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Fond Code

The Code class (in pylegifrance/fonds/code.py) is the facade that exposes the fluent API for searching French codes.

Scope

The fond groups the codes (Code civil, Code pénal, Code de commerce…) served via two Legifrance bases:

CODE_ETAT — current state of the codes (default);
CODE_DATE — historical state at a given date.

By default, searches target articles in force as of today. For a historical search, use .at_date("YYYY-MM-DD") or initialize with Code(client, fond="CODE_DATE").

Usage

from pylegifrance import LegifranceClient
from pylegifrance.fonds.code import Code
from pylegifrance.models.code.enum import NomCode

client = LegifranceClient(client_id="...", client_secret="...")
code = Code(client)

# Article 1382 of the Code civil
results = (
    code.search()
        .in_code(NomCode.CC)
        .article_number("1382")
        .execute()
)

Exposed components

code.search() → CodeSearchBuilder (fluent, see /en/concepts/builder-pattern).
code.fetch_code(text_id) → consult of an entire LEGITEXT.
code.fetch_article(article_id) → article by LEGIARTI.

Common codes

Enum	Code	LEGITEXT
`NomCode.CC`	Code civil	`LEGITEXT000006070721`
`NomCode.CP`	Code pénal	`LEGITEXT000006070719`
`NomCode.CCOM`	Code de commerce	`LEGITEXT000005634379`
`NomCode.CTRAV`	Code du travail	`LEGITEXT000006072050`
`NomCode.CPC`	Code de procédure civile	`LEGITEXT000006070716`
`NomCode.CPP`	Code de procédure pénale	`LEGITEXT000006071154`

Full list: legifrance.gouv.fr/liste/code?etatTexte=VIGUEUR.

See also

How-to: search in the codes
API reference
/en/concepts/enum-wrapping — why NomCode isn’t the generated enum directly.