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onContactCreate
When a contact record is created in the Freshdesk system, the onContactCreate event is triggered. In the Freshdesk system, an agent can create a new contact and save the details triggering the onContactCreate event. An agent or a requester can raise a ticket; if the contact specified in the ticket does not exist in the Freshdesk system, an onContactCreate event is triggered.
Subscribe to the onContactCreate event and register the callback by using the following sample manifest.json content.
"events": {
"onContactCreate": {
"handler": "onContactCreateCallback"
}
}Define the corresponding callback by using the following sample server.js content:
exports = {
onContactCreateCallback: function(payload) {
console.log("Logging arguments from onContactCreate event: " + JSON.stringify(payload));
}
}exports = {
onContactCreateCallback: function(payload) {
console.log("Logging arguments from onContactCreate event: " + JSON.stringify(payload));
//Print the new contact and email.
console.log("Contact name - ", payload.data.contact.name, "\n email - ", payload.data.contact.email);
}
}Attributes of the data object
- actorobject
Information pertaining to the entity who created the contact record.
- account_idinteger
Identifier of the organization’s Freshdesk account, auto-generated when the account is configured.
- activeboolean
Specifies whether the actor is active in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- addressstring
Residential address of the actor, as specified in the Freshdesk system. If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- blockedboolean
Specifies whether the actor is blocked in the Freshdesk system, for exceeding the number of login attempts.
Possible values: true, false
- blocked_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor was blocked from accessing the Freshdesk system due to multiple failed login attempts, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- citystring
Name of the city where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- company_idstring
Identifier of the company to which the actor belongs, auto-generated when a new company record is created in the Freshdesk system.
For onCompanyCreate, this attribute value is null.
- countrystring
Name of the country where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- created_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record was created in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- current_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor logged in to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal to trigger the product event, specified in the UTC format.
- current_login_ipstring
IP address from which the actor triggered the product event.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- customer_idstring
Identifier of the end user/contact/requester who triggered the product event.
Note:Any person using an organization’s Customer Support Portal is the end user. Any end user who raises a ticket in the Customer Support Portal is a requester. Any person whose contact information is stored in the Freshdesk system is a contact/customer.
For onCompanyCreate, this attribute value is null. If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- deletedboolean
Specifies whether the actor was previously part of the Freshdesk system and the actor’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system.
This attribute is true, only for actors who are requestors using the Customer Support Portal and whose contact does not exist in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- deleted_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
This attribute contains a valid value, only for actors who are requesters using the Customer Support Portal and whose contact does not exist in the Freshdesk system.
- descriptionstring
Meaningful description about the actor, specified when the actor information is created in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- emailstring
Email address of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- extnstring
Work phone number extension of the actor.
- failed_login_countinteger
Number of times the actor attempts to login and fails. Multiple, incorrect login attempts trigger the security protocol and lock the actor out of the Freshdesk account.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- fb_profile_idstring
If an organization’s Freshdesk system is integrated with Facebook, when a post or comment with specific keywords is posted in Facebook, the post is converted into a ticket in the Freshdesk system. This conversion triggers certain product events.
fb_profile_id is the identifier of the account whose post in Facebook triggered the product event.
- first_namestring
Business name of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- helpdesk_agentboolean
Specifies whether an agent triggered the product event.
Possible values: true, false
- idinteger
Identifier of the actor who triggered the product event.
If the actor is an agent, the id value is the agent’s id that is auto-generated when the agent’s information is configured in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is a contact/end user/customer, the id value is the contact or user’s id that is auto-generated when the contact’s information is configured in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, the id value is null.
- import_idstring
Contacts’ records can be imported through a CSV file, in bulk, into the Freshdesk system. The import_id attribute is the identifier of the import task that creates the actor in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- job_titlestring
Designation of the actor in the actor’s organization or company.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- languagestring
Primary language of the actor, in the ISO-639 code. If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- last_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor last logged in to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- last_login_ipstring
IP address of the actor’s previous login before the login that triggered the product event.
