Quickstart

Install the SDK for your language, export your API key, and make your first call. Under a minute.

1. Get an API key

Sign up at legalize.dev/dashboard. Keys start with leg_. Free tier: 5,000 calls/month for early adopters, no credit card.

2. Install the SDK

$ pip install legalize

$ npm install @legalize-dev/sdk

$ go get github.com/legalize-dev/legalize-sdks/go

3. Export your key

bash

export LEGALIZE_API_KEY=leg_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Every official SDK reads this variable at construction. No apiKey argument needed in deployed environments. More on authentication.

4. Your first call

from legalize import Legalize client = Legalize() # First page of Spanish laws page = client.laws.list("es", per_page=5) for law in page.results: print(law.id, law.title)

import { Legalize } from "@legalize-dev/sdk"; const client = new Legalize(); // First page of Spanish laws const page = await client.laws.list("es", { perPage: 5 }); for (const law of page.results) { console.log(law.id, law.title); }

import ( "context" legalize "github.com/legalize-dev/legalize-sdks/go" ) client, _ := legalize.New() defer client.Close() page, _ := client.Laws().List(ctx, "es", &legalize.LawsListOptions{ PerPage: legalize.Int(5), }) for _, law := range page.Results { fmt.Println(law.ID, law.Title) }

Where to go next

Paginate through large result sets lazily.
React to law changes via webhooks.
Fetch the text of any law at any past revision with time-travel.