# US Court Oral Argument Recordings Index API (`nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments`) Actor

Search 100,000+ US appellate court oral-argument recordings (CourtListener): case name, court, date argued, judges, panel, and audio download links. For appellate practices, legal media, transcription/AI vendors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 91.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $100.00 / 1,000 oral argument records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Court Oral Argument Recordings Index API

An index of US court oral-argument recordings — case, court and argument dates.

> Factual public records — assembled for research and monitoring.

### 📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per recording (full output has 23 fields):

- `caseName` — Case Name
- `case_name_full` — Case name full
- `court` — Court
- `court_citation_string` — Court citation string
- `court_id` — Court id
- `dateArgued` — Date Argued
- `dateReargued` — Date Reargued
- `dateReargumentDenied` — Date Reargument Denied
- `docketNumber` — Docket Number
- `docket_id` — Docket id

**Pricing:** $0.100 per recording (Pay-Per-Event) — about **10 recordings per $1**.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and pull official records on demand.

**Agentic payments (x402):** Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

### 🔗 Related regulatory actors

**US courts & enforcement records — one schema:**

[Court Opinions](https://apify.com/nexgendata/courtlistener-court-opinions) · [Federal Dockets](https://apify.com/nexgendata/courtlistener-federal-docket-scraper) · [Federal Judges](https://apify.com/nexgendata/courtlistener-federal-judges) · [RECAP/PACER](https://apify.com/nexgendata/recap-pacer-docket-search) · [Court Records Search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/court-records-search) · [Federal Litigation Records](https://apify.com/nexgendata/federal-litigation-intelligence) · [FTC Enforcement](https://apify.com/nexgendata/ftc-enforcement-actions-scraper) · [Enforcement RAG](https://apify.com/nexgendata/regulatory-enforcement-rag)

**Agent front door — Legal MCP:** [Legal MCP](https://apify.com/nexgendata/legal-mcp-server)

## *This actor is currently private — treated and ready for review.*

*Public official records and enforcement data, assembled for research and monitoring.*

# Actor input Schema

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

p=judges, oa=oral arguments, o=opinions, r=recap dockets.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Full-text search.

## `court` (type: `string`):

Court ID filter (e.g. scotus, cafc).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Max records.

## `courtListenerToken` (type: `string`):

Optional free token to raise rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchType": "oa",
  "maxResults": 200
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchType": "oa",
    "query": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchType": "oa",
    "query": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchType": "oa",
  "query": ""
}' |
apify call nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/courtlistener-oral-arguments",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/94Gt2nGXs7ieezuVa/builds/7fOBZ5hzPA0lYv6Iy/openapi.json