OpenLaws Laws API
Laws represent a specific law type in a Jurisdiction. For example, Code of Federal Regulations belongs to the FED Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key `FED-CFR`. Florida Statutes belongs to the FL Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key `FL-STAT`. Note that case law and case opinions are represented as Opinions that belong to Courts and Jurisdictions rather than Laws.
OpenLaws Laws API is one of 5 APIs that OpenLaws publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Laws. 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 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
OpenLaws Laws 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 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Laws represent a specific law type in a Jurisdiction. For example, Code of Federal Regulations belongs to the FED Jurisdiction and is represented by the lawkey FED-CFR. Florida St…
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Law (7 properties), Error (6 properties), LawFeature (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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