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Public REST API

Programmatic access to Texas court intelligence data for Growth-tier subscribers.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/courts Growth

List courts, optionally filtered by county name.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
county	string	—	Filter by county name (partial match)
limit	int	50	Max results (1–200)
offset	int	0	Pagination offset

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://texas-court-intel-api.onrender.com/api/v1/courts?county=Harris&limit=5"

GET /api/v1/courts/{court_id} Growth

Get detailed court profile including full judge intel, campaign finance, and CLE history.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://texas-court-intel-api.onrender.com/api/v1/courts/42"

GET /api/v1/judges/search Growth

Search judges by name across all counties.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
q	string	—	Judge name query (required, 2+ chars)
limit	int	20	Max results (1–100)

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://texas-court-intel-api.onrender.com/api/v1/judges/search?q=Smith"

GET /api/v1/campaign-finance/{court_id} Growth

Get campaign finance data for a court's judge, sourced from TEC filings.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://texas-court-intel-api.onrender.com/api/v1/campaign-finance/42"

Response Format

All responses are JSON. List endpoints return { "results": [...], "count": N }. Detail endpoints return the object directly.

Error Codes

Code	Meaning
401	Missing or invalid Bearer token
403	Subscription tier insufficient (Growth required)
404	Court not found
429	Daily rate limit exceeded (resets at midnight UTC)

Python Example

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"}
resp = requests.get(
    "https://texas-court-intel-api.onrender.com/api/v1/judges/search",
    params={"q": "Smith", "limit": 10},
    headers=headers,
)
data = resp.json()
for judge in data["results"]:
    print(f"{judge['judge']} - {judge['court_name']}, {judge['county']} County")
print(f"Rate limit remaining: {resp.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining']}")