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POST
/
api
/
courtlistener
/
courts
/
search
/courtlistener/courts/search
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/courtlistener/courts/search \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "count": 2,
  "timeout": 300,
  "in_use": true,
  "has_opinion_scraper": true,
  "has_oral_argument_scraper": true
}
'
[
  {
    "id": "<string>",
    "@type": "CourtlistenerCourt",
    "short_name": "<string>",
    "full_name": "<string>",
    "citation_string": "<string>",
    "jurisdiction": "<string>",
    "in_use": false,
    "has_opinion_scraper": false,
    "has_oral_argument_scraper": false,
    "position": 123,
    "web_url": "<string>",
    "pacer_court_id": "<string>",
    "fjc_court_id": "<string>",
    "parent_court": "<string>",
    "appeals_to": [],
    "start_at": 123,
    "end_at": 123,
    "updated_at": 123
  }
]

Authorizations

​
access-token
string
header
required

API token from the dashboard

Headers

​
access-token
string
required

Body

application/json
​
count
integer
required

Number of courts to return

Required range: x >= 1
​
timeout
integer
default:300

Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)

Required range: 20 <= x <= 1500
​
jurisdiction
enum<string> | null

Filter by court jurisdiction type

Available options:
F,
FD,
FB,
FBP,
FS,
S,
SA,
ST,
SS,
TRS,
TRA,
TRT,
TRX,
TS,
TA,
TT,
TSP,
SAG,
MA,
MT,
C,
I,
T
​
in_use
boolean | null

Only courts that are actively in use (have data) when true

​
has_opinion_scraper
boolean | null

Only courts that have an opinion scraper when true

​
has_oral_argument_scraper
boolean | null

Only courts that have an oral argument scraper when true

Response

Successful Response

​
id
string
required
​
@type
string
default:CourtlistenerCourt
​
short_name
string | null
​
full_name
string | null
​
citation_string
string | null
​
jurisdiction
string | null
​
in_use
boolean
default:false
​
has_opinion_scraper
boolean
default:false
​
has_oral_argument_scraper
boolean
default:false
​
position
number | null
​
web_url
string | null
​
pacer_court_id
string | null
​
fjc_court_id
string | null
​
parent_court
string | null
​
appeals_to
string[]
​
start_at
integer | null
​
end_at
integer | null
​
updated_at
integer | null