Create an article

Example Request & Response (Multilingual Help Center)

$ curl https://api.intercom.io/articles \\\n-X POST \\\n-H 'Authorization:Bearer <Your access token>' \\\n-H 'Accept:application/json'\n-H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d\n\n{\n  \"title\": \"Thanks for everything\",\n  \"description\": \"English description\",\n  \"body\": \"<p>This is the body in html</p>\",\n  \"author_id\": 1,\n  \"state\": \"published\",\n  \"parent_id\": 1,\n  \"parent_type\": \"collection\",\n  \"translated_content\": {\n    \"fr\": {\n      \"title\": \"Allez les verts\",\n      \"description\": \"French description\",\n      \"body\": \"<p>French body in html</p>\",\n      \"author_id\": 1,\n      \"state\": \"published\"\n    }\n  }\n}

You can create a new article by making a POST request to https://api.intercom.io/articles.

Request Body Parameters

KeyTypeRequired?Description
titleStringYesThe title of the article.
For multilingual articles, this will be the title of the default language's content.
descriptionStringNoThe description of the article.
For multilingual articles, this will be the description of the default language's content.
bodyStringNoThe body of the article in HTML.
For multilingual articles, this will be the body of the default language's content.
author_idStringYesThe id of the author of the article.
For multilingual articles, this will be the id of the author of the default language's content. Must be a teammate on the help center's workspace.
stateStringNoWhether the article will be published or will be a draft.
Defaults to draft.
For multilingual articles, this will be the state of the default language's content.
parent_idStringNoThe id of the article's parent collection or section. An article without this field stands alone.
parent_typeStringNoThe type of parent, which can either be a collection or section.
translated_contentObjectNoAn Article Translated Content Object whereby you can specify multiple multilingual articles to be created.

Response

This will return an Article model of the article you just created.