Civil Gateway API

CBUS integration for legal teams

Bulk court data without SOAP overhead.

Submit claims, judgments, warrants, status updates, set asides, and breathing space notifications through a typed REST API built for high-volume workflows.

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One route into the SDT service.

Move routine CBUS operations behind predictable JSON requests, account-scoped access, and stored response history.

Bulk submissions

Send up to 500 items per request for the supported submission types.

Feedback retrieval

Request SDT bulk feedback by reference and keep the result tied to the account.

Date range queries

Query batches submitted within a selected reporting window.

Stored reports

Fetch previous submission, feedback, and query results for the authenticated account.

Designed for authenticated, signed requests.

Business endpoints require an API key and an HMAC-SHA256 signature of the raw body.

  • 1

    Identify the account

    Send x-api-key with every business request.

  • 2

    Protect the payload

    Sign the raw JSON body with the account HMAC secret.

  • 3

    Retain the outcome

    Successful and failed upstream responses can be stored for later reporting.

Focused endpoints for client systems.

Small surface area, explicit request bodies, and Swagger documentation for integration teams.

POST /v1/submit/{type}

Submit claims, judgments, warrants, claim status updates, set asides, or breathing space notifications.

POST /v1/feedback

Retrieve SDT bulk feedback responses by reference.

POST /v1/query

Query the SDT service for submissions in a date range.

POST /v1/report

Return stored API results for the authenticated account.

Integration-friendly JSON.

Use standard HTTP headers, JSON bodies, and account-scoped credentials for server-side client integrations.

500 items per submission request
4 business endpoint families
2 production request credentials 
curl -X POST https://api.civilgateway.co.uk/v1/query \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: cbus_live_example_key" \
  -H "x-signature: hmac_sha256_signature" \
  -d '{
    "fromDate": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "toDate": "2026-01-31T23:59:59.999Z"
  }'

Bring CBUS workflows into your case management platform.

Use the Civil Gateway API for secure bulk submissions, operational feedback, date range queries, and account-level reporting.

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