--- title: "List all matters" url: "https://docs.unified.to/legal/matter/List_all_matters" description: "List all matters with Unified's Matter API (GET /legal/{connection_id}/matter). Filter by limit, offset and updated_gte. Supported by 13 Matter integrations." --- # List all matters GET/legal/{connection\_id}/matter ## Parameters **limit**number default=100 **offset**number default=0 **updated\_gte**date-time Return only results whose updated date is equal or greater to this value (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **sort** enum name updated\_at created\_at **order** enum asc desc **query**string Query string to search. eg. email address or name **user\_id**string The user/employee ID to filter by (reference to HrisEmployee) **contact\_id**string The contact ID to filter by **company\_id**string The company ID to filter by **practicearea\_id**string The practice area ID to filter by **fields**string array id created\_at updated\_at name number description status billing\_method practicearea\_id stage contact\_ids company\_ids parties user\_id originating\_user\_id user\_ids client\_reference currency is\_billable opened\_at closed\_at pending\_at statute\_of\_limitations\_at metadata raw Fields to return **raw**string Raw parameters to include in the 3rd-party request. Encoded as a URL component. eg. raw parameters: foo=bar&zoo=bar -> raw=foo%3Dbar%26zoo%3Dbar **connection\_id**string required ID of the connection ## Returns [LegalMatter](https://docs.unified.to/legal/matter/model.md)array **id**string **created\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **updated\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **name**string **number**string the firm's display/matter number **description**string **status** enum Valid values: "PENDING" "OPEN" "CLOSED" "OTHER" **billing\_method** enum Valid values: "HOURLY" "FLAT\_FEE" "CONTINGENCY" "OTHER" **practicearea\_id**string pointer to the Legal Practicearea object **stage**string the matter stage name **contact\_ids**string array CRM Contacts that are clients on this matter **company\_ids**string array CRM Companies that are clients on this matter **parties** array all people and organizations related to this matter, with their role **user\_id**string HR Employee who is the responsible attorney (reference to HrisEmployee) **originating\_user\_id**string HR Employee who is the originating attorney (reference to HrisEmployee) **user\_ids**string array other HR Employees assigned to this matter **client\_reference**string the client's own reference number for this matter **currency**string **is\_billable**boolean **opened\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **closed\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **pending\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **statute\_of\_limitations\_at**date-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). ```json { "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`. ## Code Samples ### Node.js SDK ```javascript import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk'; const sdk = new UnifiedTo({ security: { jwt: '', }, }); 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) ```javascript 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 ```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 ```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 ```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 ```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 ```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 ```bash 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: .....' ```