A Python program to automatically download PDF documents from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) website.

python -m venv venv

On macOS/Linux:

source venv/bin/activate

On Windows:

venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python main.py

# Download 5 years back with 30 threads
python main.py 5 30

# Download 1 year back with 20 threads  
python main.py 1 20

• First argument: Number of years back to download (default: 2)
• Second argument: Number of concurrent threads (default: 40)

• Downloads folder: ./downloads/YEAR/MONTH_NAME/
• Progress file: download_progress.json (tracks completed downloads)
• Log file: camara_downloader.log

downloads/
├── 2023/
│   ├── 01_Janeiro/
│   │   └── DCD0020230101000490000.PDF
│   └── 02_Fevereiro/
└── 2024/
    └── 01_Janeiro/

The program automatically resumes from where it left off if interrupted.