Smokeball Search API

The Search API from Smokeball — 1 operation(s) for search.

Operations 1

POST /search/files Search files with advanced filters #

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OpenAPI Specification

smokeball-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Smokeball Activity Codes Search API
  version: '1.0'
  description: REST API for integrating with Smokeball legal practice management software. Supports matters, contacts, documents, time entries, billing, trust accounting, staff, webhooks, and law firm workflows across US, AU, and UK regions. Uses OAuth 2.0 (client credentials) authentication.
  contact:
    name: Smokeball Developer Support
    url: https://docs.smokeball.com/docs/api-docs/1e13a13124aee-introduction
  x-api-id: smokeball
  x-audience: external-public
servers:
- url: https://api.smokeball.com
- url: https://api.smokeball.com.au
- url: https://api.smokeball.co.uk
- url: https://stagingapi.smokeball.com
- url: https://stagingapi.smokeball.com.au
- url: https://stagingapi.smokeball.co.uk
security:
- api-key: []
  token: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /search/files:
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search files with advanced filters
      description: Performs a full-account file search and returns files matching the provided query, paging options and filters.
      operationId: SearchFilesAsync
      parameters:
      - name: Offset
        in: query
        schema:
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: Limit
        in: query
        schema:
          maximum: 500
          minimum: 1
          type: integer
          format: int32
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileSearchRequest'
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileSearchRequest'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileSearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the matching files.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: {}
        '400':
          description: When request body fields are invalid.
components:
  schemas:
    FileSearchRequest:
      required:
      - query
      type: object
      properties:
        query:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Full-text search expression. Required and non-empty.
          example: contract
        filters:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileSearchFilters'
          description: Filters narrowing the search to specific extensions, date ranges, authors, contacts, and which fields to match against.
      additionalProperties: false
    FileSearchFilters:
      type: object
      properties:
        searchFields:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: 'Which file fields to match the search query against. Allowed values: `Name`, `Content`.

            Omit the property (or pass an empty array) to default to both.'
          example:
          - Name
          - Content
        includeFileExtensions:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: File extensions to include in the results (e.g. `pdf`, `docx`). When empty or null, all extensions are allowed.
          example:
          - pdf
          - docx
        excludeFileExtensions:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: File extensions to exclude from the results. Applied after IncludeFileExtensions.
          example:
          - tmp
          - bak
        authorIds:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: User identifiers of file authors to filter by. Results match files authored by any of the supplied users.
          example:
          - 750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8
        contactIds:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: Contact identifiers to filter by. Results match files associated with any of the supplied contacts.
          example:
          - b471682e-fa17-4e46-b7fe-9b2b8fdcb3c2
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      type: apiKey
      name: x-api-key
      in: header
    token:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: cognito_user_pools