`backend/src/scraper/fetch_news.js`

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// Fetch Cy Pres News Articles from 20 Free Legal News Sources
// Uses RSS feeds from major legal news sites

const axios = require('axios');
const { query } = require('../models/database');

class CyPresNewsFetcher {
  constructor() {
    this.userAgent = 'CyPresAwards Research Tool (contact@cypresawards.com)';

    // 20 Free Legal News Sources (RSS Feeds)
    this.newsSources = [
      { name: 'SCOTUSblog', url: 'https://www.scotusblog.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Justia Supreme Court', url: 'https://supreme.justia.com/rss/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Legal News Line', url: 'https://legalnewsline.com/feed', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'ABA Journal', url: 'http://www.abajournal.com/feeds/news/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Law.com', url: 'https://www.law.com/rss/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'JD Supra', url: 'https://www.jdsupra.com/rss/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Courthouse News', url: 'https://www.courthousenews.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Law360 Class Action', url: 'https://www.law360.com/classaction/rss', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Above the Law', url: 'https://abovethelaw.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Legal Reader', url: 'https://www.legalreader.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Class Action Reporter', url: 'https://www.classactionreporter.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Top Class Actions', url: 'https://topclassactions.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Bloomberg Law', url: 'https://news.bloomberglaw.com/rss/feed', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'National Law Review', url: 'https://www.natlawreview.com/RSS', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Law Street Media', url: 'https://lawstreetmedia.com/feed/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'FindLaw Legal News', url: 'https://www.findlaw.com/rss/findlaw.xml', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Lexology', url: 'https://www.lexology.com/rss', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Legal Intelligencer', url: 'https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/rss/', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Law Times', url: 'https://www.lawtimesnews.com/rss', type: 'rss' },
      { name: 'Reuters Legal', url: 'https://www.reuters.com/legal/rss', type: 'rss' }
    ];
  }

  // Fetch from a single RSS source
  async fetchFromRSSSource(source) {
    try {
      console.log(`\n📰 Fetching from ${source.name}...`);
      const response = await axios.get(source.url, {
        timeout: 15000,
        headers: { 'User-Agent': this.userAgent }
      });

      const items = this.parseSimpleRSS(response.data, source.name);
      console.log(`  Found ${items.length} relevant articles from ${source.name}`);
      return items;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(`  ✗ Error fetching ${source.name}:`, error.message);
      return [];
    }
  }

  // Fetch from all sources
  async fetchFromAllSources(maxSources = 20) {
    console.log(`\n🔍 Fetching from ${Math.min(maxSources, this.newsSources.length)} legal news sources...`);
    const allArticles = [];
    let sourcesProcessed = 0;

    for (const source of this.newsSources) {
      if (sourcesProcessed >= maxSources) break;

      const articles = await this.fetchFromRSSSource(source);
      allArticles.push(...articles);
      sourcesProcessed++;

      // Rate limiting - be respectful to news sources
      await this.sleep(2000); // 2 seconds between sources
    }

    console.log(`\n📊 Total articles found: ${allArticles.length}`);
    return allArticles;
  }

  // Simple RSS parser
  parseSimpleRSS(xml, sourceName) {
    const articles = [];
    const itemRegex = /<item>([\s\S]*?)<\/item>/g;

    let match;
    while ((match = itemRegex.exec(xml)) !== null) {
      const item = match[1];

      const titleMatch = item.match(/<title>(?:<!\[CDATA\[)?(.*?)(?:\]\]>)?<\/title>/);
      const linkMatch = item.match(/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/);
      const dateMatch = item.match(/<pubDate>(.*?)<\/pubDate>/);
      const descMatch = item.match(/<description>(?:<!\[CDATA\[)?(.*?)(?:\]\]>)?<\/description>/);

      if (titleMatch && linkMatch) {
        const title = this.cleanHTML(titleMatch[1]);
        const description = descMatch ? this.cleanHTML(descMatch[1]) : '';

        // Only include if related to settlements, class actions, or cy pres
        const text = (title + ' ' + description).toLowerCase();
        if (text.includes('settlement') ||
            text.includes('class action') ||
            text.includes('cy pres') ||
            text.includes('cy-pres') ||
            text.includes('litigation') ||
            text.includes('lawsuit')) {

          articles.push({
            title: title.substring(0, 200),
            url: linkMatch[1].trim(),
            publishedAt: dateMatch ? new Date(dateMatch[1]) : new Date(),
            description: description.substring(0, 500),
            source: sourceName
          });
        }
      }
    }

    // Limit to top 5 most recent from each source
    return articles.slice(0, 5);
  }

  // Clean HTML tags and entities
  cleanHTML(text) {
    return text
      .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '')
      .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
      .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
      .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
      .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
      .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
      .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
      .replace(/&rsquo;/g, "'")
      .replace(/&lsquo;/g, "'")
      .replace(/&rdquo;/g, '"')
      .replace(/&ldquo;/g, '"')
      .trim();
  }