- last_namestring
Surname of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- last_seen_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor was last active in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
- login_countinteger
Number of successful logins to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal.
- mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- namestring
Full name of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- org_agent_idstring
If the actor is an agent, this attribute value is the organization-level identifier of the agent.
If the actor is an end user/contact or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- org_contact_idstring
If the actor is an end user/contact in the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is the organization-level identifier of the contact.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- other_company_idsarray of strings
In the Freshdesk system, a contact can be associated with multiple companies. other_company_ids are the identifiers of all companies the contact is associated with.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is an empty array.
- other_emailsarray of strings
Additional email addresses of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- parent_idinteger
If the product event is triggered as a result of the actor raising a ticket in the freshdesk system, parent_id is the identifier of the parent ticket raised. Sub/child tickets can be created for a parent ticket, to increase an organization’s help desk performance.
- phonestring
Official phone number of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- posts_countinteger
Number of posts that the actor has published in the organization’s forum in the agent portal or Customer Support Portal.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- preferencesobject
Preferences of the agent when using the Freshdesk system and parameters that indicate the deletion status of an ex-agent who is now a user.
- agent_preferencesobject
Preferences of the agent when using the Freshdesk system. If the actor is an end user/contact or the Freshdesk system, all child attribute values are null.
- falcon_uiboolean
Specifies whether the agent is using an updated version of the Freshdesk user interface.
Possible values: true, false
- field_serviceobject
Preference of the agent to use the scheduling dashboard with real data.
- dismissed_sample_scheduling_dashboardboolean
If true, specifies that the agent dismissed the sample scheduling dashboard and preferred to view real time data in the dashboard. Possible values: true, false
- focus_modeboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled the focus mode in the agent’s profile settings, to queue tickets for fast resolution.
Possible values: true, false
- notification_timestampstring
Timestamp of when the actor received the last notification from the Freshdesk system. This attribute value is null, if the actor hasn’t received any notification from the system.
- search_settingsobject
Search preferences of the agent, set my navigating to Search > Settings in the Freshdesk system.
- ticketsobject
Search preferences set for tickets.
- include_attachment_namesboolean
Specifies whether to look for the search keywords in the attachment file names, when searching for tickets.
Possible values: true, false
- include_descriptionboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the ticket description.
Possible values: true, false
- include_notesboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the notes and replies.
Possible values: true, false
- include_other_propertiesboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in ticket properties.
Possible values: true, false
- include_subjectboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the ticket subject.
Possible values: true, false
- shortcuts_enabledboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled Keyboard shortcuts in the agent’s profile settings. These shortcuts can be used to perform repetitive tasks quickly.
Possible values: true, false
- shortcuts_mappingarray of strings
Keyboard shortcuts that the agent predominantly uses.
- undo_sendboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled the Undo Send option. If this option is enabled, the agent can use the Undo Send button within 10 seconds of replying, to stop and recall the email that is sent accidentally.
Possible values: true, false
- user_preferencesobject
Parameters that specify the deletion status of an actor who is disabled/deleted as an agent but is still in the Freshdesk system as an end user/contact.
- agent_deleted_foreverboolean
Specifies whether the agent credentials of the user have been deleted permanently from the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- marked_for_hard_deleteboolean
Specifies whether an agent has been marked for permanent deletion internally in the Freshdesk system. When a hard delete request comes in, the Freshdesk system marks the record for hard deletion, performs mandatory checks, and only then deletes the record.
Possible values: true, false
- was_agentboolean
If the actor is an end user/contact, was_agent specifies whether the actor was previously registered as an agent in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- privilegesstring
The roles associated with an agent determine the access privileges of the agent. If the actor is an agent, the privileges attribute value is a string identifying the set of privileges for the agent.
If no role is specified, the default privileges of an Agent role is associated with the agent.
If the actor is not an agent, this attribute value is null.
