# Matters

## Find matters

 - [GET /v1/matters/quickfind](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-quickfind.md): Quickly find and filter matters

## Recent  matters

 - [GET /v1/matters/recent](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-recent.md): Returns recently viewed (ref:take) matters for the user

## Create matter

 - [POST /v1/matters](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/post-v1-matters.md): Creates a new matter with the supplied values

## Get matters

 - [GET /v1/matters](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters.md): Gets matters filtered by single or multiple fields.
 
_To filter by one field_: "filtering.field", "filtering.operator" and "filtering.value" parameters must be filled.
 
_To filter by multiple fields_: "filtering.logic" and "filtering.filters" parameters must be filled.

## Get matter

 - [GET /v1/matters/{matterId}](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-matterid.md): Gets the details of the selected matter (ref: matterId)

## Update matter

 - [PATCH /v1/matters/{matterId}](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/patch-v1-matters-matterid.md)

## Add user to a matter

 - [POST /v1/matters/{matterId}/users](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/post-v1-matters-matterid-users.md): Adds a user to the matter (as owner, manager or regular matter member)

## Get matter users

 - [GET /v1/matters/{matterId}/users](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-matterid-users.md): Returns the users that are assigned to the matter

## ExternalId lookup

 - [GET /v1/matters/externalid/{externalId}](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-externalid-externalid.md)

## Get matter fields

 - [GET /v1/matters/{matterId}/fields](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/get-v1-matters-matterid-fields.md): Get matter fields by matter id

## Update fields

 - [PATCH /v1/matters/{matterId}/fields](https://api-docs.lawvu.com/api/matters-api/lawvu-matters.openapi/matters/patch-v1-matters-matterid-fields.md)