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Intercom API (2.11)

The intercom API reference.

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Overview
URL https://developers.intercom.com
License MIT
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https://api.eu.intercom.io/
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https://api.au.intercom.io/

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Segment

A segment is a group of your contacts defined by the rules that you set.

typestring

The type of object.

Value"segment"
Example:

"segment"

idstring

The unique identifier representing the segment.

Example:

"56203d253cba154d39010062"

namestring

The name of the segment.

Example:

"Active"

created_atinteger

The time the segment was created.

Example:

1394621988

updated_atinteger

The time the segment was updated.

Example:

1394622004

person_typestring

Type of the contact: contact (lead) or user.

Enum"contact""user"
Example:

"contact"

countinteger or null

The number of items in the user segment. It's returned when include_count=true is included in the request.

Example:

3

{
  "type": "segment",
  "id": "56203d253cba154d39010062",
  "name": "Active",
  "created_at": 1394621988,
  "updated_at": 1394622004,
  "person_type": "contact",
  "count": 3
}

List attached segments for contact

Request

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

Path
contact_idstringrequired

The unique identifier for the contact which is given by Intercom

Example:

63a07ddf05a32042dffac965

Headers
Intercom-Versionstring(intercom_version)

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

Default 2.11
Enum"1.0""1.1""1.2""1.3""1.4""2.0""2.1""2.2""2.3""2.4"
Example:

2.11

curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.intercom.io/contacts/{contact_id}/segments' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.11'
Experience it firsthand in the API Explorer!

Responses

successful

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of the object

Value"list"
Example:

"list"

dataArray of objects(Segment)

Segment objects associated with the contact.

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

List all segments

Request

You can fetch a list of all segments.

Query
include_countboolean

It includes the count of contacts that belong to each segment.

Example:

include_count=true

Headers
Intercom-Versionstring(intercom_version)

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

Default 2.11
Enum"1.0""1.1""1.2""1.3""1.4""2.0""2.1""2.2""2.3""2.4"
Example:

2.11

curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.intercom.io/segments?include_count=true' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.11'
Experience it firsthand in the API Explorer!

Responses

Successful response

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of the object

Value"segment.list"
Example:

"segment.list"

segmentsArray of objects(Segment)

A list of Segment objects

pagesobject

A pagination object, which may be empty, indicating no further pages to fetch.

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "segment.list",
  "segments": [
    { … }
  ],
  "pages": {}
}

Retrieve a segment

Request

You can fetch the details of a single segment.

Path
idstringrequired

The unique identified of a given segment.

Example:

123

Headers
Intercom-Versionstring(intercom_version)

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

Default 2.11
Enum"1.0""1.1""1.2""1.3""1.4""2.0""2.1""2.2""2.3""2.4"
Example:

2.11

curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.intercom.io/segments/{id}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Intercom-Version: 2.11'
Experience it firsthand in the API Explorer!

Responses

Successful response

Bodyapplication/json
typestring

The type of object.

Value"segment"
Example:

"segment"

idstring

The unique identifier representing the segment.

Example:

"56203d253cba154d39010062"

namestring

The name of the segment.

Example:

"Active"

created_atinteger

The time the segment was created.

Example:

1394621988

updated_atinteger

The time the segment was updated.

Example:

1394622004

person_typestring

Type of the contact: contact (lead) or user.

Enum"contact""user"
Example:

"contact"

countinteger or null

The number of items in the user segment. It's returned when include_count=true is included in the request.

Example:

3

Response
application/json
{
  "type": "segment",
  "id": "56203d253cba154d39010062",
  "name": "Active",
  "created_at": 1394621988,
  "updated_at": 1394622004,
  "person_type": "contact",
  "count": 3
}

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