- sanitized_mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the agent or end user/contact, verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) when the agent or contact record is created in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- sanitized_phonestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) official phone number of the agent or end user/contact.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- second_emailstring
Secondary email address of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- statestring
Name of the province where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- tagsarray of strings
Keywords associated with a contact/end user/customer. The keywords help to filter a subset of contacts from all contacts in the system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is an empty array.
- time_zonestring
Time zone to which the actor belongs, in an easily consumable (RAILS timezone.name) format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- timezonestring
Time zone to which the actor belongs, in the Area/Location format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- twitter_idstring
Twitter ID of the actor.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- typestring
Specifies if it is an agent, end user/contact/customer, or the Freshdesk system that triggered the product event.
Possible values: agent, contact
- unique_external_idstring
Contact’s identifier in an external system. This identifier helps to connect an end user/contact/customer in the Freshdesk system to the contact’s details in all other systems in the organization.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- updated_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record is last updated in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- user_rolestring
If the actor is an end-user/contact, user_role contains a value that the Freshdesk system uses for internal purposes.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- visitor_idstring
If an organization’s Freshdesk system is integrated with compatible social channels, when a post or comment with specific keywords is posted in the social channel, the post is converted into a ticket in the Freshdesk system. This conversion triggers certain product events.
vistior_id is the identifier of the visitor whose post in a social channel triggered the product event.
- whitelistedboolean
Specifies whether the domain from which the actor triggered the product event is whitelisted in the Freshdesk system.
For more information, see domain whitelisting.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is false.
Possible values: true, false
- contactobject
Information pertaining to the contact (end user/requester/customer)created in the Freshdesk system.
- account_idinteger
Identifier of the organization’s Freshdesk account, auto-generated when the account is configured.
- activeboolean
Specifies whether the contact is active in the Freshdesk system. Possible values: true, false
- addressstring
Residential address of the contact, as specified in the Freshdesk system.
- blockedboolean
Specifies whether the contact is blocked in the Freshdesk system, for exceeding the number of login attempts.
For onContactCreate, this value is false.
Possible values: true, false
- blocked_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was blocked from accessing the Customer Support Portal due to multiple failed login attempts, specified in the UTC format.
- company_idstring
Identifier of the company to which the contact belongs, auto-generated when a new company record is created in the Freshdesk system.
- created_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was created in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
- current_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact logged in to the Customer Support Portal to raise a ticket, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate triggered by an agent and for onContactUpdate and onContactDelete, this attribute value is null.
- current_login_ipstring
If the contact is logged into the Customer Support Portal and has raised a ticket triggering the onContactCreate event, current_login_ip is the IP address from which the contact has logged into the support portal.
For onContactUpdate and onContactDelete, this attribute value is null.
- custom_fieldsobject
The organization that uses Freshdesk can configure custom fields to obtain additional contact information.
The custom_fields attribute contains the custom field names and corresponding values, as a valid JSON object of key (custom field name)-value (custom field’s value) pairs.
- customer_idinteger
Identifier of the end user/contact/requester who triggered the product event, if the contact already exists in the Freshdesk system.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
For onContactUpdate and onContactDelete this attribute is null, as these events cannot be triggered by a contact.
- deletedboolean
Specifies whether the contact’s record is deleted from the Freshdesk system.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is false.
- deleted_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- deltaboolean
Possible values: true, false
- descriptionstring
Meaningful description about the contact, specified when the contact information is created in the Freshdesk system.
- emailstring
Email address of the contact specified when the contact information is created in the Freshdesk system.
- extnstring
Work phone number extension of the contact.
- failed_login_countinteger
Number of times the contact attempts to login to the Customer Support Portal and fails. Multiple, incorrect login attempts trigger the security protocol and lock the contact out of the Freshdesk account.
For onContactCreate, this value is 0.
- fb_profile_idstring
Facebook account identifier of the contact.
- helpdesk_agentboolean
Possible value: false (Indicates that a contact is not recognised as a helpdesk agent.)
