lex-api

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1. 11/2/2026

   Updated: best for, features, free plan, limitations, plans, platforms, sources, summary, use cases, walkthrough

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   bestFor

   Before: []

   After: ["Developers and companies needing structured, up-to-date European legal data for compliance, legal research, or regulatory technology."]

   features

   Before: ["Semantic search included"]

   After: ["Article-level JSON parsing of legal documents.","Semantic search included on all plans, including free tier.","Citation graph traversal and citation network analysis.","Bulk export of legal corpora in streaming NDJSON format.","Webhooks and delta feeds for real-time updates and notifications."]

   freePlan

   Before: "Not recorded"

   After: true

   limitations

   Before: []

   After: ["Content obtained through LexAPI cannot be used to train, fine-tune, or evaluate AI models without a separate written license.","Bulk NDJSON export is for building products on the API, not for assembling training corpora."]

   plans

   Before: []

   After: [{"name":"Free","note":"Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.","annual":0,"monthly":0,"perSeat":false,"currency":"EUR","features":[],"extraUnit":null,"unitLabel":"","maximumSeats":null,"minimumSeats":1,"includedUnits":null,"startingPrice":false,"seatsConfirmed":false},{"name":"Starter","note":"Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.","annual":null,"monthly":15,"perSeat":false,"currency":"EUR","features":[],"extraUnit":null,"unitLabel":"","maximumSeats":null,"minimumSeats":1,"includedUnits":null,"startingPrice":false,"seatsConfirmed":false},{"name":"Professional","note":"Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.","annual":null,"monthly":39,"perSeat":false,"currency":"EUR","features":[],"extraUnit":null,"unitLabel":"","maximumSeats":null,"minimumSeats":1,"includedUnits":null,"startingPrice":false,"seatsConfirmed":false},{"name":"Business","note":"Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.","annual":null,"monthly":99,"perSeat":false,"currency":"EUR","features":[],"extraUnit":null,"unitLabel":"","maximumSeats":null,"minimumSeats":1,"includedUnits":null,"startingPrice":false,"seatsConfirmed":false}]

   platforms

   Before: []

   After: ["Accessible via any HTTP stack supporting REST API calls.","Hosted in EU-only infrastructure with primary location in Frankfurt and replicas in Dublin and Stockholm."]

   sources

   Before: [{"url":"https://lex-api.com/","label":"LexAPI - European Legal Data API | EUR-Lex REST API"}]

   After: [{"url":"https://lex-api.com/","label":"EUR-Lex REST API - European Legal Data | LexAPI"},{"url":"https://lex-api.com/pricing","label":"LexAPI - European Legal Data API | EUR-Lex REST API"},{"url":"https://lex-api.com/docs","label":"EUR-Lex REST API Documentation | LexAPI"}]

   summary

   Before: "EUR-Lex REST API provides access to European legal documents, case law, and EU legislation through simple REST API calls with comprehensive filtering."

   After: "LexAPI provides a professional REST API for accessing European legal documents, case law, and legislation data from EUR-Lex as structured JSON. It offers article-level parsing, citation graphs, version history, and provenance, supporting any HTTP stack."

   useCases

   Before: []

   After: ["Compliance teams use LexAPI to monitor regulatory changes with real-time notifications.","Legal-tech SaaS products use LexAPI for advanced legal research with cross-reference understanding."]

   walkthrough

   Before: []

   After: ["Fetch a regulation document by CELEX number using a POST request with API key.","Perform full-text search by sending a POST request with a query string and API key.","Retrieve a document by its EUR-Lex URL via a POST request with API key."]

2. 9/14/2026

   Updated: features, summary

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   features

   Before: ["Access to European legal documents, case law, and EU legislation via REST API.","Comprehensive filtering in API calls.","Semantic search included."]

   After: ["Semantic search included"]

   summary

   Before: "The software provides a professional REST API for accessing European legal documents, case law, and EU legislation with simple API calls and comprehensive filtering. It includes semantic search capabilities and offers a free tier without requiring a credit card."

   After: "EUR-Lex REST API provides access to European legal documents, case law, and EU legislation through simple REST API calls with comprehensive filtering."