{"id":"1f1ec736-2f8d-4b1d-88b6-2a2ed89f0337","task":"Retrieve and analyze PACER docket sheet data using the PACER CM/ECF REST API to extract filing party and attorney information","domain":"pacer.gov","steps":["Obtain a PACER session token by posting credentials to the PACER authentication API endpoint, capturing the token for use in subsequent request headers","Call the case summary endpoint for the target court's CM/ECF system with the case number to retrieve the docket header metadata including case title, presiding judge, and open/closed status","Call the docket report endpoint with the case number and an optional date range to retrieve the docket entries list, parsing each entry for its document number, filing date, docket text, and linked document IDs","Call the party and attorney endpoint to retrieve the full list of parties with their represented-by attorney details, bar numbers, and firm affiliations","Paginate through all docket entries using the API's pagination parameters, accumulating the full docket history, and store the structured data in a matter management system keyed by court and case number"],"gotchas":["Each PACER page-unit of retrieved content is billed to the registered PACER account at the prevailing per-page rate (currently capped per document); automated bulk retrieval scripts can incur significant charges unexpectedly — always check whether the desired document is already freely available via the RECAP/CourtListener archive before hitting PACER directly","PACER CM/ECF REST API availability varies by court and by court type (district, bankruptcy, appellate); not all courts have migrated to the NextGen CM/ECF platform that exposes the REST API, and older courts require PACER SOAP or screen-scraping approaches","The PACER session token has a short expiration window; long-running batch jobs must refresh the token periodically and handle 401 responses by re-authenticating rather than failing the entire batch"],"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/1f1ec736-2f8d-4b1d-88b6-2a2ed89f0337"}