Overview
The Lawyers.comSM Consumer Articles API offers access to Lawyers.comSM extensive library of legal articles to enhance your application or website providing a more robust experience for your site visitor. Lawyers.com content helps individuals better understand the law and make informed legal choices. These lawyer-written and reviewed articles are authoritative, yet easy to understand.
Service levels available:
- Basic – a free level of service. A Basic account provides access to the descriptive article title along with additional attributes or sections that clearly identify the content of the item. Sections available for display in your application include, for example, a 300 character excerpt and the area of law the article is categorized under. If you select this level of service, you must allow your users to click through to the full article hosted on the Lawyers.com. If your application is not designed to allow readers to link to these full pages, please use the premium level of service. All Branding Guidelines terms, including providing Lawyers.com attribution as the origin of the material, must be followed.
- Premium – a fee based service level. A Premium account provides access to the complete article including summary and body, for display directly on your site. Linking back to Lawyers.com is not required, however, all Branding Guidelines, including providing Lawyers.com attribution as the origin of the material, must be followed.
Note: This API is currently available only via Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket. Additionally, the Premium level of service has not been publically released. Please contact us if you are interested in the Premium level.
Response Data Elements
The following metadata elements are returned for each content item:
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Metadata Element
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Description
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title
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The article item headline
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link
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The hyperlink to the complete article on lawyers.com
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summary
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Unique summary of the article. This is a restricted field and is available to premium level service subscribers only.
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excerpt
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Contains the first 300 characters from the content body
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AOP
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Practice Area under which the article is categorized
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content
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Contains the body of the article formatted as XHTML. This is a restricted field and is available to premium level service subscribers only.
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state
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State to which the article pertains to. If empty, the article is not state specific.
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author
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Contains the name of the author of the content item. In most cases, this will be lawyers.com.
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Known Issues
None at this time