# Ballotpedia — Wrapped API

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> Search for information about US state courts and their judges, including details on specific states, court systems, and individual justices. Find judicial data organized by state to research court structures and judicial appointments across America.

**Category:** Government & Public Data | **Website:** [ballotpedia.org/Courts_and_judges_by_state](https://ballotpedia.org/Courts_and_judges_by_state) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/7c6ae6a1-0d91-446f-9dcf-aafa116a45f4/ballotpedia-org-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/7c6ae6a1-0d91-446f-9dcf-aafa116a45f4/ballotpedia-org-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ballotpedia-org-api-7c6ae6a1/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### list_courts

Returns a list of court types for a given US state. Court names returned can be used as input to the list_justices endpoint.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `state` | string | Yes | US state name (e.g. 'Alabama', 'California', 'New York'). Must match a state from list_states. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ballotpedia-org-api-7c6ae6a1/list_courts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"state":"<string>"}'
```

### list_justices

Returns a list of current justices/judges for a given court. Not all courts have individual justice listings; lower courts (circuit, district, municipal) may return an empty list.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `court_name` | string | Yes | Full court name as returned by list_courts (e.g. 'Alabama Supreme Court', 'California Supreme Court'). |
| `state` | string | Yes | US state name (e.g. 'Alabama', 'California'). Must match a state from list_states. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ballotpedia-org-api-7c6ae6a1/list_justices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"court_name":"<string>","state":"<string>"}'
```

### list_states

Returns a list of all 50 US states that have court information available on Ballotpedia.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

_No parameters required._

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ballotpedia-org-api-7c6ae6a1/list_states \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```