Assign a conversation

Example Request & Response (Assigning to Admin)

$ curl https://api.intercom.io/conversations/{id}/parts \\-X POST \\-H 'Authorization:Bearer <Your access token>' \\-H 'Accept:application/json' \\-H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d{  \"type\": \"admin\",  \"admin_id\": \"814860\",  \"assignee_id\": \"530165\",  \"message_type\": \"assignment\",  \"body\": \"Reassigning for X reason.\",}

Example Request & Response (Auto Assignment)

$ curl 'https://api.intercom.io/conversations/{id}/run_assignment_rules'-X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer <Your access token>' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

You can assign a conversation to an admin or team. You can also let it be automatically assigned following assignment rules.

Request Path Parameters

Parameter	Required?	Description
id	Yes	The identifier for the conversation as given by Intercom.
run_assignment_rules	No	Runs through all assignment rules created in the Intercom Inbox product for a given workspace.

Request Body Parameters

No body parameters are required when auto assigning conversations using the {id}/run_assignment_rules path parameter.

Argument	Type	Required?	Description
message_type	String	Yes	Always `assignment`.
type	String	Yes	Accepts `admin` or `team`.
admin_id	String	Yes	The `id` of the admin who is performing the action.
assignee_id	String	Yes	The `id` of the admin or team which will be assigned the conversation. Set to `0` if you want to assign it to no-one (ie. Unassigned).
body	String	No	Optionally you can leave a note in the conversation for additional context to other teammates.

Response