CourtListener

CourtListener FJC Database API

The FJC Database API from CourtListener — 2 operation(s) for fjc database.

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Operations 2

GET /api/rest/v4/fjc-integrated-database/ List FJC Database #

GET /api/rest/v4/fjc-integrated-database/{id}/ Retrieve FJC Database #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CourtListener REST Alerts FJC Database API
  description: REST API providing programmatic access to US court opinions, PACER docket data, judge records, financial disclosures, oral argument audio, citation lookup and network analysis, search alerts, and case visualizations. Operated by the Free Law Project.
  version: '4.4'
  contact:
    name: Free Law Project
    url: https://free.law/contact/
    email: info@free.law
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
  termsOfService: https://free.law/terms/
servers:
- url: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  description: CourtListener REST API v4 (current)
- url: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v1
  description: CourtListener REST API v1 (legacy)
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: FJC Database
paths:
  /api/rest/v4/fjc-integrated-database/:
    get:
      summary: List FJC Database
      description: Federal Judicial Center integrated database records
      operationId: listFJCDatabase
      tags:
      - FJC Database
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/cursor'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/order_by'
      - name: fields
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of fjc database
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /api/rest/v4/fjc-integrated-database/{id}/:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve FJC Database
      description: Retrieve a single fjc database by ID
      operationId: retrieveFJCDatabase
      tags:
      - FJC Database
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the fjc database
        schema:
          type: integer
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Single fjc database record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              detail:
                type: string
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              detail:
                type: string
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              detail:
                type: string
  parameters:
    cursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      description: Cursor for pagination
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    order_by:
      name: order_by
      in: query
      description: Field to order results by
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: Response format (json, xml, html)
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - xml
        - html
  schemas:
    PaginatedResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard paginated list response
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of results
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: URL to next page
        previous:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: URL to previous page
        results:
          type: array
          items: {}
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Token-based authentication. Format: ''Token <your_token>'''
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    cookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: sessionid
externalDocs:
  description: CourtListener API Documentation
  url: https://wiki.free.law/c/courtlistener/help/api/rest/v4/overview