Bookmarks

Use this API to bookmark tickets so you can easily return to the tickets later.

JSON format

Bookmarks are represented as JSON objects with the following properties:

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
created_at	string	true	false	The time the bookmark was created
id	integer	true	false	Automatically assigned when the bookmark is created
ticket	object	true	false
url	string	true	false	The API url of this bookmark

Example

{
  "created_at": "2014-11-20T22:55:29Z",
  "id": 35436,
  "ticket": {
    "description": "The fire is very colorful.",
    "id": 60,
    "priority": "high",
    "requester_id": 156,
    "subject": "Help, my printer is on fire!"
  },
  "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/35436.json"
}

List Bookmarks

• GET /api/v2/bookmarks

Allowed For

• Agents

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks.json \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks"
	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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks")
		.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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks',
  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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks"
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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks")
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

{
  "bookmarks": [
    {
      "created_at": "2020-10-01T08:33:45Z",
      "id": 900000009567,
      "ticket": {
        "id": 123,
        "priority": "high",
        "raw_subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
        "requester_id": 165,
        "subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
        "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/tickets/123.json"
      },
      "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111.json"
    },
    {
      "created_at": "2020-09-11T10:22:45Z",
      "id": 900000009568,
      "ticket": {
        "id": 123,
        "priority": "high",
        "raw_subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
        "requester_id": 156,
        "subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
        "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/tickets/123.json"
      },
      "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001112.json"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "next_page": null,
  "previous_page": null
}

Create Bookmark

• POST /api/v2/bookmarks

Allowed For

• Agents

Example body

{
  "bookmark": {
    "ticket_id": 113
  }
}

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks.json \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"bookmark": {"ticket_id": 123}}' \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks"
	method := "POST"
	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "bookmark": {
    "ticket_id": 113
  }
}`)
	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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks")
		.newBuilder();
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
{
  \"bookmark\": {
    \"ticket_id\": 113
  }
}""");

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("POST", 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({
  "bookmark": {
    "ticket_id": 113
  }
});

var config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks',
  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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks"

payload = json.loads("""{
  "bookmark": {
    "ticket_id": 113
  }
}""")
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, "Content-Type": "application/json")
request.body = %q({
  "bookmark": {
    "ticket_id": 113
  }
})
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

{
  "bookmark": {
    "created_at": "2020-10-01T08:33:45Z",
    "id": 900000009567,
    "ticket": {
      "id": 123,
      "priority": "high",
      "raw_subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
      "requester_id": 156,
      "subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
      "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/tickets/123.json"
    },
    "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111.json"
  }
}

201 Created

// Status 201 Created

{
  "bookmark": {
    "created_at": "2020-10-01T08:33:45Z",
    "id": 900000009567,
    "ticket": {
      "id": 123,
      "priority": "high",
      "raw_subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
      "requester_id": 156,
      "subject": "Chat with Visitor 19785128",
      "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/tickets/123.json"
    },
    "url": "https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111.json"
  }
}

Delete Bookmark

• DELETE /api/v2/bookmarks/{bookmark_id}

Allowed For

• Agents (own bookmarks only)

If the bookmark already exists with a specified ticket id, the response status will be http Status: 200 OK.

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
bookmark_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the bookmark

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/{bookmark_id}.json \
  -X DELETE -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111"
	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 "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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111")
		.newBuilder();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
		.url(urlBuilder.build())
		.method("DELETE", 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: 'DELETE',
  url: 'https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111',
  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://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/bookmarks/900000001111")
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.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)

204 No Content

// Status 204 No Content

null