Introduction

You can use this API to integrate with your systems to create activities inside your CustomerGauge platform.

You will be able to report on this information using the Activity Timeline & Account Page.


Good to know

Authentication through OAuth2 only

We only support OAuth2 authentication on this API.


API response format:

This API returns data in JSON format


About this API

Resource Information

Response formatsJSON
HTTP MethodPUT
Response familyActivities
HeaderAuthorization: Bearer XXXXX (Access Token)


Resource URL

Europe Production Server: https://imports.api.eu.customergauge.com/activities

US Production Server: https://imports.api.us.customergauge.com/activities

Australia Production Server: https://imports.api.au.customergauge.com/activities


How to call

PUT Data

Provide the data, in JSON, in the body of the PUT request.


Parameters

While the data should provided in a JSON object in the body of the PUT request, we've listed out the possibilities in the table below;


Key
Data Type
Data
reference (required to update an existing Activity)
String, max 128 characters
ab12cd34ef56
account (required)
String, max 255 charactersACME Industries
contact
String, max 255 characters
john.doe@example.com
type (required)
String, max 100 characters
Ticket
source (required)
String, max 100 characters
Freshdesk
happened_at (required)
Datetime, Y-m-d H:i:s format
2019-10-06 22:34:45
additional_information_object
JSON Object, available if not using additional_information_array[]
{ "subject": "{{ticket.subject}}", "agent_name": "{{ticket.agent.name}}", "url": "{{ticket.url}}", "priorty": "{{ticket.priority}}", "status": "{{ticket.status}}" }

additional_information_array[key] *
String in array
Value

* Replace "key" with the additional information field name, and Value with the value of that particular field.


Example Request

To call this API through cURL:

curl  -H "Authorization: Bearer XXXXX" -X PUT https://imports.api.eu.customergauge.com/activities -d '{"account": "ACME Industries","type": "Support Ticket","contact": "test@example.com","source": "Freshdesk","additional_information_object": {"subject": "{{ticket.subject}}","agent_name": "{{ticket.agent.name}}","url": "{{ticket.url}}","priorty": "{{ticket.priority}}","status": "{{ticket.status}}"},"happened_at": "2019-03-06 10:00:00 +0530"}'


Example Result

Message reported on successful operation:

{
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "reference": "456",
    "classification_id": 3,
    "account_id": 12345,
    "contact_id": 12345 // or null
  }
}


Message reported on failed operation:

{
	"message": "The given data was invalid.",
	"errors": {
		"type": [
			"The type field is required."
		],
		"happened_at": [
			"The happened at field is required."
		]
	}
}


Example Activities

Below you can find some helpful guides on how to set up various Activities from some popular systems:


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