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OpenLaws Jurisdictions API

All data (statutes, regulations, caselaw opinions) in OpenLaws are organized into jurisdictions. This allows you to scope searches and lookups to a specific state or federal jurisdiction (or both).

OpenLaws Jurisdictions API is one of 5 APIs that OpenLaws publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Jurisdictions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a changelog, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.openlaws.us.

1 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.4
Base URL
https://api.openlaws.us
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenLaws Jurisdictions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Authenticate API requests via a bearer token

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Jurisdictions 1

All data (statutes, regulations, caselaw opinions) in OpenLaws are organized into jurisdictions. This allows you to scope searches and lookups to a specific state or federal juris…

GET
/api/v1/jurisdictions
List all Jurisdictions
listJurisdictions → 200401

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Court (8 properties), Jurisdiction (7 properties), Law (7 properties), Error (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Law
object
Laws represent one type of codified or administrative law for a specific Jurisdiction. Laws contain Divisions. Please see the Court and Opinion schemas for cas…
7 properties 3 required
NullableDate
stringnull
Nullable ISO 8601 Date
Error
object
RFC9457 Problem Details
6 properties 2 required
LawFeature
object
Describes whether a Law has a type of data, e.g., rich text content, formatted tables.
2 properties
Jurisdiction
object
Jurisdictions are the highest abstraction in OpenLaws. They contain codified Laws, Courts, Reporters. Federal is a special case and contains several "sub-Juris…
7 properties 3 required
Court
object
Represents a single Court and closely aligns to CourtListener's data set. Courts contain Opinions.
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

openlaws-jurisdictions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs OpenLaws publishes across the network.

OpenLaws Courts API
OpenLaws Law Divisions API
OpenLaws Laws API
OpenLaws Opinions API
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