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Customers Helped

  • REST Method: GET
  • URLs: https://api.helpscout.net/v1/reports/company/customers-helped.json

The customers helped report provides statistics about how many customers were helped over a given time range. You may optionally specify two time ranges to see how the number of customers helped changed between the two ranges.

URL Parameters

A variety of filters are available as query parameters. Including any of these will result in only conversations that match the filters being included in the report.

Parameter Type Required Notes Example
start Date/Time Yes ISO 8601, in UTC 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
end Date/Time Yes ISO 8601, in UTC 2015-01-31T23:59:59Z
previousStart Date/Time No ISO 8601, in UTC 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
previousEnd Date/Time No ISO 8601, in UTC 2014-01-31T23:59:59Z
mailboxes list of mailbox identifiers No   1,2,3
tags list of tag identifiers No   1,2,3
types list of conversation types (email, chat, or phone) No Valid values are:
  • email
  • chat
  • phone
 email,chat
folders list of folder identifiers No   1,2,3
viewBy String No Represents the resolution at which data is returned; valid values are:
  • day (only allowed if time range is <= 120 days)
  • week (only allowed if time range is <= 1 year)
  • month (only allowed if time range is >= 61 days)
 week

Response

Response Name Type Notes
Header Status Int 200
Body previous Collection Contains data points describing the number of customers helped for the previous time range; each data point contains these fields:
  • date: the beginning date represented by this data point
  • customers: the number of customers helped from date until the duration specified by viewBy
Only included if a previous time range was specified
  current Collection Contains data points describing the number of customers helped for the current time range; each data point contains these fields:
  • date: the beginning date represented by this data point
  • customers: the number of customers helped from date until the duration specified by viewBy

Example Response

{
  "previous": [
    {
      "customers": 310,
      "date": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "current": [
    {
      "customers": 27,
      "date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    },
    ...
  ]
}
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