Matters

Get matter

Gets one case or deal, including its description.

GET/api/v1/matters/{matter_id}

Authorization

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your Sentinel API key. See Authentication.

matter_idstringpathrequired≤ 64 characters

The matter's ID, from List matters.

200 · The matter.

idstringrequired

Matter ID.

typestringrequired

One of case deal

numberstringrequired

Case or deal number, e.g. CASE-2025-0142.

titlestringrequired

statusstring | nullrequired

Case or deal status, as set in Sentinel.

prioritystring | nullrequired

sub_typestring | nullrequired

Case violation type or deal type.

closedbooleanrequired

A closed or archived case, or a closed or terminated deal.

archived_atstring (date-time) | nullrequired

When a case was archived. Always null for deals.

created_atstring (date-time)required

descriptionstring | nullrequired

Status	Type	When
`401`	`authentication_required`	Missing, invalid, revoked or expired API key.
`403`	`permission_denied`	The key's role can't use the API.
`404`	`not_found`	No such matter, or the caller can't access it.
`429`	`rate_limited`	More than 120 requests in a minute from one key. Retry after the `Retry-After` header's seconds.