- idinteger
Identifier of the contact object, auto-generated when a contact record is created in the Freshdesk system.
- import_idstring
Contacts’ records can be imported through a CSV file, in bulk, into the Freshdesk system. The import_id attribute is the identifier of the import task that created the contact in the Freshdesk system.
- job_titlestring
Designation of the contact in the company to which the contact belongs.
- languagestring
Primary language of the contact, in the ISO-639 code.
- last_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact last logged in to the Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- last_login_ipstring
IP address of the contact’s previous login before the current login.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- last_seen_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was last active in the Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- login_countstring
Number of successful logins to the Customer Support Portal.
- mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the contact.
- namestring
Full name of the contact.
- other_company_idsarray of strings
In the Freshdesk system, a contact can be associated with multiple companies.
other_company_ids are the identifiers of all companies the contact is associated with.
- other_emailsarray of strings
Additional email addresses of the contact.
- parent_idinteger
If the contact is created as a result of raising a ticket in the Freshdesk system, parent_id is the identifier of the parent ticket raised.
Sub/child tickets can be created for a parent ticket, to increase an organization’s help desk performance.
- phonestring
Official phone number of the contact.
- posts_countinteger
Number of posts that the contact has published in the organization’s forum on the Customer Support Portal.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- preferencesobject
Preferences of an agent when using the Freshdesk system and parameters that indicate the deletion status of an ex-agent who is now a contact.
- agent_preferencesobject
These set of attributes are present in the payload for backward compatibility. All agent_preferences.attribute values in this payload are default values or null.
- user_preferencesobject
Parameters that specify the deletion status of an actor who is disabled/deleted as an agent but is still in the Freshdesk system as an end user/contact.
- agent_deleted_foreverboolean
Specifies whether the agent credentials of the contact have been deleted permanently from the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- marked_for_hard_deleteboolean
Specifies whether the contact’s agent credentials have been marked for permanent deletion internally in the Freshdesk system. When a hard delete request comes in, the Freshdesk system marks the record for hard deletion, performs mandatory checks, and only then deletes the record.
Possible values: true, false
- was_agentboolean
Specifies whether the contact was previously registered as an agent in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- privilegesstring
Possible value: 0
(Indicates that there are no Freshdesk access privileges defined for a contact.)
- sanitized_mobilestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) mobile number of the contact.
- sanitized_phonestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) official phone number of the contact.
- second_emailstring
Secondary email address of the contact.
- tagsarray of strings
Keywords associated with a contact/end user/customer. The keywords help to filter a subset of contacts from all contacts in the system.
- time_zonestring
Time zone to which the contact belongs, in an easily consumable (RAILS timezone.name) format.
- timezonestring
Time zone to which the contact belongs, in the Area/Location format.
- twitter_idstring
Identifier of the contact’s twitter account.
- typestring
Possible value: contact
- unique_external_idstring
Identifier of the contact in an external system. This identifier helps to connect an end user/requester/customer in the Freshdesk system to the contact’s details in all other systems in the organization.
- updated_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact details were last updated in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate, the updated_at value is the same as the created_at value.
- user_rolestring
Attribute used only for internal purposes.
- whitelistedboolean
Specifies whether the domain associated with the contact is whitelisted in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
onContactUpdate
The onContactUpdate event is triggered and the registered callback method is executed, when:
The following fields of the default contact form are modified.
- Avatar/Image
- Full Name
- Job Title
- Company
- Twitter ID
- Work Phone
- Mobile Phone
- Address
- Time Zone
- Language
- Unique External ID
- Tags
- About
Note Field names are based on an organization’s configuration of the contact fields and might be different from the above list.
The contact is deleted from the Freshdesk system.
Subscribe to the onContactUpdate event and register the callback by using the following sample manifest.json content.
