CourtListener Federal Docket Scraper — RECAP API
Pricing
from $100.00 / 1,000 docket returneds
Works without a token (federal cases with published opinions, from GovInfo); add a free CourtListener API token for full RECAP dockets. Litigation due diligence: case name, docket number, court, parties, attorneys, filings. A PACER alternative.
You can access the CourtListener Federal Docket Scraper — RECAP API programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "search_query": "Tesla",10 "court": "cacd",11 "date_filed_after": "2024-01-01",12 "date_filed_before": "",13 "nature_of_suit": "",14 "max_results": 20,15}16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish18run = client.actor("nexgendata/courtlistener-federal-docket-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)21print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")22for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():23 print(item)24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CourtListener Federal Docket Scraper — RECAP API API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: