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POST
/
legal
/
v1
/
research
Deep legal research
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.case.dev/legal/v1/research \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "<string>",
  "additionalQueries": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "<string>",
  "numResults": 10
}
'
{
  "query": "<string>",
  "additionalQueries": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "<string>",
  "searchType": "<string>",
  "found": 123,
  "candidates": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "snippet": "<string>",
      "highlights": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "publishedDate": "<string>",
      "source": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "hint": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key starting with sk_case_

Body

application/json

Research query and options

​
query
string
required

Primary search query

Required string length: 3 - 1000
​
additionalQueries
string[]

Additional query variations to search (e.g., different phrasings of the legal issue)

Maximum array length: 5
​
jurisdiction
string

Optional jurisdiction ID from resolveJurisdiction

​
numResults
integer
default:10

Number of results 1-25 (default: 10)

Required range: 1 <= x <= 25

Response

Research completed successfully

​
query
string

Primary search query

​
additionalQueries
string[] | null

Additional queries used

​
jurisdiction
string

Jurisdiction filter applied

​
searchType
string

Search type used (deep)

​
found
integer

Number of candidates found

​
candidates
object[]
​
hint
string

Usage guidance