You can use the API to get, set, or delete a ban.

JSON format

Bans are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

NameTypeRead-onlyMandatoryDescription
created_atstringtruefalseThe timestamp of creation of the ban. This can be null for older bans.
idintegertruefalseThe ID of the ban
ip_addressstringtruefalseThe IP address of the banned visitor
reasonstringtruefalseThe reason for the ban
typestringtruefalseThe type of the ban
visitor_idstringtruefalseThe ID of the banned visitor
visitor_namestringtruefalseThe display name of the banned visitor

Example

{  "created_at": "2020-03-14T15:09:26Z",  "id": 1,  "ip_address": "87.230.12.41",  "reason": "Spammer",  "type": "I",  "visitor_id": "",  "visitor_name": ""}

List Bans

  • GET /api/v2/bans

Lists the bans for the account. Returns up to 1000 results per page. This endpoint uses cursor-based pagination. See Pagination in List Agents.

Allowed for

  • Administrator

Parameters

NameTypeInRequiredDescription
limitintegerQueryfalseNumber of records that will be returned by the endpoint. Default to 10.
max_idintegerQueryfalseUse the max_id parameter to paginate backward through the recordset
since_idintegerQueryfalseUse the since_id parameter to paginate forward through the recordset

Code Samples

curl
curl "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans?since_id=5&limit=2" \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"
Go
import (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http")
func main() {	url := "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans?limit=20&max_id=20&since_id=10"	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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans")		.newBuilder()		.addQueryParameter("limit", "20")		.addQueryParameter("max_id", "20")		.addQueryParameter("since_id", "10");
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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans',  headers: {	'Content-Type': 'application/json',  },  params: {    'limit': '20',    'max_id': '20',    'since_id': '10',  },};
axios(config).then(function (response) {  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));}).catch(function (error) {  console.log(error);});
Python
import requests
url = "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans?limit=20&max_id=20&since_id=10"headers = {	"Content-Type": "application/json",}
response = requests.request(	"GET",	url,	headers=headers)
print(response.text)
Ruby
require "net/http"uri = URI("https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans")uri.query = URI.encode_www_form("limit": "20", "max_id": "20", "since_id": "10")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
{  "ip_address": [    {      "created_at": "2020-03-14T15:09:26Z",      "id": 8,      "ip_address": "242.211.134.60",      "reason": "Spammer"    }  ],  "visitor": [    {      "created_at": "2020-03-14T15:09:26Z",      "id": 5,      "reason": "Spammer",      "visitor_id": "2",      "visitor_name": "John"    }  ]}

List Banned IP Addresses

  • GET /api/v2/bans/ip

Returns a list of banned visitor IP addresses for your account.

Allowed for

  • Administrator

Code Samples

curl
curl https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"
Go
import (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http")
func main() {	url := "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip"	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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip")		.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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip',  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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip"headers = {	"Content-Type": "application/json",}
response = requests.request(	"GET",	url,	headers=headers)
print(response.text)
Ruby
require "net/http"uri = URI("https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/ip")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
[  "155.69.127.97",  "155.69.127.98"]

Show Ban

  • GET /api/v2/bans/{ban_id}

Fetches a ban by its ID.

Allowed for

  • Administrator

Parameters

NameTypeInRequiredDescription
ban_idintegerPathtrueThe ID of the ban

Code Samples

curl
curl https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/(ban_id) \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"
Go
import (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http")
func main() {	url := "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1")		.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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1',  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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1"headers = {	"Content-Type": "application/json",}
response = requests.request(	"GET",	url,	headers=headers)
print(response.text)
Ruby
require "net/http"uri = URI("https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/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
{  "created_at": "2020-03-14T15:09:26Z",  "id": 1,  "ip_address": "87.230.12.41",  "reason": "Spammer",  "type": "I",  "visitor_id": "",  "visitor_name": ""}

Create Ban

  • POST /api/v2/bans

Creates a ban either by visitor ID or by IP address.

Allowed for

  • Administrator

Code Samples

curl
# To ban a visitorcurl https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans \  -d '{        "visitor_id": "12345",        "reason": "Spammer"      }' \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST
# Or, to ban an IPcurl https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans \  -d '{        "ip_address": "192.123.123.5",        "reason": "Spammer"      }' \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST
Go
import (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http")
func main() {	url := "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans"	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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans")		.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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans',  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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans"headers = {	"Content-Type": "application/json",}
response = requests.request(	"POST",	url,	headers=headers)
print(response.text)
Ruby
require "net/http"uri = URI("https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans")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
{  "created_at": "2020-03-14T15:09:26Z",  "id": 1,  "ip_address": "",  "reason": "Spammer",  "type": "V",  "visitor_id": "12345",  "visitor_name": "Agent Smith"}

Delete Ban

  • DELETE /api/v2/bans/{ban_id}

Deletes a ban.

Allowed for

  • Administrator

Parameters

NameTypeInRequiredDescription
ban_idintegerPathtrueThe ID of the ban

Code Samples

curl
curl https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/{ban_id} \  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X DELETE
Go
import (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http")
func main() {	url := "https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1"	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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1")		.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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1',  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://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1"headers = {	"Content-Type": "application/json",}
response = requests.request(	"DELETE",	url,	headers=headers)
print(response.text)
Ruby
require "net/http"uri = URI("https://www.zopim.com/api/v2/bans/1")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