---
title: "Semantic search over the full text of CJP public-discipline decisions (250 PDFs ingested)"
method: GET
path: "/api/rest/search_cjp_documents"
tags: ["cajusticewatch"]
---

# Semantic search over the full text of CJP public-discipline decisions (250 PDFs ingested)

`GET /api/rest/search_cjp_documents`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cajusticewatch.com`
- URL: `https://cajusticewatch.com/api/rest/search_cjp_documents`
- Auth: none declared

Semantic search over the full text of CJP public-discipline decisions (250 PDFs ingested). Use this for topic questions ("racial bias", "drug-related misconduct", "ex parte communications") or when you need passages, not just summary records. Returns matching passages with citations. Distinct from search_cjp (which searches the summary-record JSON).

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `judge` string
- `year` integer
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Tool result as plain JSON.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments or upstream tool error.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api/revisions/1ae48b3f1ff1?raw)