yearTo":2024,
"jelCodeFilter":"E52",
"extractPdfText":false,
"maxItems":50
}

Returns all Working Papers classified under E52 (Monetary Policy) published 2022–2024.

Notes

• PDF extraction uses pdf-parse locally — no third-party OCR service is called for born-digital BIS PDFs (all sampled BIS documents are born-digital).
• A 500ms courtesy delay is applied between API calls to avoid rate-limiting BIS servers.
• The BIS publishes ~100–150 Working Papers per year; full backfills of all six series yield approximately 2,800 items total.