Status API

The Status API is a public-facing API for determining the status of components and subcomponents in the Zendesk infrastructure.

Authentication is not required for this API.

API path

The path of the Status API differs from the Zendesk v2 APIs. Instead of https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com, which gives you access to your Zendesk instance, the path of the Status API is as follows:

https://status.zendesk.com

The API gives you access to status.zendesk.com rather than your Zendesk instance.

In this guide, endpoints are listed using a partial resource identifier, such as:

GET /api/components/{id_or_tag}?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Prepend the API path to get the full endpoint:

https://status.zendesk.com/api/components/{id_or_tag}?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Rate limit

This API is rate limited to 10 requests per minute.

components

JSON Format

Statuses are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
active_incidents	array	true	false	See incidents
description	string	true	false	Description of the component or subcomponent
id	integer	true	false	Id of the component or subcomponent
impact	string	true	false	For GET requests only. Allowed values are "minor", "major", "critical", "security", or "no impact".
name	string	true	false	Name of the component or subcomponent
pod_id	integer	true	false	Id of the pod (point of service) in the Zendesk infrastructure
status	string	true	false	For GET requests only. Allowed values are "operational", "impeded", or "inoperative".
subcomponents	array	true	false	List of subcomponents. See List subcomponents
tag	string	true	false	Generated from the name of the component or subcomponent

Example

{
  "active_incidents": null,
  "description": "chat",
  "id": 23,
  "impact": "critical",
  "name": "Chat",
  "pod_id": 1,
  "status": "inoperative",
  "subcomponents": [
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Dashboard",
      "id": 24,
      "name": "Dashboard",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "dashboard"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Chat Widget",
      "id": 25,
      "name": "Chat Widget",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "chat_widget"
    }
  ],
  "tag": "chat"
}

Subcomponent statuses

Subcomponent statuses are represented by JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Id of the subcomponent
component_id	integer	Id of the parent component
name	string	Name of the subcomponent
description	string	Description of the subcomponent
pod_id	integer	Id of the pod (point of service) in the Zendesk infrastructure
tag	string	Generated from the name of the subcomponent
status	string	For GET requests only. Allowed values are "operational", "impeded", or "inoperative"
impact	string	For GET requests only. Allowed values are "minor", "major", "critical", or "security"
active_incidents	string	See incidents

Incidents

To view incidents, show_incidents=true must be included in the List components and List subcomponents API calls.

Incidents are represented by JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Id of the incident
name	string	Name of the incident
started_at	date	Time when the incident started
impact	string	Allowed values are "minor", "major", "critical", or "security"
status	string	Allowed values are "operational", "impeded", or "inoperative"
updates	array	See incident updates

Example

{
  "id":         123,
  "name":       "Big, Bad Incident",
  "started_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
  "status":     "impeded",
  "impact":     "minor",
  "updates": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z",
      "description": "Incident Update 1",
      "incident_id": 456
    },
    {
      "id": 456,
      "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:55.126Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:19:11.156Z",
      "description": "Incident Update 2",
      "incident_id": 789
    }
  ]
}

Incident updates

Incident updates are represented by JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Id of the incident update
created_at	date	Time when the incident update was created
updated_at	date	Time when the incident update was modified
description	string	Description of the incident update
incident_id	integer	Id of the incident

Example

{
  "id":          123,
  "created_at":  "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
  "updated_at":  "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z",
  "description": "Incident Update",
  "incident_id": 456
}

List Components

• GET /api/components?domain={domain}

For active_incidents to be included in response, include show_incidents=true as follows: GET /api/components?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com&show_incidents=true

Lists components and their subcomponents. Components are represented by JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Comment
id	integer	Id of the component or subcomponent
name	string	Name of the component or subcomponent
tag	string	Generated from the name of the component or subcomponent
description	string	Description of the component or subcomponent
pod_id	integer	Id of the pod in the Zendesk infrastructure
subcomponents	array	List of subcomponents. See List subcomponents
active_incidents	array of incidents	See incidents

Allowed For

• Anonymous users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
domain	string	Query	true	Subdomain
show_incidents	boolean	Query	false	To view incidents

Using curl

curl https://status.zendesk.com/api/components?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Example Response

Status 200 OK

{
  "components": [
    {
      "active_incidents": [
        {
          "id": 789,
          "impact": "major",
          "name": "Incident 1",
          "started_at": "2018-01-19T21:01:31.063Z",
          "status": "operational",
          "updates": [
            {
              "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
              "description": "Incident Update",
              "id": 123,
              "incident_id": 456,
              "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description": "chat",
      "id": 23,
      "name": "Chat",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "subcomponents": [
        {
          "active_incidents": null,
          "component_id": 23,
          "description": "Dashboard",
          "id": 24,
          "name": "Dashboard",
          "pod_id": 1,
          "tag": "dashboard"
        },
        {
          "active_incidents": null,
          "component_id": 23,
          "description": "Chat Widget",
          "id": 25,
          "name": "Chat Widget",
          "pod_id": 1,
          "tag": "chat_widget"
        }
      ],
      "tag": "chat"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "description": "Explore",
      "id": 58,
      "name": "Explore",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "subcomponents": [
        {
          "active_incidents": null,
          "component_id": 58,
          "description": "Data Extraction \u0026 Transformation",
          "id": 59,
          "name": "Data Extraction \u0026 Transformation",
          "pod_id": 1,
          "tag": "data_extraction_transformation"
        }
      ],
      "tag": "explore"
    }
  ]
}