"events": {
"onContactUpdate": {
"handler": "onContactUpdateCallback"
}
}Define the corresponding callback by using the following sample server.js content:
exports = {
onContactUpdateCallback: function(payload) {
console.log("Logging arguments from onContactUpdate event: " + JSON.stringify(payload));
}
}Sample code
exports = {
onContactUpdateCallback: function(payload) {
console.log("Logging arguments from onContactUpdate event: " + JSON.stringify(payload));
//Finding fields that are changed.
var changes = payload.data.contact.changes;
// Your code to work with changes.
}
}Attributes of the data object
- actorobject
Information pertaining to the entity who updated the contact record in the Freshdesk system.
- account_idinteger
Identifier of the organization’s Freshdesk account, auto-generated when the account is configured.
- activeboolean
Specifies whether the actor is active in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: agent, contact
- addressstring
Residential address of the actor, as specified in the Freshdesk system. If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- blockedboolean
Specifies whether the actor is blocked in the Freshdesk system, for exceeding the number of login attempts.
Possible values: true, false
- blocked_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor was blocked from accessing the Freshdesk system due to multiple failed login attempts, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- citystring
Name of the city where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- company_idstring
Identifier of the company to which the actor belongs, auto-generated when a new company record is created in the Freshdesk system.
For onCompanyCreate, this attribute value is null.
- countrystring
Name of the country where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- created_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record was created in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- current_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor logged in to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal to trigger the product event, specified in the UTC format.
- current_login_ipstring
IP address from which the actor triggered the product event.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- customer_idstring
Identifier of the end user/contact/requester who triggered the product event.
Note:Any person using an organization’s Customer Support Portal is the end user. Any end user who raises a ticket in the Customer Support Portal is a requester. Any person whose contact information is stored in the Freshdesk system is a contact/customer.
For onCompanyCreate, this attribute value is null. If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- deletedboolean
Specifies whether the actor was previously part of the Freshdesk system and the actor’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system.
This attribute is true, only for actors who are requestors using the Customer Support Portal and whose contact does not exist in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- deleted_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
This attribute contains a valid value, only for actors who are requesters using the Customer Support Portal and whose contact does not exist in the Freshdesk system.
- descriptionstring
Meaningful description about the actor, specified when the actor information is created in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- emailstring
Email address of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- extnstring
Work phone number extension of the actor.
- failed_login_countinteger
Number of times the actor attempts to login and fails. Multiple, incorrect login attempts trigger the security protocol and lock the actor out of the Freshdesk account.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- fb_profile_idstring
If an organization’s Freshdesk system is integrated with Facebook, when a post or comment with specific keywords is posted in Facebook, the post is converted into a ticket in the Freshdesk system. This conversion triggers certain product events.
fb_profile_id is the identifier of the account whose post in Facebook triggered the product event.
- first_namestring
Business name of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- helpdesk_agentboolean
Specifies whether an agent triggered the product event.
Possible values: true, false
- idinteger
Identifier of the actor who triggered the product event.
If the actor is an agent, the id value is the agent’s id that is auto-generated when the agent’s information is configured in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is a contact/end user/customer, the id value is the contact or user’s id that is auto-generated when the contact’s information is configured in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, the id value is null.
- import_idstring
Contacts’ records can be imported through a CSV file, in bulk, into the Freshdesk system. The import_id attribute is the identifier of the import task that creates the actor in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- job_titlestring
Designation of the actor in the actor’s organization or company.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- languagestring
Primary language of the actor, in the ISO-639 code. If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- last_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor last logged in to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- last_login_ipstring
IP address of the actor’s previous login before the login that triggered the product event.
- last_namestring
Surname of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- last_seen_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor was last active in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
- login_countinteger
Number of successful logins to the Freshdesk system or Customer Support Portal.
- mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- namestring
Full name of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- org_agent_idstring
If the actor is an agent, this attribute value is the organization-level identifier of the agent.
