Article Feedback

Note: Zendesk has renamed our bot capabilities. Answer Bot is now Zendesk bots. Article Recommendations are now autoreplies. For more information on this change, see this announcement.

Article feedback records information about user interactions with article recommendations from Answer Bot.

JSON format

Article Feedback are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
article_id	number	true	true	The Help Center article that's the subject of the feedback
interaction_access_token	string	true	true	See interaction_access_token
reason_id	number	true	false	For recording article rejections only. See Reason ids

Reason ids

Value	Reason
0	unknown
1	not related
2	related but didn't answer the question

Record Article Rejection

• POST /api/v2/answer_bot/rejection

Allowed For

• Requests with a valid interaction_access_token

Example body

{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s",
  "reason_id": 2
}

Code Samples

curl

curl "https://{subdomain}/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"reason_id":"2","article_id":"12345","interaction_access_token":"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"}'

Go

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection"
	method := "POST"
	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s",
  "reason_id": 2
}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <auth-value>") // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"

	client := &http.Client {}
	res, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import com.squareup.okhttp.*;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
{
  \"article_id\": 12345,
  \"interaction_access_token\": \"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s\",
  \"reason_id\": 2
}""");
String userCredentials = "your_email_address" + "/token:" + "your_api_token";
String basicAuth = "Basic " + java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(userCredentials.getBytes());

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("POST", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s",
  "reason_id": 2
});

var config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
  data : data,
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

Python

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection"

payload = json.loads("""{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s",
  "reason_id": 2
}""")
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
email_address = 'your_email_address'
api_token = 'your_api_token'
# Use basic authentication
auth = HTTPBasicAuth(f'{email_address}/token', api_token)

response = requests.request(
	"POST",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers,
	json=payload
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/rejection")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.body = %q({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s",
  "reason_id": 2
})
email = "your_email_address"
api_token = "your_api_token"
credentials = "#{email}/token:#{api_token}"
encoded_credentials = Base64.strict_encode64(credentials)
request["Authorization"] = "Basic #{encoded_credentials}"
response = Net::HTTP.start uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true do |http|
	http.request(request)
end

Example response(s)

200 OK

// Status 200 OK

null

Resolve Enquiry

• POST /api/v2/answer_bot/resolution

Solves the request if the user indicates the question was answered.

You can also let an end user self-resolve an enquiry when they view a suggested article in Help Center.

First, retrieve the auth_token property returned by the initial request for the article recommendations. See Get Article Recommendations. Don't confuse the auth_token with the interaction_access_token in the same response.

Second, append the auth_token property as a URL parameter to the url (html_url) of each suggested article you present to the end user. Example:

href="https://mondocam.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43264532?auth_token="eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOi..."

If the end user follows the URL, they can self-resolve the enquiry in Help Center if the article answers their question.

Allowed For

• Requests with a valid interaction_access_token

Example body

{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}

Code Samples

curl

curl "https://{subdomain}/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"article_id":"12345","interaction_access_token":"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"}'

Go

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution"
	method := "POST"
	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <auth-value>") // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"

	client := &http.Client {}
	res, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import com.squareup.okhttp.*;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
{
  \"article_id\": 12345,
  \"interaction_access_token\": \"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s\"
}""");
String userCredentials = "your_email_address" + "/token:" + "your_api_token";
String basicAuth = "Basic " + java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(userCredentials.getBytes());

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("POST", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
});

var config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
  data : data,
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

Python

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution"

payload = json.loads("""{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}""")
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
email_address = 'your_email_address'
api_token = 'your_api_token'
# Use basic authentication
auth = HTTPBasicAuth(f'{email_address}/token', api_token)

response = requests.request(
	"POST",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers,
	json=payload
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/resolution")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.body = %q({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
})
email = "your_email_address"
api_token = "your_api_token"
credentials = "#{email}/token:#{api_token}"
encoded_credentials = Base64.strict_encode64(credentials)
request["Authorization"] = "Basic #{encoded_credentials}"
response = Net::HTTP.start uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true do |http|
	http.request(request)
end

Example response(s)

200 OK

// Status 200 OK

null

Record Article Viewed

• POST /api/v2/answer_bot/viewed

Records that the user viewed an article from the list of suggested articles.

Allowed For

• Requests with a valid interaction_access_token

Example body

{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}

Code Samples

curl

curl "https://{subdomain}/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"article_id":"12345","interaction_access_token":"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"}'

Go

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed"
	method := "POST"
	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <auth-value>") // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"

	client := &http.Client {}
	res, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import com.squareup.okhttp.*;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
{
  \"article_id\": 12345,
  \"interaction_access_token\": \"GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s\"
}""");
String userCredentials = "your_email_address" + "/token:" + "your_api_token";
String basicAuth = "Basic " + java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(userCredentials.getBytes());

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("POST", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
});

var config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
  data : data,
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

Python

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed"

payload = json.loads("""{
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
}""")
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
email_address = 'your_email_address'
api_token = 'your_api_token'
# Use basic authentication
auth = HTTPBasicAuth(f'{email_address}/token', api_token)

response = requests.request(
	"POST",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers,
	json=payload
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/answer_bot/viewed")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.body = %q({
  "article_id": 12345,
  "interaction_access_token": "GciOiJIUzI1NiJ9eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb.0aWNsZXMiOlsxMDEwMiwxMDE5Ml0sInRva2VuIjpudWxsLCJleHAiOjE1MjA2NjE1MTR9eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTAwMDIsInRpY2tldF9pZCI6NSwiYXJ.VzS91dP0cLjXw_3pZd2tcEdru8xoOXQe7ZfqzA9uL3s"
})
email = "your_email_address"
api_token = "your_api_token"
credentials = "#{email}/token:#{api_token}"
encoded_credentials = Base64.strict_encode64(credentials)
request["Authorization"] = "Basic #{encoded_credentials}"
response = Net::HTTP.start uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true do |http|
	http.request(request)
end

Example response(s)

200 OK

// Status 200 OK

null