Skills

You can use the API to get or set skill information.

JSON format

Skills are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
description	string	false	false	The description of the skill
enabled	integer	false	false	Describes whether the skill is enabled
id	integer	true	false	The ID of the skill
members	array	false	false	The member agent IDs for the account
name	string	false	false	The name of the skill

Example

{
  "description": "English language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "english"
}

List Skills

• GET /api/v2/chat/skills

Lists all the skills for your account.

Allowed for

• Administrator

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills")
		.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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills',
  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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills")
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

[
  {
    "description": "English language",
    "enabled": 1,
    "id": 1,
    "members": [
      1,
      2,
      3
    ],
    "name": "english"
  },
  {
    "description": "Spanish language",
    "enabled": 0,
    "id": 2,
    "members": [
      4,
      5,
      6
    ],
    "name": "spanish"
  }
]

Show Skill

• GET /api/v2/chat/skills/{skill_id}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/(skill_id) \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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

{
  "description": "English language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "english"
}

Show Skill by Name

• GET /api/v2/chat/skills/name/{skill_name}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_name	string	Path	true	The name of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/{name} \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
		.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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese',
  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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
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

{
  "description": "English language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "english"
}

Create Skill

• POST /api/v2/chat/skills

Allowed for

• Administrator

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills \
  -d '{
        "name" : "mandarin",
        "description" : "Chinese language",
        "enabled" : 1,
        "members" : [1, 2, 3]
      }' \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills")
		.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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills',
  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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills")
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

{
  "description": "Chinese language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 4,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "mandarin"
}

Update Skill

• PUT /api/v2/chat/skills/{skill_id}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/{skill_id} \
  -d '{"name": "cantonese"}' \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1"
	method := "PUT"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'PUT',
  url: 'https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1")
request = Net::HTTP::Put.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

{
  "description": "Chinese language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 4,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "cantonese"
}

Update Skill by Name

• PUT /api/v2/chat/skills/name/{skill_name}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_name	string	Path	true	The name of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/{name} \
  -d '{"name": "cantonese"}' \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
	method := "PUT"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");

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

Nodejs

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'PUT',
  url: 'https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese',
  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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
request = Net::HTTP::Put.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

{
  "description": "Chinese language",
  "enabled": 1,
  "id": 4,
  "members": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "name": "cantonese"
}

Delete Skill

• DELETE /api/v2/chat/skills/{skill_id}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/{skill_id} \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X DELETE

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/1"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/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

Delete Skill by Name

• DELETE /api/v2/chat/skills/name/{skill_name}

Allowed for

• Administrator

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
skill_name	string	Path	true	The name of the skill

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/{name} \
  -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X DELETE

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
	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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
		.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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese',
  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://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/chat/skills/name/cantonese")
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