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CourtListener RECAP Documents Scraper - PACER Filings

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Scrape individual RECAP filings from CourtListener: docket entry text, page count, public PDF link, court, judge and case. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel or XML.

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Docket URLs

startUrls

Optional

CourtListener docket or document URLs, for example https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70649963/sam-v-easy-honda/. Every filing that belongs to those dockets is returned. Any URL without a /docket// path is ignored.

Type:array

Max Items

maxItems

Optional

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:1000000

Search query

query

Optional

Full text search across the docket entry text and the text of the filed PDF. Supports quoted phrases and AND / OR / NOT, for example "summary judgment" AND patent.

Type:string

Only filings with a PDF in RECAP

availableOnly

Optional

On by default. RECAP indexes roughly 493 million docket entries but holds the actual PDF for about 17.3 million of them. With this on, every row carries a working PDF link, a page count and a text excerpt. Turn it off to include entries whose PDF nobody has contributed yet.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Docket entry text

entryDescription

Optional

Matches words in the docket entry description only, for example deposition or subpoena. Narrower than the full text query above.

Type:string

Document number

documentNumber

Optional

The filing number inside the docket, for example 1 for the complaint.

Type:string

Attachment number

attachmentNumber

Optional

Return only the nth attachment of a filing, for example 2. Leave empty for both main documents and attachments.

Type:string

Courts

courtIds

Optional

Limit to specific federal courts. All 235 district, bankruptcy, appellate and special courts listed here were verified to return RECAP filings. Leave empty for every court.

Type:string[]

Case name

caseName

Optional

Words from the case caption, for example Apple or "United States".

Type:string

Docket number

docketNumber

Optional

Exact PACER docket number, for example 4:26-cv-00974.

Type:string

Party name

partyName

Optional

A party to the case, for example Google.

Type:string

Attorney name

attorneyName

Optional

An attorney of record in the case, for example Smith.

Type:string

Nature of suit code

natureOfSuit

Optional

JS-44 civil cover sheet code, for example 830 for patent or 440 for civil rights.

Type:string

Case filed after

filedAfter

Optional

Only cases filed on or after this date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, for example 01/01/2026.

Type:string

Case filed before

filedBefore

Optional

Only cases filed on or before this date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, for example 12/31/2026.

Type:string

Sort order

orderBy

Optional

Relevance needs a search query. Case filed date surfaces the newest cases, whose nature of suit and judge are often not indexed yet. Entry date sorts on the date the clerk typed into PACER, which surfaces typo years such as 3926 first.

Type:string

Default:score desc

Options:

score descdateFiled descdateFiled ascentry_date_filed descentry_date_filed asc

Include parent case details

includeCaseDetails

Optional

On by default. Adds the case name, court, judge, parties and counsel to every filing row, at the cost of one extra request per 20 cases. Turn it off for the fastest possible document-only export.

Type:boolean

Default:true

API key

courtListenerKey

Optional

Optional free CourtListener API token. It lifts the anonymous rate limit, so large runs go faster. Get one at courtlistener.com/profile/api.

Type:string

Proxy configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

CourtListener answers directly, so the proxy is off by default. Turn it on to give every request a fresh exit IP and its own share of the anonymous rate limit.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "useApifyProxy": false
}

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