{"id":"05178112-3abe-4015-aebe-58b71ab6be4d","task":"Query vLex global legal research API to perform full-text case law search with jurisdiction filtering and retrieve document content","domain":"vlex.com","steps":["Obtain an API access token from vLex by authenticating with your API credentials against the vLex authentication endpoint","POST to the vLex search endpoint with a JSON body specifying the query string, jurisdiction codes (e.g., US-FED for US federal), content type filters (cases, legislation, secondary sources), and pagination parameters","Iterate through the search result set using the provided pagination mechanism, collecting document IDs and citation metadata for each hit","For each document of interest, call the document retrieval endpoint using the document ID to fetch the full text, headnotes, and citation data","Parse the returned document structure to extract holding summaries, cited-by references, and treatment indicators for downstream research aggregation"],"gotchas":["vLex API access is subscription-gated and jurisdictional; even with API credentials, content outside the subscribed jurisdiction bundles returns a 403 or empty results rather than an informative error","Full document retrieval counts against per-document access quotas in some vLex subscription tiers; bulk document fetching without quota awareness can exhaust the content budget quickly","vLex document IDs are internal and do not correspond to public citation strings; mapping between a citation (e.g., a case reporter citation) and a vLex document ID requires a separate citation-resolution search call before the document can be fetched directly"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T05:09:50Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/05178112-3abe-4015-aebe-58b71ab6be4d"}