Get a single chat

Fetch the details of a single chat by its id
Written by Konstantine
Updated 6 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": 542335,
  "closedBy": "string",
  "lastCustomerMessageAt": "1603885746",
  "status": "new",
  "closedAt": "1603885746",
  "rating": "perfect",
  "createdAt": "1603885746",
  "lastMessageAt": "1603885746",
  "createdWith": "string",
  "snoozedUntil": "1603885746",
  "lastMessageText": "string",
  "lastMessageId": 542335,
  "applicationId": 542335,
  "lastCommunicatedAgentId": 542335,
  "agents": [
    {
      "id": 542335,
      "name": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "role": "string"
    }
  ],
  "customer": {
    "id": 542335,
    "name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "userId": "string"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 542335,
    "name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "role": "string"
  },
  "department": {
    "id": 542335,
    "name": "string"
  }
}

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_request",
      "message": "Invalid request"
    },
    {
      "code": "unauthorized",
      "message": "Unauthorized"
    }
  ]
}

404 Not Found

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_request",
      "message": "Invalid request"
    },
    {
      "code": "not_found",
      "message": "Chat not found"
    }
  ]
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_request",
      "message": "Invalid request"
    },
    {
      "code": "too_many_requests",
      "message": "Too many requests"
    }
  ]
}

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

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