OAuth Clients

JSON format

OAuth Clients are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
company	string	false	false	The company name displayed when users are asked to grant access to your application.
created_at	string	true	false	The time the client was created
description	string	false	false	A short description of your client that is displayed to users when they are considering approving access to your application
global	boolean	true	false	Whether this client is globally accessible. See Set up a global OAuth client
id	integer	true	false	Automatically assigned upon creation
identifier	string	false	true	The unique identifier for this client
kind	string	false	false	Either "public" or "confidential". Specifies whether the OAuth client operates in a public environment where credentials cannot be securely stored, or on secure servers that can safely store credentials. See Client types
logo_url	string	true	false	The API logo url of this record
name	string	false	true	The name of this client
redirect_uri	array	false	false	An array of the valid redirect URIs for this client
secret	string	true	false	The client secret. Generated automatically on creation and returned in full only at that time
updated_at	string	true	false	The time of the last update of the client
url	string	true	false	The API url of this record
user_id	integer	false	true	The id of the admin who created the client

Example

{
  "company": "Zendesk",
  "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
  "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
  "id": 1,
  "identifier": "test_client",
  "name": "My Test Client",
  "redirect_uri": [
    "https://example.com/callback"
  ],
  "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
  "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
  "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/1.json",
  "user_id": 29
}

List Clients

• GET /api/v2/oauth/clients
• GET /api/v2/users/me/oauth/clients.json

Pagination

• Cursor pagination (recommended)
• Offset pagination

See Pagination.

Returns a maximum of 100 records per page.

Allowed For

• Admins

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients.json \
  -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients"
	method := "GET"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients")
		.newBuilder();
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("GET", null)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

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

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients"
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(
	"GET",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "clients": [
    {
      "company": "Zendesk",
      "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
      "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
      "id": 223443,
      "identifier": "test_client",
      "name": "Stats Widget",
      "redirect_uri": [
        "https://example.com/callback"
      ],
      "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
      "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
      "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/223443.json",
      "user_id": 29
    },
    {
      "company": "Zendesk",
      "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
      "description": "Zendesk Mobile Client",
      "id": 8678530,
      "identifier": "mobile_client",
      "name": "Zendesk Mobile",
      "redirect_uri": [
        "https://example.com/callback"
      ],
      "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
      "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
      "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/8678530.json",
      "user_id": 29
    }
  ]
}

Show Client

• GET /api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}

Allowed for

• Admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_client_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}.json \
  -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
	method := "GET"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients/223443")
		.newBuilder();
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("GET", null)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
};

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
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(
	"GET",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "client": {
    "company": "Zendesk",
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
    "id": 223443,
    "identifier": "test_client",
    "name": "Test Client",
    "redirect_uri": [
      "https://example.com/callback"
    ],
    "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/223443.json",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}

Create Client

• POST /api/v2/oauth/clients

Allowed For

• Admins

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients.json \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"client": {"name": "Test Client", "identifier": "unique_id", "kind": "confidential"}}'
  -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients"
	method := "POST"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");
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 config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
};

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients"
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
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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)

201 Created

// Status 201 Created

{
  "client": {
    "company": "Zendesk",
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
    "id": 223443,
    "identifier": "test_client",
    "name": "Test Client",
    "redirect_uri": [
      "https://example.com/callback"
    ],
    "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/223443.json",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}

Update Client

• PUT /api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}

Allowed for

• Admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_client_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}.json \
  -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"client": {"name": "My New OAuth2 Client"}}'
  -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
	method := "PUT"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients/223443")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");
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("PUT", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'PUT',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
};

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
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(
	"PUT",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443")
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "client": {
    "company": "Zendesk",
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
    "id": 223443,
    "identifier": "test_client",
    "name": "My New OAuth2 Client",
    "redirect_uri": [
      "https://example.com/callback"
    ],
    "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/223443.json",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}

Delete Client

• DELETE /api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}

Allowed for

• Admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_client_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}.json \
  -X DELETE -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
	method := "DELETE"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients/223443")
		.newBuilder();
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("DELETE", null)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
};

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443"
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(
	"DELETE",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443")
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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)

204 No Content

// Status 204 No Content

null

Generate Secret

• PUT /api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}/generate_secret

Allowed for

• Admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_client_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/{oauth_client_id}/generate_secret.json \
  -X PUT -v -u {email_address}/token:{api_token}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443/generate_secret"
	method := "PUT"
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

	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/oauth/clients/223443/generate_secret")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");
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("PUT", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", basicAuth)
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'PUT',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443/generate_secret',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "{email_address}/token:{api_token}"
  },
};

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

Python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443/generate_secret"
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(
	"PUT",
	url,
	auth=auth,
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
require "base64"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/clients/223443/generate_secret")
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
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

{
  "client": {
    "company": "Zendesk",
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "description": "Zendesk Test Client",
    "id": 223443,
    "identifier": "test_client",
    "name": "Test Client",
    "redirect_uri": [
      "https://example.com/callback"
    ],
    "secret": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "updated_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/clients/223443.json",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}