Welcome to Lex Machina Developer Portal

The Lex Machina API is available to Lex Machina customers to access the legal data powering Lex Machina analytics from Federal District, Federal Appeals, and various state and specialty courts.

Data available in from the Lex Machina API includes information on cases, parties, counsel, judges, and outcomes. Customers with Lex Machina alerts can also track new alert results through the API.

This developer portal contains some basic steps to get started. To get help on your specific use case, please contact support@lexmachina.com. If you do not currently subscribe to the Lex Machina API and would like to learn more, please go to lexmachina.com to request a demo.

Getting Started

The following links provide information on how to get started:

• Query and Analytics Endpoints Reference - How to use the endpoints that allow you to construct flexible queries.
• Authentication - Set up API access with bearer tokens
• Postman Setup - Setting up Postman for API testing.
• Swagger docs - Swagger docs for the Lex Machina API for a full list and description of endpoints (requires Lex Machina API subscription)
• Python Client - Python client for the Lex Machina API