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Articles

The data returned about your articles when you list them.

typestring

The type of object - article.

Default:"article"
Value:"article"
Example:"article"
idstring

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

Example:"6871119"
workspace_idstring

The id of the workspace which the article belongs to.

Example:"hfi1bx4l"
titlestring

The title of the article. For multilingual articles, this will be the title of the default language's content.

Example:"Default language title"
descriptionstring or null

The description of the article. For multilingual articles, this will be the description of the default language's content.

Example:"Default language description"
bodystring or null

The body of the article in HTML. For multilingual articles, this will be the body of the default language's content.

Example:"Default language body in html"
author_idinteger

The 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.

Example:"5017691"
statestring

Whether the article is published or is a draft. For multilingual articles, this will be the state of the default language's content.

Default:"draft"
Enum:"published""draft"
Example:"published"
created_atinteger, (date-time)

The time when the article was created. For multilingual articles, this will be the timestamp of creation of the default language's content in seconds.

Example:1672928359
updated_atinteger, (date-time)

The time when the article was last updated. For multilingual articles, this will be the timestamp of last update of the default language's content in seconds.

Example:1672928610
urlstring or null

The URL of the article. For multilingual articles, this will be the URL of the default language's content.

Example:"http://intercom.test/help/en/articles/3-default-language"
parent_idinteger or null

The id of the article's parent collection or section. An article without this field stands alone.

Example:"125685"
parent_idsArray of integers

The ids of the article's parent collections or sections. An article without this field stands alone.

Example:
[
  18,
  19
]
parent_typestring or null

The type of parent, which can either be a collection or section.

Example:"collection"
default_localestring

The default locale of the help center. This field is only returned for multilingual help centers.

Example:"en"
translated_contentobject or null(Article Translated Content)

The Translated Content of an Article. The keys are the locale codes and the values are the translated content of the article.

{
  "type": "article",
  "id": "6871119",
  "workspace_id": "hfi1bx4l",
  "title": "Default language title",
  "description": "Default language description",
  "body": "Default language body in html",
  "author_id": "5017691",
  "state": "published",
  "created_at": 1672928359,
  "updated_at": 1672928610,
  "url": "http://intercom.test/help/en/articles/3-default-language",
  "parent_id": "125685",
  "parent_ids": [
    18,
    19
  ],
  "parent_type": "collection",
  "default_locale": "en",
  "translated_content": {
    "type": "article_translated_content",
    "ar": { … },
    "bg": { … },
    "bs": { … },
    "ca": { … },
    "cs": { … },
    "da": { … },
    "de": { … },
    "el": { … },
    "en": { … },
    "es": { … },
    "et": { … },
    "fi": { … },
    "fr": { … },
    "he": { … },
    "hr": { … },
    "hu": { … },
    "id": { … },
    "it": { … },
    "ja": { … },
    "ko": { … },
    "lt": { … },
    "lv": { … },
    "mn": { … },
    "nb": { … },
    "nl": { … },
    "pl": { … },
    "pt": { … },
    "ro": { … },
    "ru": { … },
    "sl": { … },
    "sr": { … },
    "sv": { … },
    "tr": { … },
    "vi": { … },
    "pt-BR": { … },
    "zh-CN": { … },
    "zh-TW": { … }
  }
}