Zendesk

Access Zendesk support data — tickets, organizations, users, and search.

Setup

Store credentials in ~/.config/zendesk/credentials.json:

{
  "subdomain": "your-subdomain",
  "email": "you@company.com",
  "api_token": "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}

Get your API token from: Zendesk Admin → Apps & Integrations → APIs → Zendesk API → Add API Token.

Authentication

ZD_CREDS=~/.config/zendesk/credentials.json
ZD_SUBDOMAIN=$(jq -r '.subdomain' $ZD_CREDS)
ZD_EMAIL=$(jq -r '.email' $ZD_CREDS)
ZD_TOKEN=$(jq -r '.api_token' $ZD_CREDS)
ZD_AUTH="$ZD_EMAIL/token:$ZD_TOKEN"
ZD_BASE="https://$ZD_SUBDOMAIN.zendesk.com/api/v2"

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/tickets.json?per_page=1"

Core Operations

List Recent Tickets

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/tickets.json?sort_by=created_at&sort_order=desc&per_page=25" | \
  jq '[.tickets[] | {id, subject, status, priority, created: .created_at, updated: .updated_at, org_id: .organization_id}]'

Get Ticket Details

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/tickets/TICKET_ID.json" | jq '.ticket'

Get Ticket Comments (Full Thread)

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/tickets/TICKET_ID/comments.json" | \
  jq '[.comments[] | {author_id, body: .body[0:500], created: .created_at, public}]'

Search Tickets

# By status
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+status:open" | jq '.results'

# By organization name
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+organization:\"Acme Corp\"" | jq '.results'

# By subject keyword
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+subject:billing" | jq '.results'

# By date range
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+created>2025-01-01" | jq '.results'

# Combined
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+status:open+priority:high" | jq '.results'

List Organizations

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/organizations.json?per_page=100" | \
  jq '[.organizations[] | {id, name, domain_names, created: .created_at}]'

Search Organizations by Name

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/organizations/autocomplete.json?name=Acme" | jq '.organizations'

Get Organization Details

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/organizations/ORG_ID.json" | jq '.organization'

Get Tickets by Organization

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/organizations/ORG_ID/tickets.json" | \
  jq '[.tickets[] | {id, subject, status, priority, created: .created_at}]'

List Users

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/users.json?per_page=100" | \
  jq '[.users[] | {id, name, email, role, organization_id}]'

Search Users by Email

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/users/search.json?query=user@example.com" | jq '.users'

Get User's Tickets

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/users/USER_ID/tickets/requested.json" | jq '.tickets'

Ticket Statistics

Open Tickets by Priority

curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+status<solved" | \
  jq 'group_by(.priority) | map({priority: .[0].priority, count: length})'

Tickets Created Today

TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/search.json?query=type:ticket+created>=$TODAY" | \
  jq '{count: .count, tickets: [.results[] | {id, subject, status, requester_id}]}'

Correlating with Salesforce

To match Zendesk organizations to Salesforce accounts:

By domain: Match Zendesk org domain_names to Salesforce Account Website
By name: Match Zendesk org name to Salesforce Account Name
By email domain: Extract domain from ticket requester email

Find Zendesk Org for Salesforce Account

ACCOUNT_NAME="Acme Corp"
curl -s -u "$ZD_AUTH" "$ZD_BASE/organizations/autocomplete.json?name=$(echo $ACCOUNT_NAME | jq -sRr @uri)" | jq '.organizations'

Endpoints Reference

Endpoint	Method	Use
`/tickets.json`	GET	List tickets
`/tickets/{id}.json`	GET	Get ticket details
`/tickets/{id}/comments.json`	GET	Get ticket comments
`/search.json?query=`	GET	Search (tickets, users, orgs)
`/organizations.json`	GET	List organizations
`/organizations/{id}.json`	GET	Get org details
`/organizations/{id}/tickets.json`	GET	Get org's tickets
`/organizations/autocomplete.json?name=`	GET	Search orgs by name
`/users.json`	GET	List users
`/users/search.json?query=`	GET	Search users
`/users/{id}/tickets/requested.json`	GET	Get user's tickets

Pagination

Responses include pagination info:

{
  "tickets": [...],
  "next_page": "https://...",
  "previous_page": null,
  "count": 4294
}

Use page parameter or follow next_page URL.

Rate Limits

700 requests per minute (admin)
400 requests per minute (agents)
Check X-Rate-Limit-Remaining header

Search Query Syntax

Operator	Example	Description
`:`	`status:open`	Exact match
`>` `<` `>=` `<=`	`created>2025-01-01`	Date/number comparison
`*`	`subject:billing*`	Wildcard
`""`	`"exact phrase"`	Phrase match
`-`	`-status:closed`	Negation
`type:`	`type:ticket`	Filter by type

Notes

Your subdomain is the xxx in xxx.zendesk.com
Organizations map roughly to Salesforce Accounts
Users can be end-users (customers) or agents (staff)
Ticket statuses: new, open, pending, hold, solved, closed

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