Relationship Records

Relationship records create associations between object records based on a pre-defined relationship type. For more information, see Relationship Records in the Custom objects handbook.

For example, a car rental company could create the following relationship records after creating object records for its locations and cars:

• Associate the Minnesota Motors location to a specific Duesenberg car based on the pre-defined relationship type that specifies a rental location can have many cars

• Associate the Duesenberg to a Zendesk user based on the pre-defined relationship type that specifies a car can be rented to many Zendesk users

Once created, a relationship record can't be modified because the relationship_type property of a relationship record has fundamental implications on how associations between two object records are stored.

JSON format

Relationships are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
created_at	string	true	false	The time the relationship record was created
id	string	true	false	Automatically assigned when the relationship record is created
relationship_type	string	false	true	The key of the relationship type that defines the relationship record
source	string	false	true	The id of the object record that's the source of the relationship
target	string	false	true	The id of the object record that's the target of the relationship.

Example

{
  "created_at": "2019-01-01T10:20:30Z",
  "id": "6ea29370-a224-11e7-b1f0-191589292d4f",
  "relationship_type": "zen_users",
  "source": "e5f3f5b2-536a-4f1d-bca2-985c454362bb",
  "target": "zen:user:10002"
}

List Relationship Records by Type

• GET /api/sunshine/relationships/records?type={type}

Returns all the relationship records of the specified relationship type. For the type, specify a relationship type key.

The response includes a links object with "previous" and "next" url properties for pagination. See Pagination in the Zendesk v2 API documentation.

Allowed for

• Everyone

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
order	string	Query	false	Order of the items (by creation time). Default is ascending. Allowed values are "asc", or "desc".
per_page	string	Query	false	Number of items returned per page from 1 to 1000
type	string	Query	true	See relationship type key

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records?type={relationship_type} \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records?order=desc&per_page=1&type=zen_users"
	method := "GET"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/sunshine/relationships/records")
		.newBuilder()
		.addQueryParameter("order", "desc")
		.addQueryParameter("per_page", "1")
		.addQueryParameter("type", "zen_users");

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  params: {
    'order': 'desc',
    'per_page': '1',
    'type': 'zen_users',
  },
};

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records?order=desc&per_page=1&type=zen_users"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"GET",
	url,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form("order": "desc", "per_page": "1", "type": "zen_users")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "created_at": "2019-01-01T10:20:30Z",
      "id": "6ea29370-a224-11e7-b1f0-191589292d4f",
      "relationship_type": "zen_users",
      "source": "e5f3f5b2-536a-4f1d-bca2-985c454362bb",
      "target": "zen:user:10002"
    },
    {
      "created_at": "2019-01-01T10:20:35Z",
      "id": "890dfe2f-a223-11e7-b1f0-4316e017a51a",
      "relationship_type": "zen_users",
      "source": "e5f3f5b2-536a-4f1d-bca2-985c454362bb",
      "target": "zen:user:10002"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "next": null,
    "previous": null
  }
}

List Relationship Records by Object Record

• GET /api/sunshine/objects/records/{object_record_id}/relationships/{relationship_type_key}

The record id must be the relationship record's source record id, not its target record id.

For example, a car rental company could be creating relationship records based on a relationship type that specifies that each car can be rented by many Zendesk users. The company could use the API to list the relationship records of a specific car -- in other words, to list the users who rented the car.

Each relationship record in the response has the following properties:

• id - the id of the relationship record
• target - the id of the target object record, which may be a custom or Zendesk object record
• ref - the API url of the target object record for the Show Object Record endpoint

In the example, the targets are users who rented the car.

The response also includes a links object with previous and next url properties for pagination. See Pagination in the Zendesk v2 API documentation.

Allowed for

• Everyone

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
order	string	Query	false	Order of the items (by creation time). Default is ascending. Allowed values are "asc", or "desc".
per_page	string	Query	false	Number of items returned per page from 1 to 1000
object_record_id	string	Path	true	The ID of the object record
relationship_type_key	string	Path	true	The key of the relationship type

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/objects/records/{object_record_id}/relationships/{relationship_type_key} \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/objects/records/14c6c4be-cb64-4678-ba73-296e3d2c32cf/relationships/suppliers?order=desc&per_page=1"
	method := "GET"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/sunshine/objects/records/14c6c4be-cb64-4678-ba73-296e3d2c32cf/relationships/suppliers")
		.newBuilder()
		.addQueryParameter("order", "desc")
		.addQueryParameter("per_page", "1");

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/objects/records/14c6c4be-cb64-4678-ba73-296e3d2c32cf/relationships/suppliers',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  params: {
    'order': 'desc',
    'per_page': '1',
  },
};

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/objects/records/14c6c4be-cb64-4678-ba73-296e3d2c32cf/relationships/suppliers?order=desc&per_page=1"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"GET",
	url,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/objects/records/14c6c4be-cb64-4678-ba73-296e3d2c32cf/relationships/suppliers")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form("order": "desc", "per_page": "1")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125",
      "ref": "/api/sunshine/objects/records/f2771449-861e-43f0-8936-e16c3bd492d2",
      "target": "f2771449-861e-43f0-8936-e16c3bd492d2"
    },
    {
      "id": "517e916a-7099-11e7-8cf7-a6006ad3dba0",
      "ref": "/api/v2/users/849294839",
      "target": "849294839"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "next": null,
    "previous": null
  }
}

Show Relationship Record

• GET /api/sunshine/relationships/records/{relationship_record_id}

Returns a relationship record specified by id.

Allowed for

• Everyone

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
relationship_record_id	string	Path	true	The ID of the relationship record

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/{id} \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125"
	method := "GET"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125")
		.newBuilder();

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
};

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"GET",
	url,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2019-03-12T17:15:41.807Z",
    "id": "1a034055-6485-11ea-a338-a7395da450f1",
    "relationship_type": "zen_users",
    "source": "fa6dec91-6484-11ea-a338-6d0d189da5e0",
    "target": "fc7925e3-6484-11ea-a338-19eb2b9d27d1"
  }
}

Create Relationship Record

• POST /api/sunshine/relationships/records

Creates a relationship record between two object records based on a relationship type. The relationship type defines the object types of the two object records.

You can create relationship records between two custom object records, a custom object record and a Zendesk object record, or two Zendesk object records.

Allowed for

• Everyone

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records \
  -d '{"data": {"relationship_type": "zen_users", "source": "e5f3f5b2-536a-4f1d-bca2-985c454362bb", "target": "zen:user:10002"}}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records"
	method := "POST"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/sunshine/relationships/records")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
};

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
response = Net::HTTP.start uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true do |http|
	http.request(request)
end

Example response(s)

201 Created

// Status 201 Created

{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2019-01-01T10:20:30Z",
    "id": "eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125",
    "relationship_type": "zen_users",
    "source": "e5f3f5b2-536a-4f1d-bca2-985c454362bb",
    "target": "zen:user:10002"
  }
}

Delete Relationship Record

• DELETE /api/sunshine/relationships/records/{relationship_record_id}

Deletes the specified relationship record.

Allowed for

• Everyone

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
relationship_record_id	string	Path	true	The ID of the relationship record

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/{id} \
  -X DELETE \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125"
	method := "DELETE"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125")
		.newBuilder();

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
};

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

Python

import requests

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"DELETE",
	url,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/sunshine/relationships/records/eae75774-18a6-448f-bca7-dda5c11bb125")
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
response = Net::HTTP.start uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true do |http|
	http.request(request)
end

Example response(s)

204 No Content

// Status 204 No Content

null