Statutes
Look up a Swiss law (federal + cantonal)
Look up a federal law by abbreviation/SR or a cantonal law by SR + canton.
get/laws/{abbreviation}
Request
- Base URL: https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/api
- URL: https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/api/laws/{abbreviation}
- Auth: none declared
Path parameters
abbreviationstring required
Law abbreviation (e.g., BV, OR, ZGB, StGB) — or '_' for cantonal lookup by SR
Query parameters
sr_numberstring
SR number (e.g., 210 for ZGB)
articlestring
Article number to retrieve (e.g., 8, 41a)
languagestring
Language: de, fr, it
cantonstring
Canton code (CH=federal, ZH, BE, …)
as_ofstring
Past date (YYYY-MM-DD or DD.MM.YYYY): the historical Fedlex edition in force on that date; federal laws only
formatstring
json (default) or xml — for a single federal article, returns its verbatim Akoma Ntoso XML (application/xml). Issue #22.
Response
Successful Response
unknown required
Changes
No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.