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POST
law.cases.search

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key: sk_live_…

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional. A retry with the same key returns the stored result.

Maximum string length: 255
Pramaan-Max-Price-Micro
string

Optional. The most this request may be priced at, in micro-USD (a whole number above 0). It replaces the capability's own price ceiling for this request, lower or higher. Sources that could cost more are left out; when none is left the answer is 400 with the lowest limit that would work.

Pattern: ^[1-9]\d{0,14}$

Body

application/json
query
string
required

Search terms or supported legal search operators.

limit
number

Number of rows, 1 to 20; default 10.

Required range: x >= 1
cursor
string

The nextCursor from the same query; valid for one hour.

Required string length: 1 - 750000
court
string

Public court abbreviation, for example scotus.

Required string length: 1 - 32
Pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$
order
enum<string>
default:newest

Order by date; judicial searches order by birth date.

Available options:
newest,
oldest
after
string

Calendar date in UTC, YYYY-MM-DD.

Required string length: 1 - 10
Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
before
string

Calendar date in UTC, YYYY-MM-DD.

Required string length: 1 - 10
Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
semantic
boolean
default:false

Use meaning-based case search when enabled on the account.

Response

The result

results
object[]
required

The matching items.

nextCursor
string

Pass as cursor to get the next page; absent on the last page.