Track your eFileIL envelopes through an API

What you can build on eFileIL

• Get filing history

  Build this

  Reads View filing history in Odyssey eFileIL: every envelope you submitted, its case number and the filing status of each document in it.

  Takes

  Submitted since (optional), filing status (optional)

  Returns

  Envelope number, submitted date, case number, filing code, filing type, filing status

• Read an envelope's clerk comments

  Build this

  Opens Envelope details from the Actions menu and reads the Filings box: each filing's status, the clerk's Comments, Returned Reason and Returned Comments.

  Takes

  Envelope number

  Returns

  Envelope number, case number, filing code, filing status, comments, returned reason, returned comments

• Get file stamped copies

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  Opens Envelope details for an envelope and downloads the File stamped copy of each accepted filing, with the clerk's electronic stamp.

  Takes

  Envelope number

  Returns

  Envelope number, case number, filing code, document name, file stamped copy

• Copy a rejected envelope into a draft

  Build this

  Chooses Copy Envelope from a rejected envelope's Actions menu and saves the copy with Save Draft and Exit, so someone can correct and re-file it.

  Takes

  Envelope number

  Returns

  Original envelope number, case number, draft saved (yes or no)

Automate eFileIL with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Morning report of accepted and rejected filings

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the filing history for envelopes submitted in the last 14 days.

  Step 2

  Keep the filings whose filing status changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list grouped by status, with envelope number, case number and filing code.

• Rejected filings, with the clerk's returned reason

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 16:00

  Step 1

  Get the filing history with filing status Rejected.

  Step 2

  Keep the envelopes that were not rejected on the last run.

  Step 3

  Read each envelope's details for the returned reason and returned comments.

  Step 4

  Post each one to your docketing or case management system's webhook.

• Filings still waiting for the clerk

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 9:00

  Step 1

  Get the filing history for envelopes submitted in the last 14 days.

  Step 2

  Keep the filings still Submitted or Under Review more than 2 business days after submission.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with envelope number, case number, submitted date and status.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get filing history” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "efileil.tylertech.cloud/get_filing_history",
    "input": {
      "submitted_since": "2026-11-02",
      "filing_status": "Rejected"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "envelopes": [
      {
        "envelope_number": "81640027",
        "submitted_date": "2026-11-09T15:42:00-06:00",
        "case_number": "2026L004417",
        "filings": [
          {
            "filing_code": "Motion",
            "filing_type": "eFile Only",
            "filing_status": "Rejected"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

EFileIL’s own options

eFileIL is the single electronic filing manager for civil cases in the Illinois Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Courts. You reach it through a certified electronic filing service provider (EFSP) of your choice, Tyler's free Odyssey eFileIL site among them. The eFileIL pages describe no API for filers: status reaches you by email and in View filing history.

Read on November 12, 2026: eFileIL: Electronic Filing Service Providers, How to e-file in Odyssey eFileIL, How to e-file in Odyssey eFileIL, Step 11: Check status.

Signing in to eFileIL

Odyssey eFileIL signs you in with the email address and password you registered with, and after several failed attempts it may lock the account until you set a new password. With Fous you sign in once through eFileIL's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, code and AI agents never see it, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Filed only once the clerk accepts

Your documents are filed only when the clerk accepts and electronically stamps them, which can take 24 to 48 business hours. Accepted does not mean the judge has ruled, only that the document is in the case.

Everything is an envelope

Each submission of one document or a group is an envelope. A rejected document has to be re-filed: you copy the envelope with Copy Envelope and correct what the Returned Reason and Returned Comments say.

Five filing statuses to watch

The common statuses are Submitted, Under Review, Accepted, Rejected and Submission failure. Submission failure usually means a document must be rescanned or flattened so it is no longer fillable.

Cook County asks for more

In Cook County a filing needs an Attorney Code (Case Cross Reference ID), some cases need a return date, and a motion may lead to a Hearing screen where you pick a date or Do not schedule.

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