If the actor is an end user/contact or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- org_contact_idstring
If the actor is an end user/contact in the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is the organization-level identifier of the contact.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- other_company_idsarray of strings
In the Freshdesk system, a contact can be associated with multiple companies. other_company_ids are the identifiers of all companies the contact is associated with.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is an empty array.
- other_emailsarray of strings
Additional email addresses of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- parent_idinteger
If the product event is triggered as a result of the actor raising a ticket in the freshdesk system, parent_id is the identifier of the parent ticket raised. Sub/child tickets can be created for a parent ticket, to increase an organization’s help desk performance.
- phonestring
Official phone number of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- posts_countinteger
Number of posts that the actor has published in the organization’s forum in the agent portal or Customer Support Portal.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this value is null.
- preferencesobject
Preferences of the agent when using the Freshdesk system and parameters that indicate the deletion status of an ex-agent who is now a user.
- agent_preferencesobject
Preferences of the agent when using the Freshdesk system. If the actor is an end user/contact or the Freshdesk system, all child attribute values are null.
- falcon_uiboolean
Specifies whether the agent is using an updated version of the Freshdesk user interface.
Possible values: true, false
- field_serviceobject
Preference of the agent to use the scheduling dashboard with real data.
- dismissed_sample_scheduling_dashboardboolean
If true, specifies that the agent dismissed the sample scheduling dashboard and preferred to view real time data in the dashboard. Possible values: true, false
- focus_modeboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled the focus mode in the agent’s profile settings, to queue tickets for fast resolution.
Possible values: true, false
- notification_timestampstring
Timestamp of when the actor received the last notification from the Freshdesk system. This attribute value is null, if the actor hasn’t received any notification from the system.
- search_settingsobject
Search preferences of the agent, set my navigating to Search > Settings in the Freshdesk system.
- ticketsobject
Search preferences set for tickets.
- include_attachment_namesboolean
Specifies whether to look for the search keywords in the attachment file names, when searching for tickets.
Possible values: true, false
- include_descriptionboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the ticket description.
Possible values: true, false
- include_notesboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the notes and replies.
Possible values: true, false
- include_other_propertiesboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in ticket properties.
Possible values: true, false
- include_subjectboolean
Specifies whether to search for keywords in the ticket subject.
Possible values: true, false
- shortcuts_enabledboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled Keyboard shortcuts in the agent’s profile settings. These shortcuts can be used to perform repetitive tasks quickly.
Possible values: true, false
- shortcuts_mappingarray of strings
Keyboard shortcuts that the agent predominantly uses.
- undo_sendboolean
Specifies whether the agent has enabled the Undo Send option. If this option is enabled, the agent can use the Undo Send button within 10 seconds of replying, to stop and recall the email that is sent accidentally.
Possible values: true, false
- user_preferencesobject
Parameters that specify the deletion status of an actor who is disabled/deleted as an agent but is still in the Freshdesk system as an end user/contact.
- agent_deleted_foreverboolean
Specifies whether the agent credentials of the user have been deleted permanently from the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- marked_for_hard_deleteboolean
Specifies whether an agent has been marked for permanent deletion internally in the Freshdesk system. When a hard delete request comes in, the Freshdesk system marks the record for hard deletion, performs mandatory checks, and only then deletes the record.
Possible values: true, false
- was_agentboolean
If the actor is an end user/contact, was_agent specifies whether the actor was previously registered as an agent in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- privilegesstring
The roles associated with an agent determine the access privileges of the agent. If the actor is an agent, the privileges attribute value is a string identifying the set of privileges for the agent.
If no role is specified, the default privileges of an Agent role is associated with the agent.
If the actor is not an agent, this attribute value is null.
- sanitized_mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the agent or end user/contact, verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) when the agent or contact record is created in the Freshdesk system.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- sanitized_phonestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) official phone number of the agent or end user/contact.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- second_emailstring
Secondary email address of the actor.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- statestring
Name of the province where the actor is located.
This attribute contains a non-null value only if the actor (type: agent) is an Account administrator who has subscribed for the Freshdesk plan by providing their credentials for billing.
