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Intercom API (2.7)

The intercom API reference.

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api.intercom.io.json
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Overview
URL https://developers.intercom.com
License MIT
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Servers
The production API server
https://api.intercom.io/
The european API server
https://api.eu.intercom.io/
The australian API server
https://api.au.intercom.io/

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Operations

Contact

Contact are the objects that represent your leads and users in Intercom.

typestring

The type of object.

Example: "contact"
idstring

The unique identifier for the contact which is given by Intercom.

Example: "5ba682d23d7cf92bef87bfd4"
external_idstring or null

The unique identifier for the contact which is provided by the Client.

Example: "f3b87a2e09d514c6c2e79b9a"
workspace_idstring

The id of the workspace which the contact belongs to.

Example: "ecahpwf5"
rolestring

The role of the contact.

Example: "user"
emailstring

The contact's email.

Example: "joe@example.com"
email_domainstring

The contact's email domain.

Example: "example.com"
phonestring or null

The contacts phone.

Example: "+1123456789"
formatted_phonestring or null

The contacts phone number normalized to the E164 format

Example: "+1123456789"
namestring or null

The contacts name.

Example: "John Doe"
owner_idinteger or null

The id of an admin that has been assigned account ownership of the contact.

Example: 123
has_hard_bouncedboolean

Whether the contact has had an email sent to them hard bounce.

Example: true
marked_email_as_spamboolean

Whether the contact has marked an email sent to them as spam.

Example: true
unsubscribed_from_emailsboolean

Whether the contact is unsubscribed from emails.

Example: true
created_atinteger(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact was created.

Example: 1571672154
updated_atinteger(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact was last updated.

Example: 1571672154
signed_up_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time specified for when a contact signed up.

Example: 1571672154
last_seen_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact was last seen (either where the Intercom Messenger was installed or when specified manually).

Example: 1571672154
last_replied_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact last messaged in.

Example: 1571672154
last_contacted_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact was last messaged.

Example: 1571672154
last_email_opened_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact last opened an email.

Example: 1571672154
last_email_clicked_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact last clicked a link in an email.

Example: 1571672154
language_overridestring or null

A preferred language setting for the contact, used by the Intercom Messenger even if their browser settings change.

Example: "en"
browserstring or null

The name of the browser which the contact is using.

Example: "Chrome"
browser_versionstring or null

The version of the browser which the contact is using.

Example: "80.0.3987.132"
browser_languagestring or null

The language set by the browser which the contact is using.

Example: "en-US"
osstring or null

The operating system which the contact is using.

Example: "Mac OS X"
android_app_namestring or null

The name of the Android app which the contact is using.

Example: "Intercom"
android_app_versionstring or null

The version of the Android app which the contact is using.

Example: "5.0.0"
android_devicestring or null

The Android device which the contact is using.

Example: "Pixel 3"
android_os_versionstring or null

The version of the Android OS which the contact is using.

Example: "10"
android_sdk_versionstring or null

The version of the Android SDK which the contact is using.

Example: "28"
android_last_seen_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The time when the contact was last seen on an Android device.

Example: 1571672154
ios_app_namestring or null

The name of the iOS app which the contact is using.

Example: "Intercom"
ios_app_versionstring or null

The version of the iOS app which the contact is using.

Example: "5.0.0"
ios_devicestring or null

The iOS device which the contact is using.

Example: "iPhone 11"
ios_os_versionstring or null

The version of iOS which the contact is using.

Example: "13.3.1"
ios_sdk_versionstring or null

The version of the iOS SDK which the contact is using.

Example: "13.3.1"
ios_last_seen_atinteger or null(date-time)

(UNIX timestamp) The last time the contact used the iOS app.

Example: 1571672154
custom_attributesobject

The custom attributes which are set for the contact.

avatarobject or null
tagsobject or null(Contact Tags)

An object containing tags meta data about the tags that a contact has. Up to 10 will be displayed here. Use the url to get more.

notesobject(Contact notes)

An object containing notes meta data about the notes that a contact has. Up to 10 will be displayed here. Use the url to get more.

companiesobject(Contact companies)

An object containing companies meta data about the companies that a contact has. Up to 10 will be displayed here. Use the url to get more.

locationobject(Contact Location)

An object containing location meta data about a Intercom contact.

social_profilesobject(Social Profile)

An object containing social profiles that a contact has.

