Our REST API is a core building block of the Intercom Platform. You can use it to retrieve and update information from your own Intercom account, or to integrate Intercom into your own product. It's completely up to you and your custom use case.

Available Endpoints

The API is organized around the following resources:

API Area	Resource Area	Description
Contacts	`https://api.intercom.io/contacts`	Fetch, search, create, update and delete your contacts (users or leads).
Visitors	`https://api.intercom.io/visitors`	View, update and convert anonymous visitors on a website.
Companies	`https://api.intercom.io/companies`	Create and update Companies. List companies or access them individually.
Data Attributes	`https://api.intercom.io/data_attributes`	List attributes used to describe your customer and company models.
Tags	`https://api.intercom.io/tags`	Organise Users and your workspace Admins with tags.
Segments	`https://api.intercom.io/segments`	View your workspace's Segments.
Notes	`https://api.intercom.io/notes`	Create and view notes about Users.
Events	`https://api.intercom.io/events`	Use Events to submit User activity to Intercom
Counts	`https://api.intercom.io/counts`	Counts of Users and Companies by segment and tag. View open and closed counts for Admins.
Conversations	`https://api.intercom.io/conversations`	List conversations you have with users on your system. Allow Users and Admins to send messages and reply to conversations.
Messages	`https://api.intercom.io/messages`	Create and view Messages.
Admins	`https://api.intercom.io/admins`	View your workspace's teammates.
Teams	`https://api.intercom.io/teams`	View your workspace's teams.
Articles	`https://api.intercom.io/articles`	Create, retrieve, update, and delete articles.
Help Center	`https://api.intercom.io/help_center`	Create, retrieve, update, and delete Collections and Sections.

Common Approaches

The API uses common approaches for the following:

Function	Description
Data	API data is JSON encoded with UTF-8. API JSON is either a single object or a list of objects.
Errors	4xx and 5xx responses returning JSON with error codes.
Rate Limiting	Controls how many requests can be made in a time window.
HTTP	Methods are used in accordance with HTTP (GET POST and DELETE are the primary methods used) and resources are identified using URIs. All API requests are sent over HTTPS.