Extract citations from URL

Extract all legal citations and references from a document URL. Returns structured citation data including case citations, statute references, and regulatory citations.

POST /legal/v1/citations-from-url

Extract citations from URL

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.case.dev/legal/v1/citations-from-url \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "url": "<string>"
}
'

200

{
  "url": "<string>",
  "title": "<string>",
  "totalCitations": 123,
  "citations": {
    "cases": [
      {
        "type": "<string>",
        "citation": "<string>",
        "count": 123
      }
    ],
    "statutes": [
      {
        "type": "<string>",
        "citation": "<string>",
        "count": 123
      }
    ],
    "regulations": [
      {
        "type": "<string>",
        "citation": "<string>",
        "count": 123
      }
    ]
  },
  "externalLinks": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "hint": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key starting with sk_case_

Body

application/json

Document URL to extract citations from

url · string<uri> · required

URL of the legal document to extract citations from

Response

200

application/json

Citations extracted successfully

url · string

Source document URL

title · string

Document title

totalCitations · integer

Total citations found

citations · object

Show child attributes

externalLinks · string[]

External links found in the document

hint · string

Usage guidance