Get file history on a matter
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{
"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": {
"href": "/matters/f9e1a9d5-1d2b-4bd2-9a72-6a6e7b5c2f01/documents/files/bb3a6c1d-1e2f-4a7b-9c01-0d9a8c7b6e5f",
"id": "bb3a6c1d-1e2f-4a7b-9c01-0d9a8c7b6e5f"
},
"folder": {
"href": "/matters/f9e1a9d5-1d2b-4bd2-9a72-6a6e7b5c2f01/documents/folders/6a5c3b2e-0f1e-4c7e-90e2-2ad3c3e8b0b9",
"id": "6a5c3b2e-0f1e-4c7e-90e2-2ad3c3e8b0b9"
},
"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": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8"
}
]
}{
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"detail": "<string>",
"instance": "<string>",
"errors": {}
}Files
Get file history on a matter
Returns the full list of history entries for the specified file. The result is not paged.
GET
/
matters
/
{matterId}
/
documents
/
files
/
{fileId}
/
history
Get file history on a matter
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{
"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": {
"href": "/matters/f9e1a9d5-1d2b-4bd2-9a72-6a6e7b5c2f01/documents/files/bb3a6c1d-1e2f-4a7b-9c01-0d9a8c7b6e5f",
"id": "bb3a6c1d-1e2f-4a7b-9c01-0d9a8c7b6e5f"
},
"folder": {
"href": "/matters/f9e1a9d5-1d2b-4bd2-9a72-6a6e7b5c2f01/documents/folders/6a5c3b2e-0f1e-4c7e-90e2-2ad3c3e8b0b9",
"id": "6a5c3b2e-0f1e-4c7e-90e2-2ad3c3e8b0b9"
},
"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": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8"
}
]
}{
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"detail": "<string>",
"instance": "<string>",
"errors": {}
}Path Parameters
Unique identifier (GUID) of the matter.
Unique identifier (GUID) of the file.