Availabilities

Represents the availability state of an agent and call status.

JSON format

Availabilities are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
agent_state	string	false	false	The availability state of the agent. If omnichannel routing is enabled, agent_state can not be updated through the API. Allowed values are "online", "offline", "away", or "transfers_only".
call_status	string	false	false	The call status of the agent. Allowed values are "on_call", "wrap_up", or "null".
via	string	false	false	The channel (client/phone) the agent is registered to. If omnichannel routing is enabled, only via can be updated through the API.

Example

{
  "agent_state": "online",
  "call_status": "wrap_up",
  "via": "phone"
}

Show Availability

• GET /api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/{agent_id}

Allowed For

• Agents

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
agent_id	integer	Path	true	ID of an agent

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/{agent_id}.json \
-v -u {email_address}:{password} -X GET

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372"
	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 "username:password"

	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/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372")
		.newBuilder();

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "username:password"
  },
};

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/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"GET",
	url,
	auth=('<username>', '<password>'),
	headers=headers
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.basic_auth "username", "password"
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

{
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
}

Update Availability

• PUT /api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/{agent_id}

Allowed For

• Agents

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
agent_id	integer	Path	true	ID of an agent

Example body

{
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
}

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/{agent_id}.json \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"availability": {"via": "client", "agent_state":  "online"}}' \
-v -u {email_address}:{password} -X PUT

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372"
	method := "PUT"
	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
}`)
	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 "username:password"

	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/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
{
  \"availability\": {
    \"agent_state\": \"online\",
    \"via\": \"client\"
  }
}""");

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("PUT", body)
		.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
		.addHeader("Authorization", Credentials.basic("your-email", "your-password"))
		.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
});

var config = {
  method: 'PUT',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "username:password"
  },
  data : data,
};

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

Python

import requests
import json

url = "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372"

payload = json.loads("""{
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
}""")
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request(
	"PUT",
	url,
	auth=('<username>', '<password>'),
	headers=headers,
	json=payload
)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/channels/voice/availabilities/385473779372")
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.body = %q({
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
})
request.basic_auth "username", "password"
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

{
  "availability": {
    "agent_state": "online",
    "via": "client"
  }
}