- tagsarray of strings
Keywords associated with a contact/end user/customer. The keywords help to filter a subset of contacts from all contacts in the system.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is an empty array.
- time_zonestring
Time zone to which the actor belongs, in an easily consumable (RAILS timezone.name) format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- timezonestring
Time zone to which the actor belongs, in the Area/Location format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- twitter_idstring
Twitter ID of the actor.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- typestring
Specifies if it is an agent, end user/contact/customer, or the Freshdesk system that triggered the product event.
Possible values: agent, contact
- unique_external_idstring
Contact’s identifier in an external system. This identifier helps to connect an end user/contact/customer in the Freshdesk system to the contact’s details in all other systems in the organization.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- updated_atstring
Timestamp of when the actor’s record is last updated in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- user_rolestring
If the actor is an end-user/contact, user_role contains a value that the Freshdesk system uses for internal purposes.
If the actor is an agent or the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is null.
- visitor_idstring
If an organization’s Freshdesk system is integrated with compatible social channels, when a post or comment with specific keywords is posted in the social channel, the post is converted into a ticket in the Freshdesk system. This conversion triggers certain product events.
vistior_id is the identifier of the visitor whose post in a social channel triggered the product event.
- whitelistedboolean
Specifies whether the domain from which the actor triggered the product event is whitelisted in the Freshdesk system.
For more information, see domain whitelisting.
If the actor is the Freshdesk system, this attribute value is false.
Possible values: true, false
- contactobject
Information pertaining to the contact (end user/requester/customer) whose details are modified in the Freshdesk system.
- account_idinteger
Identifier of the organization’s Freshdesk account, auto-generated when the account is configured.
- activeboolean
Specifies whether the contact is active in the Freshdesk system. Possible values: true, false
- addressstring
Residential address of the contact, as specified in the Freshdesk system.
- blockedboolean
Specifies whether the contact is blocked in the Freshdesk system, for exceeding the number of login attempts.
For onContactCreate, this value is false.
Possible values: true, false
- blocked_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was blocked from accessing the Customer Support Portal due to multiple failed login attempts, specified in the UTC format.
- changesobject
Changes that triggered the onContactUpdate event, specified as a JSON object of the following format:
{ "changes": { //For non-array attributes "<contact.attribute that changed>": ["Old value", "New value"], } }Example:
{ "changes": { "name": ["Sharon Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes"], "description": ["Sharons contact details", "Sherlocks contact details"] } } - company_idstring
Identifier of the company to which the contact belongs, auto-generated when a new company record is created in the Freshdesk system.
- created_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was created in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
- current_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact logged in to the Customer Support Portal to raise a ticket, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate triggered by an agent and for onContactUpdate and onContactDelete, this attribute value is null.
- current_login_ipstring
If the contact is logged into the Customer Support Portal and has raised a ticket triggering the onContactCreate event, current_login_ip is the IP address from which the contact has logged into the support portal.
For onContactUpdate and onContactDelete, this attribute value is null.
- custom_fieldsobject
The organization that uses Freshdesk can configure custom fields to obtain additional contact information.
The custom_fields attribute contains the custom field names and corresponding values, as a valid JSON object of key (custom field name)-value (custom field’s value) pairs.
- customer_idinteger
Identifier of the end user/contact/requester who triggered the product event, if the contact already exists in the Freshdesk system.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
For onContactUpdate and onContactDelete this attribute is null, as these events cannot be triggered by a contact.
- deletedboolean
Specifies whether the contact’s record has been deleted from the Freshdesk system.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is false.
Possible values: true, false
- deleted_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact’s record was deleted from the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- deltaboolean
Possible values: true, false
- descriptionstring
Meaningful description about the contact, specified when the contact information is created in the Freshdesk system.
- emailstring
Email address of the contact specified when the contact information is created in the Freshdesk system.
- extnstring
Work phone number extension of the contact.
