LawVu API

The next generation of the LawVu API.

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lawvuapi.openapi.yaml

Overview

URL

https://developer.lawvu.com

LawVu Developer Support Team

developer@lawvu.com

Servers

Sandbox API

https://api-sandbox.lawvu.com/

Production API

https://api.lawvu.com/

Contracts

Operations

Get contract

Request

Retrieve a contract by its identifier

Path

contractIdinteger(int32)required

The system identifier for the contract

Example: 5348

No request payload

Responses

Bodyapplication/json

createdobject or nullread-only

The user who created the contract and when

documentobject or nullread-only

The contract document

expirystring or null(date-time)

The expiry date of the contract. The date and time uses the ISO-8601 format and will be in the Local timezone of the organization

Example: "2024-12-25T00:00:00"

externalIdstring or null

A unique user defined identifier that can be used to reference another system

Example: "external-01"

fieldsobject or null

The collection of fields associated with the contract

Example: {"my_text_field":"my text value","my_decimal_field":78659.84,"my_boolean_field":true,"my_date_field":"2025-05-06","my_option_field":{"label":"Option 1","value":"option_1"},"my_multioption_field":[{"label":"Option A","value":"option_a"},{"label":"Option D","value":"option_d"}],"my_user_field":{"email":"api.developer@lawvu.com","firstName":"Api","id":"f0f1e06e-3005-4093-af7f-1934d55617e1","lastName":"Developer","organizationId":8134}}

idinteger or null(int32)read-only

The system identifier for the contract

Example: 5348

namestring or null

The user defined name of the contract

Example: "My contract"

ownerobject or null

The user assigned as the owner of the contract

restrictedboolean or null

Is the contract only available to members. An indicator where the contract requires membership to access

Default false

Example: false

statusstring or null

The current status of the contract

Enum"Draft""Negotiating""Approval""Signing""Executed""Expired""Void"

Example: "Active"

teamAssignedobject or null

The team which this contract is assigned to

typeobject or nullread-only

The type of the contract

Response

application/json

{
  "created": {
    "dateUtc": "2024-12-25T00:00:00Z",
    "user": { … },
    "userName": "api.developer@lawvu.com"
  },
  "document": {
    "id": 9456,
    "name": "Standard NDA.docx",
    "version": 3
  },
  "expiry": "2024-12-25T00:00:00",
  "externalId": "external-01",
  "fields": {
    "my_text_field": "my text value",
    "my_decimal_field": 78659.84,
    "my_boolean_field": true,
    "my_date_field": "2025-05-06",
    "my_option_field": { … },
    "my_multioption_field": [ … ],
    "my_user_field": { … }
  },
  "id": 5348,
  "name": "My contract",
  "owner": {
    "email": "api.developer@lawvu.com",
    "firstName": "Api",
    "id": "f0f1e06e-3005-4093-af7f-1934d55617e1",
    "lastName": "Developer",
    "organizationId": 8134
  },
  "restricted": false,
  "status": "Active",
  "teamAssigned": {
    "id": 469,
    "name": "Legal - Commercial"
  },
  "type": {
    "id": 1234,
    "name": "NDA"
  }
}

Update contract

Request

Updates a contracts details

Path

contractIdinteger(int32)required

The system identifier for the contract

Example: 5348

Bodyapplication/merge-patch+json

expirystring or null(date-time)

The expiry date of the contract. The date and time uses the ISO-8601 format and will be in the Local timezone of the organization

externalIdstring or null

A unique user defined identifier that can be used to reference another system

fieldsobject or null

The collection of fields associated with the contract

Example: {"my_text_field":"my text value","my_decimal_field":78659.84,"my_boolean_field":true,"my_date_field":"2025-05-06","my_option_field":{"value":"option_1"},"my_multioption_field":[{"value":"option_a"},{"value":"option_d"}],"my_user_field":{"id":"f0f1e06e-3005-4093-af7f-1934d55617e1"}}

namestring or null

The user defined name of the contract

ownerobject or null

The user assigned as the owner of the contract

restrictedboolean or null

Is the contract only available to members. An indicator where the contract requires membership to access

Example: false

statusstring or null

The current status of the contract

Enum"Draft""Negotiating""Approval""Signing""Executed""Expired""Void"

teamAssignedobject or null

The team which this contract is assigned to

application/merge-patch+json

{
  "expiry": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "externalId": "string",
  "fields": {
    "my_text_field": "my text value",
    "my_decimal_field": 78659.84,
    "my_boolean_field": true,
    "my_date_field": "2025-05-06",
    "my_option_field": { … },
    "my_multioption_field": [ … ],
    "my_user_field": { … }
  },
  "name": "string",
  "owner": {
    "id": "f0f1e06e-3005-4093-af7f-1934d55617e1"
  },
  "restricted": false,
  "status": "Draft",
  "teamAssigned": {
    "id": 469
  }
}

Responses

No Content

Response

No content

Create contract

Request

Creates a contract based on the provided contract type.

