PacerError

An error from /dockets/get or /filings/get. Branch on code; message is written for people.

code
Type: string
required
- invalid_request (400)
- unauthorized (401)
- pacer_balance_insufficient (402)
- pacer_not_enabled, filing_restricted (403)
- docket_not_found, filing_not_found, no_document (404)
- ambiguous_docket, ambiguous_filing (409)
- unsupported_court (422)
- too_many_requests (429)
- internal_error (500)
- pacer_unavailable (502)
- service_unavailable (503)
error
Type: string
required

The HTTP status, in words
balance_cents
Type: integer

Only with pacer_balance_insufficient. Your balance, in cents.
candidates
Type: array of object

Only with ambiguous_docket. Send the request again with one candidate's case_id, or its case_name as docket.case_name.

Properties: 3
cost
Type:

What the request cost. A failed filing request can still carry a charge for a docket successfully fetched before it failed.

Properties: 3
issues
Type: object

Only on some 400 answers. What's wrong with the request.

Properties: 2
message
Type: string

What happened
needed_cents
Type: integer

Only with pacer_balance_insufficient. The purchase hold required, in cents; the final charge can be lower.