Get Regulation Content

GET /api/v1/regulations/{id}/content

Returns a slice of a regulatory document’s plain text along with the full Regulation Detail Object. Use offset/limit for random access. Document metadata and the table of contents are also available standalone through the Get Regulation Details.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Default	Description
id	path	string	—	Stable document id from a browse result
offset	query	integer	0	Byte position to start reading from (UTF-8 source). Min 0.
limit	query	integer	40000	Max bytes to return. Min 1, max 40000.

Response

{
  "regulation": {
    "id": "cmdoc_01HXZ3K4M7QR9VP2N8WYJF5GTB",
    "category": "regulation",
    "title": "Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Banks",
    "authorities": ["fincen"],
    "jurisdictions": ["us-federal"],
    "description": "Part of the Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) framework...",
    "updatedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00Z",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/...",
    "totalBytes": 28400,
    "tableOfContents": {
      "entries": [
        { "id": "toc_a", "title": "(a) General", "level": 1, "startOffset": 0 }
      ]
    },
    "attributes": null
  },
  "content": {
    "text": "§ 1020.320 Reports by banks of suspicious transactions.\n\n(a) General. (1) Every bank shall file with FinCEN...",
    "startOffset": 0,
    "endOffset": 28400,
    "limit": 40000,
    "totalBytes": 28400,
    "hasMore": false
  }
}

Response Fields

The response envelope contains a regulation object and a content object. See The Regulation Content Object for the nested content shape.

Field	Type	Description
regulation	object	Full Regulation Detail Object for the document being read. Always present.
content.text	string	UTF-8 plain text slice. Pre-extracted at ingest time with navigation chrome stripped.
content.startOffset	integer	Byte position where this slice starts.
content.endOffset	integer	Byte position where this slice ends. Use this as the next offset when content.hasMore is true.
content.limit	integer	Max bytes requested.
content.totalBytes	integer	Total byte count of the full document text.
content.hasMore	boolean	true if more text is available after this slice.

Paging Through a Large Document

Use offset-based paging to read through a document that exceeds the 40,000 byte limit:

curl "https://api.midlyr.com/api/v1/regulations/cmdoc_01HXZ3K.../content?offset=0&limit=40000"
curl "https://api.midlyr.com/api/v1/regulations/cmdoc_01HXZ3K.../content?offset=40000&limit=40000"

Continue setting offset to the prior response’s content.endOffset until content.hasMore is false.