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Get Customer

  • REST Method: GET
  • URL: https://api.helpscout.net/v1/customers/{id}.json

Response

Response Name Type Notes
Header Status Int 200
Body item Customer
Status: 200 OK
{
    item: {
        "id": 29418,
        "firstName": "Vernon",
        "lastName": "Bear",
        "photoUrl": "http://twitter.com/img/some-avatar.jpg",
        "photoType": "twitter",
        "gender": "Male",
        "age": "30-35",
        "organization": "Acme, Inc",
        "jobTitle": "CEO and Co-Founder",
        "location": "Greater Dallas/FT Worth Area",
        "background": "I've worked with Vernon before and he's really great.",
        "createdAt": "2012-07-23T12:34:12Z",
        "modifiedAt": "2012-07-24T20:18:33Z",
        "address": {
            "id": 1234,
            "lines": [
                "123 West Main St",
                "Suite 123"
            ],
            "city": "Dallas",
            "state": "TX",
            "postcalCode": "74206",
            "country": "US",
            "createdAt": "2012-07-23T12:34:12Z"
            "modifiedAt": "2012-07-24T20:18:33Z"
        },
        "socialProfiles": [
            {
                "id": 9184,
                "url": "https://twitter.com/helpscout",
                "type": "twitter"
            },
            {... social profile object ...}
        ],
        "emails": [{
                "id": 98131,
                "url": "vbear@mywork.com",
                "type": "work"
            },
            {... email object ...}
        ],
        "phones": [{
                "id": 22381,
                "value": "222-333-4444",
                "location": "home"
            },
            {... phone object ...}
        ],
        "chats": [{
                "id": 77183,
                "value": "jsprout",
                "type": "aim"
            },
            {... chat object ...}
        ],
        "websites": [{
                "id": 5584,
                "value": "http://www.somewhere.com"
            },
            {... website object ...}
        ],
    }
}