- failed_login_countinteger
Number of times the contact attempts to login to the Customer Support Portal and fails. Multiple, incorrect login attempts trigger the security protocol and lock the contact out of the Freshdesk account.
For onContactCreate, this value is 0.
- fb_profile_idstring
Facebook account identifier of the contact.
- helpdesk_agentboolean
Possible value: false (Indicates that a contact is not recognised as a helpdesk agent.)
- idinteger
Identifier of the contact object, auto-generated when a contact record is created in the Freshdesk system.
- import_idstring
Contacts’ records can be imported through a CSV file, in bulk, into the Freshdesk system. The import_id attribute is the identifier of the import task that created the contact in the Freshdesk system.
- job_titlestring
Designation of the contact in the company to which the contact belongs.
- languagestring
Primary language of the contact, in the ISO-639 code.
- last_login_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact last logged in to the Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- last_login_ipstring
IP address of the contact’s previous login before the current login.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- last_seen_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact was last active in the Customer Support Portal, specified in the UTC format.
- login_countstring
Number of successful logins to the Customer Support Portal.
- mobilestring
Mobile phone number of the contact.
- namestring
Full name of the contact.
- other_company_idsarray of strings
In the Freshdesk system, a contact can be associated with multiple companies.
other_company_ids are the identifiers of all companies the contact is associated with.
- other_emailsarray of strings
Additional email addresses of the contact.
- parent_idinteger
If the contact is created as a result of raising a ticket in the Freshdesk system, parent_id is the identifier of the parent ticket raised.
Sub/child tickets can be created for a parent ticket, to increase an organization’s help desk performance.
- phonestring
Official phone number of the contact.
- posts_countinteger
Number of posts that the contact has published in the organization’s forum on the Customer Support Portal.
For onContactCreate, this attribute value is null.
- preferencesobject
Preferences of an agent when using the Freshdesk system and parameters that indicate the deletion status of an ex-agent who is now a contact.
- agent_preferencesobject
These set of attributes are present in the payload for backward compatibility. All agent_preferences.attribute values in this payload are default values or null.
- user_preferencesobject
Parameters that specify the deletion status of an actor who is disabled/deleted as an agent but is still in the Freshdesk system as an end user/contact.
- agent_deleted_foreverboolean
Specifies whether the agent credentials of the contact have been deleted permanently from the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- marked_for_hard_deleteboolean
Specifies whether the contact’s agent credentials have been marked for permanent deletion internally in the Freshdesk system. When a hard delete request comes in, the Freshdesk system marks the record for hard deletion, performs mandatory checks, and only then deletes the record.
Possible values: true, false
- was_agentboolean
Specifies whether the contact was previously registered as an agent in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false
- privilegesstring
Possible value: 0
(Indicates that there are no Freshdesk access privileges defined for a contact.)
- sanitized_mobilestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) mobile number of the contact.
- sanitized_phonestring
Verified and sanitized (formatted to a specific standard) official phone number of the contact.
- second_emailstring
Secondary email address of the contact.
- tagsarray of strings
Keywords associated with a contact/end user/customer. The keywords help to filter a subset of contacts from all contacts in the system.
- time_zonestring
Time zone to which the contact belongs, in an easily consumable (RAILS timezone.name) format.
- timezonestring
Time zone to which the contact belongs, in the Area/Location format.
- twitter_idstring
Identifier of the contact’s twitter account.
- typestring
Possible value: contact
- unique_external_idstring
Identifier of the contact in an external system. This identifier helps to connect an end user/requester/customer in the Freshdesk system to the contact’s details in all other systems in the organization.
- updated_atstring
Timestamp of when the contact details were last updated in the Freshdesk system, specified in the UTC format.
For onContactCreate, the updated_at value is the same as the created_at value.
- user_rolestring
Attribute used only for internal purposes.
- whitelistedboolean
Specifies whether the domain associated with the contact is whitelisted in the Freshdesk system.
Possible values: true, false