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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/

Admins

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Everything about your contacts

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Help Center

Everything about your Help Center

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Retrieve a Help Center

Request

You can fetch the details of a single Help Center by making a GET request to https://api.intercom.io/help_center/help_center/<id>.

Security
bearerAuth
Path
idintegerrequired

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

Example: 123
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/help_center/help_centers/123 \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.7'

Responses

Collection found

Bodyapplication/json
idstring

The unique identifier for the Help Center which is given by Intercom.

Example: "123"
workspace_idstring

The id of the workspace which the Help Center belongs to.

Example: "hfi1bx4l"
created_atinteger(date-time)

The time when the Help Center was created.

Example: 1672928359
updated_atinteger(date-time)

The time when the Help Center was last updated.

Example: 1672928610
identifierstring

The identifier of the Help Center. This is used in the URL of the Help Center.

Example: "intercom"
website_turned_onboolean

Whether the Help Center is turned on or not. This is controlled in your Help Center settings.

Example: true
display_namestring

The display name of the Help Center only seen by teammates.

Example: "Intercom Help Center"
Response
application/json
{
  "id": "31",
  "workspace_id": "this_is_an_id91_that_should_be_at_least_4",
  "created_at": 1717020664,
  "updated_at": 1717020664,
  "identifier": "help-center-1",
  "website_turned_on": false,
  "display_name": "Intercom Help Center"
}

List all Help Centers

Request

You can list all Help Centers by making a GET request to https://api.intercom.io/help_center/help_centers.

Security
bearerAuth
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/help_center/help_centers \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.7'

Responses

Help Centers found

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of the object - list.

Value"list"
Example: "list"
dataArray of objects(Help Center)

An array of Help Center objects

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "list",
  "data": []
}

List all sections

Request

You can fetch a list of all sections by making a GET request to https://api.intercom.io/help_center/sections.

📘 How are the sections sorted and ordered?

Sections will be returned in descending order on the updated_at attribute. This means if you need to iterate through results then we'll show the most recently updated sections first.

Security
bearerAuth
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/help_center/sections \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.7'

Responses

Successful

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of the object - list.

Value"list"
Example: "list"
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.

total_countinteger

A count of the total number of sections.

Example: 12
dataArray of objects(Section)

An array of section objects

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "list",
  "data": [
    { … }
  ],
  "total_count": 1,
  "pages": {
    "type": "pages",
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}

Messages

Everything about your messages

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News

Everything about your News

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Notes

Everything about your Notes

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Segments

Everything about your Segments

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Subscription Types

Everything about subscription types

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Switch

Everything about Switch

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Tags

Everything about tags

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Teams

Everything about your Teams

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Everything about your Visitors

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