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Clio Practice Areas API

The practice area field can be added to Matters and used for filtering purposes, or just for reference. Users can create their own practice areas in their [Firm Preferences settings](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-us/articles/9290346939547-Set-Up-Clio-Manage#settings-0-3).[Support link](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-us/articles/9285959663131-Create-Matters#h_01GEK791XBF1JJ0VYC8BQTG9MW)[Practice areas settings](http://app.clio.com/practice_areas)

Clio Practice Areas API is one of 85 APIs that Clio publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Practice Areas. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v4.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://app.clio.com/api/v4, https://eu.app.clio.com/api/v4, https://ca.app.clio.com/api/v4, https://au.app.clio.com/api/v4.

5 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v4
Base URL
https://app.clio.com/api/v4
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Practice Areas 5

The practice area field can be added to Matters and used for filtering purposes, or just for reference. Users can create their own practice areas in their [Firm Preferences settin…

GET
/practice_areas.json
Return the data for all PracticeAreas
PracticeArea#index 11 params → 200400401403429
POST
/practice_areas.json
Create a new PracticeArea
PracticeArea#create 2 params body → 201400403404422401429
GET
/practice_areas/{id}.json
Return the data for a single PracticeArea
PracticeArea#show 5 params → 200400403404401429304
PATCH
/practice_areas/{id}.json
Update a single PracticeArea
PracticeArea#update 4 params body → 200400403404422401429412
DELETE
/practice_areas/{id}.json
Delete a single PracticeArea
PracticeArea#destroy 2 params → 204403

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PracticeArea_base (7 properties), ErrorDetail (2 properties), PracticeArea_Show (1 property), PracticeArea_List (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PracticeArea
ErrorDetail
object
2 properties 2 required
Error
object
1 property 1 required
PracticeArea_List
object
1 property 1 required
PracticeArea_Show
object
1 property 1 required
PracticeArea_base
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

clio-practice-areas-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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