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GET
/
mattertypes
/
{id}
Get a matter type
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.smokeball.com/mattertypes/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'
{
  "href": "<string>",
  "relation": "<string>",
  "method": "GET",
  "self": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "href": "<string>",
    "relation": "<string>",
    "method": "GET"
  },
  "id": "009f778f-83df-454a-b344-768a862a7e55",
  "versionId": "832e778f-83df-454a-b344-768a862a7e67",
  "name": "Federal Litigation",
  "category": "Litigation",
  "type": 0,
  "representativeOptions": [
    "Applicant",
    "Respondent"
  ],
  "location": "Litigation",
  "isDeleted": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "href": "<string>",
      "relation": "<string>",
      "method": "GET",
      "self": {
        "id": "<string>",
        "href": "<string>",
        "relation": "<string>",
        "method": "GET"
      },
      "id": "Plaintiff",
      "providerId": "roles_provider",
      "itemId": "009f778f-83df-454a-b344-768a862a7e55",
      "name": "Claimant",
      "subItems": "<array>"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
x-api-key
string
header
required
​
Authorization
string
header
required

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Response

When request is successful. Returns a 'MatterType' object.

​
href
string | null
​
relation
string | null
​
method
string | null
default:GET
​
self
object
​
id
string | null

Unique identifier of the matter type.

Example:

"009f778f-83df-454a-b344-768a862a7e55"

​
versionId
string | null

Version id of the record.

Example:

"832e778f-83df-454a-b344-768a862a7e67"

​
name
string | null

Name of the matter type.

Example:

"Federal Litigation"

​
category
string | null

Name of the category to which the matter type belongs.

Example:

"Litigation"

​
type
enum<integer>

Name of the category type to which the matter type belongs (i.e. MatterType or LeadType).

Possible values: Matter Type = 0, Lead Type = 1.

Available options:
0,
1
Example:

0

​
representativeOptions
string[] | null

List of possible representative types for the matter type.

Example:
["Applicant", "Respondent"]
​
location
string | null

State to which the matter type belongs.

Example:

"Litigation"

​
isDeleted
boolean

Returns true if the matter type is deleted.

Deleted matter types cannot be used when creating new leads/matters.

​
items
object[] | null