# The LawVu API (QA)



## Get started

The LawVu API is a web-based REST API. You can create and retrieve individual field level information or in bulk.

LawVu customers and third-party developers can utilise our API to connect other systems, creating unique solutions to drive efficiency for the Legal team and wider business.

You can access key capabilities in LawVu including:

Matters
Retrieve, create and update matters and more

Contracts
Retrieve, create and update contracts and more

Fields
Retrieve, create and update fields and more

Files
Retrieve, create and update files and more

Account
Retrieve departments, regions  and more

Invoices
Retrieve and upload invoices from a matter

## Ready to test it out?

Please follow these steps to get building against the LawVu API.

### Step 1

[Register](https://developer.lawvu.com/#register) for LawVu Developer access. We’ll provide you with our “Integrations” sandbox environment. In here, you can freely develop and test your integration.

### Step 2

Provision an OAuth Client using our [Integration Client](/docs/guides/integration-clients) reference docs.

### Step 3

Build out your integration, using our guides ([Authentication](/docs/guides/authentication), [Webhooks](/docs/guides/webhooks)) and API reference docs. If you have specific queries about what is possible or how to use a specific endpoint, email us at [developer@lawvu.com](mailto:developer@lawvu.com).

### Step 4

Once you’ve got a working integration that is ready to ship, provision a new client in your production organisation.