Check whether the stored RTI Online session URL still works, and show whose account it belongs to plus how stale the cached lists are. Run this first when other tools report authentication problems.

Store a new RTI Online 'View History' session URL, replacing any previous one and clearing cached data. Use when the old URL stops working: the user logs in at rtionline.gov.in with OTP + captcha, clicks 'View History', and copies the full address-bar URL.

Registered / disposed / pending totals for the citizen's RTI requests and first appeals -- the summary shown on the View History dashboard.

List RTI applications in one bucket. category: 'request' or 'appeal'; status: 'registered' (all of them), 'disposed' or 'pending'. Optional search filters on registration number, applicant, status text, filing date or status date; dates match in either 2026-08-07 or 07/08/2026 form. Results are newest-first as the portal returns them.

Search every RTI request and appeal by registration number fragment, public-authority code, status text, filing date or status date; dates match in either 2026-08-07 or 07/08/2026 form. Use this when the user names an application loosely (e.g. 'the BSNL one', 'NIMHANS') or asks what moved on a given day.

Pending RTI requests whose reply is overdue. The RTI Act gives a public authority 30 days to reply, so days defaults to 30. Returns the oldest first with the number of days elapsed -- use it to decide which applications are ripe for a first appeal.

Current status of one RTI application by registration number (e.g. 'NIMNS/R/E/26/00220') -- the state, the date it changed, the public authority's remarks or reply summary, and whether a reply PDF is available. This is the everyday 'what happened to my RTI' lookup.

Full filed details of one RTI application by registration number: public authority, the complete text of information sought, applicant particulars, BPL status, concerned CPIO and any attached document. Use rti_status instead if you only need the current state.

Download an application's PDF to disk. kind='reply' fetches the public authority's reply (only on disposed applications); kind='request' fetches the document attached to the original request. Returns the saved path; defaults to the server's documents folder.

Export every RTI request and appeal to a CSV file for tracking or analysis -- registration number, applicant, filing date, current status and status date.

Drop all cached application lists so the next query re-reads the portal. Normally unnecessary -- tools take a refresh flag.