Use data method

Data method is an interface that the developer platform provides to enable your app to retrieve product data (in the form of JSON payloads).

When an app is initialized successfully, the parent app (Freshworks product) passes a client reference to your app. Your app can use this reference and the developer platform’s data method to retrieve the different objects on the Freshworks product UI, as payloads.

To enable your app to retrieve product data, in the app.js file,

  1. Subscribe to the app.initialized event, through an event listener. When the app is initialized, the parent application passes a client reference to the app.
  2. After app initialization, use the data method - client.data.get(<objectName>) - to retrieve the specified object (<objectName>) from the product UI.

As part of the app logic, your app can process the retrieved payload to derive meaningful results.

This section,

  • Lists all the objects that can be retrieved by using the data method.
  • Describes all the attributes of the retrieved object.

Data objects accessible from all pages

These objects are available in all pages of the product UI. Irrespective of the page on which the app is deployed, when you use the data method -client.data.get(<objectName>)- and retrieve these objects, the corresponding payload is retrieved.

An app can retrieve the following objects irrespective of where the app is deployed:

currentHost

A global app, with module-specific app logic, can be deployed on various Freshworks products. currentHost refers to the Freshworks product on which the app is currently running. Based on the currentHost, from the back-end, we retrieve the modules that the app user working on the currentHost has subscribed to. Based on the subscribed modules, we can retrieve the product-specific urls that the app built for the modules can use, to access the product resources.

For more information on currentHost, see Global app concepts.

Use the sample code shown on the right pane > Sample code tab, to retrieve the currentHost object that contains information on,

  • All modules that the app user using the currentHost has access to and applicable to the app.
  • All product names and the corresponding account urls through which the app built for the subscribed modules can access product resources.

Attributes of the currentHost object

  • subscribed_modulesarray of strings

    All modules that the app user has subscribed to and present in the app manifest.

  • endpoint_urlsobject

    Product name and account url (domain name) to access product resources, specified as a key (product name) - value (account URL) pair.

    You can use the domain name to construct api calls that can access product resources.

loggedInUser

Use the sample code shown on the right pane > Sample code tab, to retrieve information on the agent logged into the Freshworks product UI.

Attributes of the loggedInUser object

  • idinteger

    Identifier of the agent, auto-generated when the agent’s information is configured in the system.

  • created_atstring

    Timestamp of when the agent’s record was created in the Freshworks product system, specified in the UTC format.

  • updated_atstring

    Timestamp of when the agent’s record is last updated in the Freshworks product system, specified in the UTC format.

  • availableboolean

    Specifies whether the agent is available for ticket assignment.

    Possible values: true, false

  • available_sincestring

    Timestamp of since when the agent has been available for ticket assignment.

  • abilitiesarray of strings

    List of the access privileges granted to the agent, specified as an array. For example, create and edit topics, export tickets, and so on.

  • contactobject

    Details of the contact record configured for the agent in the Freshworks product system.

  • group_idsarray of integers

    Identifiers of the groups to which the agent is associated, specified as an array.

  • occasionalboolean

    Specifies whether the agent is an occasional agent or a full-time agent .

    Possible values: true, false

  • role_idsarray of integers

    Identifiers of the roles associated with the agent, which determine the access privileges of the agent.

  • signaturestring

    HTML format of the personalized message block appended to the emails/replies that the agent sends.

  • ticket_scopeinteger

    Permission granted to the agent to access the tickets in the Freshworks product system.

    Possible values:

    1: The agent can access all tickets created in the Freshworks product system.

    2: The agent can access tickets assigned to the agent or to the group(s) to which the agent belongs.

    3: The agent can only access tickets assigned to the agent.