Bodyapplication/json

typeobjectrequired

The type of the contract

type.idinteger(int32)

The system identifier for the contract type

Example: 1234

documentobject or null

The contract document. This is only optional if the contract type has a wizard

expirystring or null(date-time)

The expiry date of the contract. The date and time uses the ISO-8601 format and will be in the Local timezone of the organization

Example: "2024-12-25T00:00:00"

externalIdstring or null

A unique user defined identifier that can be used to reference another system

Example: "external-01"

fieldsobject or null

The collection of fields associated with the contract

namestring or null

The user defined name of the contract

Example: "My contract"

ownerobject or null

The user assigned as the owner of the contract

restrictedboolean or null

Is the contract only available to members. An indicator where the contract requires membership to access

Default false

Example: false

teamAssignedobject or null

The team which this contract is assigned to

application/json

{
  "type": {
    "id": 1234
  },
  "document": {
    "id": 9456
  },
  "expiry": "2024-12-25T00:00:00",
  "externalId": "external-01",
  "fields": {
    "my_text_field": "my text value",
    "my_decimal_field": 78659.84,
    "my_boolean_field": true,
    "my_date_field": "2025-05-06",
    "my_option_field": { … },
    "my_multioption_field": [ … ],
    "my_user_field": { … }
  },
  "name": "My contract",
  "owner": {
    "id": "f0f1e06e-3005-4093-af7f-1934d55617e1"
  },
  "restricted": false,
  "teamAssigned": {
    "id": 469
  }
}

Responses

Created

Headers

Locationstring

Location to retrieve the created contract

Bodyapplication/json

idinteger(int32)read-only

The system identifier for the contract

Example: 5348

Response

application/json

{
  "id": 5348
}

Get contract file

Request

Retrieve information about a file on a contract

Path

contractIdinteger(int32)required

The system identifier for the contract

Example: 5348

fileIdinteger(int32)required

The system identifier for the file

Example: 9456

No request payload

Responses

Bodyapplication/json

contentTypestring or null

The content type of the file binary

Example: "text/plain"

createdobject or nullread-only

The user who created the file and when

displayIdstring or null

A system generated identifier of the file. Also known as "Document ID"

Example: "LV0001-0000123.1"

folderobject or null

The folder where the file is located

Folder is null when the file is located at the root of the resource

idinteger or null(int32)read-only

The system identifier for the file

Example: 9456

modifiedobject or nullread-only

The username who modified the file and when

namestring or null

The user defined name of the file including extension

Example: "document.txt"

resourceobject or null

The resouce where the file is located

restrictedboolean or null

Is the file access restricted

Default false

Example: false

sizeinteger or null(int64)

The size of the file binary in bytes

Example: 18139

versioninteger or null(int32)

The version number of the file

Example: 3

Response

application/json

{
  "contentType": "text/plain",
  "created": {
    "dateUtc": "2024-12-25T00:00:00Z",
    "user": { … },
    "userName": "api.developer@lawvu.com"
  },
  "displayId": "LV0001-0000123.1",
  "folder": {
    "id": 786,
    "name": "Drafts"
  },
  "id": 9456,
  "modified": {
    "dateUtc": "2024-12-25T00:00:00Z",
    "userName": "api.developer@lawvu.com"
  },
  "name": "document.txt",
  "resource": {
    "id": 78914,
    "type": "Contract"
  },
  "restricted": false,
  "size": 18139,
  "version": 3
}

Get contract types

Request

Retrieve a list of contract types

No request payload

Responses

Bodyapplication/json

itemsArray of objects(ContractType)

The collection of items

Response

application/json

{
  "items": [
    { … }
  ]
}

Fields

Operations

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Operations

Matters

Operations

LawVu API

Contracts

Get contract

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Update contract

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Create contract

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Get contract file

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