> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.laws.africa/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api.md).

# Content API

- [Content API](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/content-api.md): Fetch full legislation content and metadata from Laws.Africa.
- [Quick start](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/quick-start.md): Fetch legislation from the Laws.Africa Content API.
- [Works and expressions](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/works-and-expressions.md): Understand these two important concepts.
- [Webhooks](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/webhooks.md): Webhooks are push notifications when a work is created, updated or deleted.
- [How to use the Table of Contents API](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/how-to-use-the-table-of-contents-api.md): Using the Laws.Africa Table of Contents API in your application.
- [How to download images](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/how-to-download-images.md): Downloading embedded images from the Laws.Africa Content API.
- [API Reference](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference.md): Content API reference.
- [Authentication](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/authentication.md)
- [Pagination](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/pagination.md)
- [Places](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/countries-and-localities.md): List the places - countries and localities (sub-country regions) - that are available from the Content API.
- [All work expressions](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/all-work-expressions.md): Fetch all work expressions.
- [Single work expression](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions.md): Fetch a single work expression using an FRBR URI.
- [Commencements](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions/commencements.md): Get the details of commencement events for an expression.
- [Embedded images](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions/embedded-images.md): Fetch metadata and files for images embedded in the content of a work expression.
- [Publication document](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions/publication-document.md): Fetch the details of the original publication document for a work.
- [Table of Contents](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions/table-of-contents.md): Fetching the Table of Contents for an expression.
- [Timeline](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/works-and-expressions/timeline.md): Fetch the timeline description for a work expression.
- [Taxonomy topics](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/taxonomy-topics.md): Taxonomies are used to classify works.
- [Enrichment datasets](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/enrichment-datasets.md): Enrichment datasets add additional detail to provisions of a work.
- [Changelog](https://developers.laws.africa/content-api/reference/changelog.md): Changes to the Laws.Africa API.


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