Show Component Status

• GET /api/components/{component_id_or_tag}?domain={domain}

Use the List components endpoint to get the id or tag of a component.

Allowed For

• Anonymous users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
domain	string	Query	true	Subdomain
component_id_or_tag	string	Path	true	ID or name of component

Using curl

curl https://status.zendesk.com/api/components/{component_id_or_tag}?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Example Response

Status 200 OK

{
  "active_incidents": [
    {
      "id": 789,
      "impact": "major",
      "name": "Incident 1",
      "started_at": "2018-01-19T21:01:31.063Z",
      "status": "operational",
      "updates": [
        {
          "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
          "description": "Incident Update",
          "id": 123,
          "incident_id": 456,
          "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "id": 50,
  "impact": "major",
  "name": "Analytics",
  "pod_id": 456,
  "status": "operational",
  "tag": "Widget"
}

List Subcomponents

• GET /api/components/{component_id_or_tag}/subcomponents?domain={domain}

For active_incidents to be included in response, include show_incidents=true as follows: GET /api/components/{component_id_or_tag}/subcomponents?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com&show_incidents=true

Lists the subcomponents of a specified component. Use the List components endpoint to get the id or tag of a component.

Subcomponents are represented by JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Comment
id	integer	Id of the component or subcomponent
name	string	Name of the component or subcomponent
tag	string	Generated from the name of the component or subcomponent
description	string	Description of the component or subcomponent
component_id	integer	Id of the parent component
pod_id	integer	Id of the pod in the Zendesk infrastructure
active_incidents	array of incidents	See incidents

Allowed For

• Anonymous users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
domain	string	Query	true	Subdomain
show_incidents	boolean	Query	false	To view incidents
component_id_or_tag	string	Path	true	ID or name of component

Using curl

curl https://status.zendesk.com/api/components/{component_id_or_tag}/subcomponents?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Example Response

Status 200 OK

{
  "subcomponents": [
    {
      "active_incidents": [
        {
          "id": 789,
          "impact": "major",
          "name": "Incident 1",
          "started_at": "2018-01-19T21:01:31.063Z",
          "status": "operational",
          "updates": [
            {
              "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
              "description": "Incident Update",
              "id": 123,
              "incident_id": 456,
              "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Dashboard",
      "id": 24,
      "name": "Dashboard",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "dashboard"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Chat Widget",
      "id": 25,
      "name": "Chat Widget",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "chat_widget"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Static Assets",
      "id": 26,
      "name": "Static Assets",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "static_assets"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Mobile Apps",
      "id": 27,
      "name": "Mobile Apps",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "mobile_apps"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Chat SDK",
      "id": 28,
      "name": "Chat SDK",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "chat_sdk"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "API",
      "id": 30,
      "name": "API",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "api"
    },
    {
      "active_incidents": null,
      "component_id": 23,
      "description": "Chat Conversation API",
      "id": 57,
      "name": "Chat Conversation API",
      "pod_id": 1,
      "tag": "chat_conversation_api"
    }
  ]
}

Show Subcomponent Status

• GET /api/components/{component_id_or_tag}/subcomponents/{subcomponent_id_or_tag}?domain={domain}

Use the List subcomponents endpoint to get the id or tag of a subcomponent.

Allowed For

• Anonymous users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
domain	string	Query	true	Subdomain
component_id_or_tag	string	Path	true	ID or name of component
subcomponent_id_or_tag	string	Path	true	ID or name of subcomponent

Using curl

curl https://status.zendesk.com/api/components/{component_id_or_tag}/subcomponents?domain={subdomain}.zendesk.com

Example Response

Status 200 OK

{
  "active_incidents": [
    {
      "id": 789,
      "impact": "major",
      "name": "Incident 1",
      "started_at": "2018-01-19T21:01:31.063Z",
      "status": "operational",
      "updates": [
        {
          "created_at": "2018-01-19T22:58:45.126Z",
          "description": "Incident Update",
          "id": 123,
          "incident_id": 456,
          "updated_at": "2018-01-19T23:18:11.156Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "component_id": 23,
  "description": "Dashboard",
  "id": 24,
  "name": "Dashboard",
  "pod_id": 1,
  "tag": "dashboard"
}