OAuth Tokens

JSON format

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

Name	Type	Read-only	Mandatory	Description
client_id	integer	true	false	The id of the client this token belongs to
created_at	string	true	false	The time the token was created
expires_at	string	true	false	The time the token will expire
id	integer	true	false	Automatically assigned upon creation
refresh_token	string	true	false	The refresh token, if generated
scopes	array	true	false	An array of the valid scopes for this token. See Scopes below
token	string	true	false	The access token
url	string	true	false	The API url of this record
used_at	string	true	false	The latest time this token was used for authentication
user_id	integer	true	false	The id of the user this token authenticates as

Example

{
  "client_id": 41,
  "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
  "id": 1,
  "refresh_token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
  "scopes": [
    "read"
  ],
  "token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
  "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/tokens/1.json",
  "used_at": "2010-01-22T00:11:12Z",
  "user_id": 29
}

List Tokens

• GET /api/v2/oauth/tokens

Returns the properties of the tokens for the current user. To view OAuth token properties for all users, use the all parameter. For security reasons, only the first 10 characters of each access token are included.

Pagination

• Cursor pagination (recommended)
• Offset pagination

See Pagination.

Returns a maximum of 100 records per page.

Allowed For

• Admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
all	boolean	Query	false	A boolean that returns all OAuth tokens in the account. Requires admin role
client_id	integer	Query	false	The id of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

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

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens?all=true&client_id=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 "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/oauth/tokens")
		.newBuilder()
		.addQueryParameter("all", "true")
		.addQueryParameter("client_id", "223443");

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/oauth/tokens',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "username:password"
  },
  params: {
    'all': 'true',
    'client_id': '223443',
  },
};

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/oauth/tokens?all=true&client_id=223443"
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/oauth/tokens")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form("all": "true", "client_id": "223443")
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

{
  "tokens": [
    {
      "client_id": 41,
      "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
      "expires_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
      "id": 223443,
      "refresh_token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
      "scopes": [
        "read"
      ],
      "token": "af3345kdj3",
      "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/tokens/223443.json",
      "used_at": "2010-01-22T00:11:12Z",
      "user_id": 29
    },
    {
      "client_id": 41,
      "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
      "expires_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
      "id": 8678530,
      "refresh_token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
      "scopes": [
        "read"
      ],
      "token": "34hjgkjas4",
      "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/tokens/8678530.json",
      "used_at": "2010-01-22T00:11:12Z",
      "user_id": 29
    }
  ]
}

Show Token

• GET /api/v2/oauth/tokens/{oauth_token_id}
• GET /api/v2/oauth/tokens/current.json

Returns the properties of the specified token. For security reasons, only the first 10 characters of the access token are included.

In the first endpoint, id is a token id, not the full token.

In the second endpoint, include an Authorization: Bearer header with the full token to get its associated properties. Example:

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens/current.json \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${authToken}' \
  -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Allowed for

• Admins, Agents, End Users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_token_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth token

Code Samples

curl

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

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens/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 "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/oauth/tokens/223443")
		.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/oauth/tokens/223443',
  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/oauth/tokens/223443"
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/oauth/tokens/223443")
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

{
  "token": {
    "client_id": 1234,
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "expires_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "id": 223443,
    "refresh_token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "scopes": [
      "read",
      "write"
    ],
    "token": "af3345kdj3",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/tokens/223443.json",
    "used_at": "2010-01-22T00:11:12Z",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}

Create Token

• POST /api/v2/oauth/tokens

Returns an OAuth access token with a specified scope.

Refresh tokens aren't used. An access token doesn't expire but it can be revoked.

For a tutorial, see Creating and using OAuth tokens with the API.

Note: For OAuth authorization code or password grant types, use the Create Token for Grant Type endpoint. The two APIs don't share the same path, JSON format, or request parameters. However, both APIs return access tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.

Allowed For

• Admins

Request parameters

The POST request takes a "token" object that contains an OAuth client's resource id and scopes.

Name	Type	Description
client_id	integer	The resource id of an OAuth client (not the client's unique identifier). For the ids, see List Clients
scopes	array	Valid scopes for the token. See Scopes below

Scopes

The scopes parameter defines whether requests authenticated with the token can post, put, and delete data, or only get data.

Note: Don't confuse the scopes parameter (plural) with the scope parameter (singular) for grant-type tokens.

The scopes parameter is an array of strings, each specifying a resource name and an access setting. Access is either "read" or "write". If you don't specify a resource, access to all resources is assumed. If you don't specify the access, read and write access are assumed.

The syntax is as follows:

"scopes": [resource:scope, ...]

where resource is optional.

Examples

"scopes": ["read"]

"scopes": ["tickets:read"]

To give read and write access to a resource, specify both scopes:

"scopes": ["users:read", "users:write"]

To give write access only to one resource and read access to everything else:

"scopes": ["organizations:write", "read"]

Note: The endpoint returns an access token even if you specify an invalid scope. Any request you make with the token will return a "Forbidden" error.

Available scopes

• read - gives access to GET endpoints. Includes

permission to sideload related resources

• write - gives access to POST, PUT, and DELETE endpoints
• impersonate - allows Zendesk Support admins to make requests on behalf of

end users. See Making API requests on behalf of end users

Resources that can be scoped

• tickets
• users
• auditlogs (read only)
• organizations
• hc
• apps
• triggers
• automations
• targets
• webhooks
• macros
• requests
• satisfaction_ratings
• dynamic_content
• any_channel (write only)
• web_widget (write only)

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
all	boolean	Query	false	A boolean that returns all OAuth tokens in the account. Requires admin role
client_id	integer	Query	false	The id of the OAuth client

Code Samples

curl

curl https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens.json \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"token": {"client_id": 1234, "scopes": ["read", "write"]}}' \
 -X POST -v -u {email_address}:{password}

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens?all=true&client_id=223443"
	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 "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/oauth/tokens")
		.newBuilder()
		.addQueryParameter("all", "true")
		.addQueryParameter("client_id", "223443");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"),
		"""
""");

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 config = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens',
  headers: {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Authorization': 'Basic <auth-value>', // Base64 encoded "username:password"
  },
  params: {
    'all': 'true',
    'client_id': '223443',
  },
};

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/oauth/tokens?all=true&client_id=223443"
headers = {
	"Content-Type": "application/json",
}

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

print(response.text)

Ruby

require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form("all": "true", "client_id": "223443")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.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)

201 Created

// Status 201 Created

{
  "token": {
    "client_id": 1234,
    "created_at": "2009-05-13T00:07:08Z",
    "expires_at": "2011-07-22T00:11:12Z",
    "id": 223443,
    "refresh_token": "af3t24tfj34h43s...",
    "scopes": [
      "read",
      "write"
    ],
    "token": "af3345kdj3",
    "url": "https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/tokens/223443.json",
    "used_at": "2010-01-22T00:11:12Z",
    "user_id": 29
  }
}

Revoke Token

• DELETE /api/v2/oauth/tokens/{oauth_token_id}
• DELETE /api/v2/oauth/tokens/current.json

Allowed for

• Admins, Agents, End Users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
oauth_token_id	integer	Path	true	The ID of the OAuth token

Code Samples

curl

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

Go

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

func main() {
	url := "https://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens/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 "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/oauth/tokens/223443")
		.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://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens/223443',
  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/oauth/tokens/223443"
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://support.zendesk.com/api/v2/oauth/tokens/223443")
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