List all matters

GET/legal/{connection_id}/matter

Parameters

Returns

LegalMatterarray

idstring

created_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

updated_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

namestring

numberstring

the firm's display/matter number

descriptionstring

status enum

Valid values:

"PENDING"

"OPEN"

"CLOSED"

"OTHER"

billing_method enum

Valid values:

"HOURLY"

"FLAT_FEE"

"CONTINGENCY"

"OTHER"

practicearea_idstring

pointer to the Legal Practicearea object

stagestring

the matter stage name

contact_idsstring array

CRM Contacts that are clients on this matter

company_idsstring array

CRM Companies that are clients on this matter

parties array

all people and organizations related to this matter, with their role

user_idstring

HR Employee who is the responsible attorney (reference to HrisEmployee)

originating_user_idstring

HR Employee who is the originating attorney (reference to HrisEmployee)

user_idsstring array

other HR Employees assigned to this matter

client_referencestring

the client's own reference number for this matter

currencystring

is_billableboolean

opened_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

closed_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

pending_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

statute_of_limitations_atdate-time

(ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)

metadata array

custom field values

raw

Errors

Errors return the HTTP status code and a JSON body with statusCode, error (the short label) and message (a human-readable detail).

{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N"
}

Status	Error	Meaning
`400`	Bad Request	The request was malformed or failed validation.
`401`	Unauthorized	The connection is likely broken; re-authorize it.
`403`	Forbidden	The connection is missing permissions or scopes.
`404`	Not Found	The requested resource does not exist.
`429`	Too Many Requests	Rate limit exceeded (see the two sources below).
`500`	Internal Server Error	An unexpected error occurred.
`501`	Not Implemented	Not supported by this integration.

Errors from the underlying integration pass through: the integration's status comes back as ours (429, 401, 403, 404 or 5xx), usually with its message. When the integration's error body is unclear, Unified extracts what it can and returns a clearer message.

429 Too Many Requests

A 429 has two possible sources:

The integration's own rate limit, passed through.
Unified's workspace limit: a rolling 60 seconds, set by plan, with the message Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N.

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter',
  headers: {
    authorization: 'bearer .....'
  },
  params: {
    limit: 50,
    offset: 0,
    updated_gte: '2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z',
    sort: 'updated_at',
    order: 'asc',
    query: '',
    user_id: '',
    contact_id: '',
    company_id: '',
    practicearea_id: '',
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
  }
};

const results = await axios.request(options);

Code Samples

Node.js SDK

import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk';

const sdk = new UnifiedTo({
    security: {
        jwt: '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>',
    },
});

const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc';

const results = await sdk.legal.listLegalMatters({ connectionId, 
    limit: 50,
    offset: 0,
    updated_gte: '2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z',
    sort: 'updated_at',
    order: 'asc',
    query: '',
    user_id: '',
    contact_id: '',
    company_id: '',
    practicearea_id: '',
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
 });

Node.js (axios)

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter',
  headers: {
    authorization: 'bearer .....'
  },
  params: {
    limit: 50,
    offset: 0,
    updated_gte: '2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z',
    sort: 'updated_at',
    order: 'asc',
    query: '',
    user_id: '',
    contact_id: '',
    company_id: '',
    practicearea_id: '',
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
  }
};

const results = await axios.request(options);

Java

AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();

client.prepare("GET", "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw=")
  .setHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .setHeader("authorization", ".....")
  .execute()
  .toCompletableFuture()
  .thenAccept(System.out::println)
  .join();

client.close();

Go

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

url := `https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw=

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

req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("authorization", ".....")

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

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw="

headers = {
    "accept": "application/json",
    "authorization": "....."
}

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

PHP

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: application/json",
    "authorization: ....."
  ],
]);

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw=")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = '....'

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

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/matter?limit=50&offset=0&updated_gte=2026-10-11T02:29:56.272Z&sort=updated_at&order=asc&query=&user_id=&contact_id=&company_id=&practicearea_id=&fields=&raw=' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'authorization: .....'

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