{
  "type": "contact",
  "id": "5ba682d23d7cf92bef87bfd4",
  "external_id": "f3b87a2e09d514c6c2e79b9a",
  "workspace_id": "ecahpwf5",
  "role": "user",
  "email": "joe@example.com",
  "email_domain": "example.com",
  "phone": "+1123456789",
  "formatted_phone": "+1123456789",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "owner_id": 123,
  "has_hard_bounced": true,
  "marked_email_as_spam": true,
  "unsubscribed_from_emails": true,
  "created_at": 1571672154,
  "updated_at": 1571672154,
  "signed_up_at": 1571672154,
  "last_seen_at": 1571672154,
  "last_replied_at": 1571672154,
  "last_contacted_at": 1571672154,
  "last_email_opened_at": 1571672154,
  "last_email_clicked_at": 1571672154,
  "language_override": "en",
  "browser": "Chrome",
  "browser_version": "80.0.3987.132",
  "browser_language": "en-US",
  "os": "Mac OS X",
  "android_app_name": "Intercom",
  "android_app_version": "5.0.0",
  "android_device": "Pixel 3",
  "android_os_version": "10",
  "android_sdk_version": "28",
  "android_last_seen_at": 1571672154,
  "ios_app_name": "Intercom",
  "ios_app_version": "5.0.0",
  "ios_device": "iPhone 11",
  "ios_os_version": "13.3.1",
  "ios_sdk_version": "13.3.1",
  "ios_last_seen_at": 1571672154,
  "custom_attributes": {},
  "avatar": {
    "type": "avatar",
    "image_url": "https://example.org/128Wash.jpg"
  },
  "tags": {
    "data": [ … ],
    "url": "/contacts/5ba682d23d7cf92bef87bfd4/tags",
    "total_count": 100,
    "has_more": true
  },
  "notes": {
    "data": [ … ],
    "url": "/contacts/5ba682d23d7cf92bef87bfd4/notes",
    "total_count": 100,
    "has_more": true
  },
  "companies": {
    "url": "/contacts/5ba682d23d7cf92bef87bfd4/companies",
    "total_count": 100,
    "has_more": true
  },
  "location": {
    "type": "location",
    "country": "Ireland",
    "region": "Dublin",
    "city": "Dublin"
  },
  "social_profiles": {
    "data": [ … ]
  }
}

List attached contacts

Request

You can fetch a list of all contacts that belong to a company.

Path
idstringrequired

The unique identifier for the company which is given by Intercom

Example: 5f4d3c1c-7b1b-4d7d-a97e-6095715c6632
Headers
Intercom-Versionstring(intercom_version)

Intercom API version.
By default, it's equal to the version set in the app package.

Default 2.7
Enum"1.0""1.1""1.2""1.3""1.4""2.0""2.1""2.2""2.3""2.4"
Example: 2.7
curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.intercom.io/companies/{id}/contacts' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.7'

Responses

Successful

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of object - list

Value"list"
Example: "list"
dataArray of objects(Contact)

An array containing Contact Objects

total_countinteger

The total number of contacts

Example: 100
pagesobject or null(Cursor based pages)

Cursor-based pagination is a technique used in the Intercom API to navigate through large amounts of data. A "cursor" or pointer is used to keep track of the current position in the result set, allowing the API to return the data in small chunks or "pages" as needed.

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "list",
  "data": [],
  "total_count": 0,
  "pages": {
    "type": "pages",
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 50,
    "total_pages": 0
  }
}

Attach a Contact to a Company

Request

You can attach a company to a single contact.

Path
idstringrequired

The unique identifier for the contact which is given by Intercom

Headers
Intercom-Versionstring(intercom_version)

Intercom API version.
By default, it's equal to the version set in the app package.

Default 2.7
Enum"1.0""1.1""1.2""1.3""1.4""2.0""2.1""2.2""2.3""2.4"
Example: 2.7
Bodyapplication/json
idstringrequired

The unique identifier for the company which is given by Intercom

Example: "58a430d35458202d41b1e65b"
curl -i -X POST \
  'https://api.intercom.io/contacts/{id}/companies' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.7' \
  -d '{
    "id": "6657a8156abd0160d35d1e55"
  }'

Responses

Successful

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

Value is company

Value"company"
Example: "company"
idstring

The Intercom defined id representing the company.

Example: "531ee472cce572a6ec000006"
namestring

The name of the company.

Example: "Blue Sun"
app_idstring

The Intercom defined code of the workspace the company is associated to.

Example: "ecahpwf5"
planobject
company_idstring

The company id you have defined for the company.

Example: "6"
remote_created_atinteger

The time the company was created by you.

Example: 1663597223
created_atinteger

The time the company was added in Intercom.

Example: 1663597223
updated_atinteger

The last time the company was updated.

Example: 1663597223
last_request_atinteger

The time the company last recorded making a request.

Example: 1663597223
sizeinteger

The number of employees in the company.

Example: 100
websitestring

The URL for the company website.

Example: "https://www.intercom.com"
industrystring

The industry that the company operates in.

Example: "Software"
monthly_spendinteger

How much revenue the company generates for your business.

Example: 100
session_countinteger

How many sessions the company has recorded.

Example: 100
user_countinteger

The number of users in the company.

Example: 100
custom_attributesobject

The custom attributes you have set on the company.

Example: {"paid_subscriber":true,"monthly_spend":155.5,"team_mates":9}
tagsobject

The list of tags associated with the company

segmentsobject

The list of segments associated with the company

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "company",
  "company_id": "1",
  "id": "6657a8156abd0160d35d1e55",
  "app_id": "this_is_an_id177_that_should_be_at_least_",
  "name": "company6",
  "remote_created_at": 1717020693,
  "created_at": 1717020693,
  "updated_at": 1717020693,
  "monthly_spend": 0,
  "session_count": 0,
  "user_count": 1,
  "tags": {
    "type": "tag.list",
    "tags": []
  },
  "segments": {
    "type": "segment.list",
    "segments": []
  },
  "plan": {},
  "custom_attributes": {}
}

List attached companies for contact

Request

You can fetch a list of companies that are associated to a contact.

Path
idstringrequired

The unique identifier for the contact which is given by Intercom

Example: 63a07ddf05a32042dffac965
Headers