curl --request POST \
--url https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "John Doe",
"options": [
"Order.Litigations",
"Order.Bankruptcy"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc"
payload = {
"name": "John Doe",
"options": ["Order.Litigations", "Order.Bankruptcy"]
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'John Doe', options: ['Order.Litigations', 'Order.Bankruptcy']})
};
fetch('https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'John Doe',
'options' => [
'Order.Litigations',
'Order.Bankruptcy'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"state": "PENDING",
"last_updated_at": "2023-12-25",
"dockets": [
{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"docket_number": "A19284",
"court": "Supreme Court of Orange County",
"title": "Doe v. City of New York",
"is_bankruptcy": true,
"state": "CA",
"division": "Civil Court Division",
"judges": [
"Honorable Paul Shaw"
],
"case_type": "Civil",
"status": "Pending",
"bankruptcy_type": "Chapter 7",
"date_filed": "1900-01-01",
"date_closed": "2023-12-25",
"last_synced_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"parties": [],
"updates": [],
"match_level": "NO_MATCH",
"search_entity_name": "<string>",
"search_entity_type": "Business",
"match_confidence": {
"confidence": "high",
"name_match": "NO_MATCH",
"address_match": "STATE",
"date_match": "CONSISTENT"
},
"risk_level": "low",
"normalized_status": "open"
}
],
"error": "<string>"
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Start Docket Adhoc Search
Starts an ad-hoc docket search using a name (and optional options).
By default, this endpoint executes synchronously and returns the completed
result. Send Prefer: respond-async to opt into asynchronous execution,
which returns 202 Accepted immediately and delivers results via
webhooks or polling.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "John Doe",
"options": [
"Order.Litigations",
"Order.Bankruptcy"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc"
payload = {
"name": "John Doe",
"options": ["Order.Litigations", "Order.Bankruptcy"]
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'John Doe', options: ['Order.Litigations', 'Order.Bankruptcy']})
};
fetch('https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'John Doe',
'options' => [
'Order.Litigations',
'Order.Bankruptcy'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.baselayer.com/docket_searches/adhoc")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"options\": [\n \"Order.Litigations\",\n \"Order.Bankruptcy\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"state": "PENDING",
"last_updated_at": "2023-12-25",
"dockets": [
{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"docket_number": "A19284",
"court": "Supreme Court of Orange County",
"title": "Doe v. City of New York",
"is_bankruptcy": true,
"state": "CA",
"division": "Civil Court Division",
"judges": [
"Honorable Paul Shaw"
],
"case_type": "Civil",
"status": "Pending",
"bankruptcy_type": "Chapter 7",
"date_filed": "1900-01-01",
"date_closed": "2023-12-25",
"last_synced_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"parties": [],
"updates": [],
"match_level": "NO_MATCH",
"search_entity_name": "<string>",
"search_entity_type": "Business",
"match_confidence": {
"confidence": "high",
"name_match": "NO_MATCH",
"address_match": "STATE",
"date_match": "CONSISTENT"
},
"risk_level": "low",
"normalized_status": "open"
}
],
"error": "<string>"
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Authorizations
Headers
Request execution preference (RFC 7240). Use respond-async for asynchronous execution, wait=N to specify a synchronous timeout hint in seconds, or priority=low to route the task to the low-priority queue.
"respond-async"
Body
Start a docket search by name (optional search options).
The name to search dockets for.
1 - 256Options controlling which types of docket searches to run. Defaults to both civil litigations and bankruptcy. Use ['Order.Litigations'] for civil dockets only, or ['Order.Bankruptcy'] for bankruptcy only.
1Order.Litigations, Order.Bankruptcy ["Order.Litigations"]
["Order.Bankruptcy"]
["Order.Litigations", "Order.Bankruptcy"]
Response
Response
Represents an adhoc docket search response.
ID of the docket search request
The name used for the ad-hoc docket search.
State of the search request
PENDING, EXECUTING, COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED Date the search was last updated
A list of dockets associated with the search request.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Any errors that occurred during the docket search request.