Get file history on a matter

Returns a list of history entries for the specified file

GET /matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history

Get file history on a matter

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history"

headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Authorization": "<api-key>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.smokeball.com/matters/{matterId}/documents/files/{fileId}/history")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "href": "<string>",
  "relation": "<string>",
  "method": "GET",
  "self": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "href": "<string>",
    "relation": "<string>",
    "method": "GET"
  },
  "value": [
    {
      "href": "<string>",
      "relation": "<string>",
      "method": "GET",
      "self": {
        "id": "<string>",
        "href": "<string>",
        "relation": "<string>",
        "method": "GET"
      },
      "id": "3f2b1f2a-1d5f-48a4-8f3c-7a7a3c2b5e1a",
      "type": "File",
      "changeType": "Move",
      "timestamp": "2025-08-27T04:12:45Z",
      "file": {
        "id": "<string>",
        "href": "<string>",
        "relation": "<string>",
        "method": "GET"
      },
      "folder": {
        "id": "<string>",
        "href": "<string>",
        "relation": "<string>",
        "method": "GET"
      },
      "oldName": "Draft Response",
      "newName": "Final Response",
      "oldMatterId": "f9e1a9d5-1d2b-4bd2-9a72-6a6e7b5c2f01",
      "newMatterId": "1c0b8a31-0a05-4601-8b87-2d7b1d0caa9a",
      "oldFolderId": "6a5c3b2e-0f1e-4c7e-90e2-2ad3c3e8b0b9",
      "newFolderId": "9b7a2c4d-2e1f-4b6a-8e01-1f2a3b4c5d6e",
      "copySourceFileId": "bb3a6c1d-1e2f-4a7b-9c01-0d9a8c7b6e5f",
      "copySourceFolderId": "aa2b5c1e-7f8a-4d9e-8c01-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
      "documentVersionId": "2d97e267-0618-4822-a515-281cd4f31ae8-72324ca30d263b32bb38a481cc5f7a0b",
      "userId": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "<string>",
  "title": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

x-api-key · string · header · required

Authorization · string · header · required

Path Parameters

matterId · string · required

fileId · string · required

Response

200

application/json

When request is successful. Returns a collection of 'FileFolderLogEntry' objects.

id · string | null

href · string | null

relation · string | null

method · string | null · default: GET

self · object | null

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value · object[] | null

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