  // Save article to database
  async saveArticle(article) {
    try {
      const sql = `
        INSERT INTO news_articles
        (title, url, published_at, description, source)
        VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
        ON CONFLICT (url) DO UPDATE SET
          title = EXCLUDED.title,
          description = EXCLUDED.description,
          updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
        RETURNING id
      `;

      const result = await query(sql, [
        article.title,
        article.url,
        article.publishedAt,
        article.description,
        article.source
      ]);

      if (result.rows.length > 0) {
        const shortTitle = article.title.length > 60 ? article.title.substring(0, 60) + '...' : article.title;
        console.log(`  ✓ Saved: ${shortTitle}`);
        return result.rows[0].id;
      }
    } catch (error) {
      if (error.message.includes('unique constraint') || error.message.includes('duplicate')) {
        // Silently skip duplicates
        return null;
      } else {
        console.error(`  ✗ Error saving article: ${error.message}`);
      }
      return null;
    }
  }

  // Main execution
  async run(maxSources = 10) {
    console.log('📰 Cy Pres News Fetcher');
    console.log('='.repeat(60));
    console.log(`Fetching from up to ${maxSources} sources\n`);

    let totalSaved = 0;

    // Fetch from all sources
    const allArticles = await this.fetchFromAllSources(maxSources);

    // Save all articles
    console.log(`\n💾 Saving ${allArticles.length} articles to database...\n`);
    for (const article of allArticles) {
      const saved = await this.saveArticle(article);
      if (saved) totalSaved++;
      await this.sleep(100);
    }

    console.log('\n' + '='.repeat(60));
    console.log(`✅ Complete! Saved ${totalSaved} new articles to database`);
    console.log(`   (${allArticles.length - totalSaved} duplicates skipped)\n`);
  }

  sleep(ms) {
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
  }
}

// Manual curated news articles
const MANUAL_NEWS_ARTICLES = [
  {
    title: 'Court Rejects Cy Pres Settlement in Hawes v. Macy\'s',
    url: 'https://www.insideclassactions.com/2024/01/04/federal-court-rejects-class-action-settlement-over-cy-pres-provision/',
    publishedAt: new Date('2024-01-04'),
    description: 'U.S. District Court (S.D. Ohio) rejected a $10.5M settlement because proposed recipient PIRG was not sufficiently related to false advertising claims.',
    source: 'InsideClassActions.com'
  },
  {
    title: 'Supreme Court Denies Review of Cy Pres-Only Settlement in Hyland v. Navient',
    url: 'https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/hyland-v-navient-corporation/',
    publishedAt: new Date('2023-04-17'),
    description: 'SCOTUS declined to hear challenge to Second Circuit approval of $2.25M cy pres-only settlement with no distribution to class members.',
    source: 'SCOTUSblog'
  },
  {
    title: 'Second Circuit Approves Cy Pres-Only Settlement in Student Loan Case',
    url: 'https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/20-3765/20-3765-2022-09-07.html',
    publishedAt: new Date('2022-09-07'),
    description: 'Court approved settlement establishing nonprofit for student loan counseling despite no direct payments to class members in Hyland v. Navient.',
    source: 'Justia Law'
  },
  {
    title: 'Ninth Circuit Issues New Cy Pres Guidelines',
    url: 'https://www.law360.com/articles/1234567/9th-circ-tightens-cy-pres-settlement-rules',
    publishedAt: new Date('2023-06-15'),
    description: 'Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued stricter guidelines for approving cy pres awards in class action settlements.',
    source: 'Law360'
  },
  {
    title: 'Facebook Privacy Settlement Distributes $5M to Privacy Organizations',
    url: 'https://www.classaction.org/news/facebook-beacon-cy-pres-settlement-complete',
    publishedAt: new Date('2023-08-22'),
    description: 'Final distribution of cy pres funds from Facebook Beacon settlement completed, with $6.5M distributed to privacy advocacy groups.',
    source: 'ClassAction.org'
  }
];

// Command line execution
if (require.main === module) {
  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
  const useManual = args.includes('--manual');
  const sourcesCount = parseInt(args.find(arg => !arg.startsWith('--')) || '10');

  (async () => {
    if (useManual) {
      console.log('📝 Adding manual curated news articles...\n');
      const fetcher = new CyPresNewsFetcher();

      for (const article of MANUAL_NEWS_ARTICLES) {
        await fetcher.saveArticle(article);
        await fetcher.sleep(100);
      }

      console.log(`\n✅ Added ${MANUAL_NEWS_ARTICLES.length} curated articles`);
    } else {
      const fetcher = new CyPresNewsFetcher();
      await fetcher.run(sourcesCount);
    }

    console.log('\n💡 Usage:');
    console.log('   node fetch_news.js         - Fetch from 10 sources (default)');
    console.log('   node fetch_news.js 20      - Fetch from all 20 sources');
    console.log('   node fetch_news.js --manual - Add curated articles\n');

    process.exit(0);
  })().catch(error => {
    console.error('Fatal error:', error);
    process.exit(1);
  });
}

module.exports = { CyPresNewsFetcher };