Document — API Reference

GET /v1/document/{canonical_id}

Use this after /v1/search or /v1/cite to hydrate a canonical_id into the complete document, including full_text (neither of those endpoints returns full text — search caps at an 800-char snippet, cite returns metadata only).

Request

curl https://api.dike.it.com/v1/document/eg-legislation-241204 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIKE_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "canonical_id": "eg-legislation-241204",
  "doc_type": "legislation",
  "jurisdiction": "EG",
  "title": "القانون المدني",
  "official_number": "131",
  "year_gregorian": 1948,
  "status": "in_force",
  "issuing_body": "البرلمان المصري",
  "full_text": "..."
}

Errors

401 unauthorized
404 not_found — unknown canonical_id
503 upstream_unavailable