Get a single chat

Fetch the details of a single chat by its id
Written by Konstantine
Updated 7 months ago

You can get all the details of a single chat by its id. Use Get all chats method if you want to retrieve all chats from your account. You can also search for a specific chat or a bunch of chats with the Search for chats method.

➡️ Request

URL https://api.helpcrunch.com/v1/chats/<chat_id>
Method GET
Headers Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>

<chat_id> is the identifier for the chat as given by HelpCrunch. It is required for this method and looks like a combination of numbers, for example 1568834.

Read more about authorization header here.

✅ Successful Response

If your request has succeeded, you'll get a 200 OK success status code together with the following response body.

{
    "id": 1568834,
    "closedBy": null,
    "lastCustomerMessageAt": 1601477718,
    "status": "opened",
    "closedAt": null,
    "rating": null,
    "createdAt": 1594322706,
    "lastMessageAt": 1601477718,
    "snoozedUntil": null,
    "lastMessageText": "Hello World",
    "lastMessageId": 8793611,
    "lastCommunicatedAgentId": 4188,
    "agents": [],
    "customer": {
        "id": 6930456,
        "name": "Mike",
        "email": "mike@example.com",
        "userId": "company_4180"
    },
    "assignee": {
        "id": 4180,
        "name": "Sarah",
        "email": "sarah@compeny.com",
        "role": "admin"
    },
    "department": null
}

You can get details on every Chat Object field in the Chat model article.

🛑 Error Responses

You may get one of the following error status codes and responses. More info on the errors is available here.

401 Unauthorized

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "invalid_token",
            "message": "Invalid token"
        }
    ]
}

404 Not Found

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "chat_not_found",
            "message": "Chat not found"
        }
    ]
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "too_many_requests",
            "message": "You have exceeded your requests limit"
        }
    ]
}

If you have any questions regarding the REST API, feel free to chat us any time.

👩‍💻 Happy Coding! 👨‍💻

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