# PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/pacer/  
**Provider:** US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — https://apis.io/providers/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/  
**Documentation:** https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup/court/CAFC

PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records is one of 3 APIs that [US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit](https://apis.io/providers/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Federal Courts, PACER, Case Records, and Legal. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) provides online access to U.S. Federal Court case and docket information from Federal Courts including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). PACER provides the Authentication API and the Case Locator (PCL) API for programmatic access to federal court records and case data.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup/court/CAFC
- **APIReference** — https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/developer-resources
- **Documentation** — https://pacer.uscourts.gov/help/pacer/pacer-authentication-api-user-guide
- **Documentation** — https://pacer.uscourts.gov/help/pacer/pacer-case-locator-pcl-api-user-guide
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit APIs (2)

- [Federal Circuit Opinions and Orders](https://apis.io/apis/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/opinions-orders/)
- [Federal Circuit Case Records](https://apis.io/apis/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/case-records/)

## Tags

Federal Courts, PACER, Case Records, Legal

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/pacer/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/.