Retsinformation API FAQs

Question 1

What is the Retsinformation API?

Accepted Answer

The Retsinformation API provides AI models, like Claude, with direct and comprehensive access to Danish laws, legislative bills, parliamentary cases, actors, and related official information, acting as an MCP server.

Question 2

How does the API handle rate limits for the Retsinformation service?

Accepted Answer

The server includes a built-in 30-minute in-memory cache. This intelligently minimizes direct API calls to Retsinformation, respecting their rate limits (20 requests/hour, 50 requests/day) while enhancing performance.

Question 3

Who is the Retsinformation API primarily designed for?

Accepted Answer

It is primarily designed for developers and AI models (like LLMs) that require programmatic access to structured and comprehensive Danish legal and parliamentary data for analysis, research, and application development.

Question 4

Can I export legal documents using this API?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the API allows you to export legal documents, including entire laws and their historical versions, directly into Markdown format for easy integration and consumption.

Question 5

What types of Danish legal information can I access?

Accepted Answer

You can access a wide range of data including full legislative histories, different versions and amendments of Danish laws, detailed legislative bills, parliamentary cases, involved actors (politicians, ministries), and relevant keywords. There are 47 specialized tools available for querying this data.

Retsinformation API

Retsinformation API

Key Features

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Key Features

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