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Overview#
The Help Scout API provides programmatic access to customer support functionalities, allowing the automation of ticketing, customer communication, and reporting tasks. With this API, you can read and send messages, manage conversations, work with mailboxes, create and update customers’ information, and generate reports. Utilizing the API on Pipedream, you can automate workflows that respond to events in Help Scout in real-time, integrate customer support data with other business tools, and streamline support operations.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
help_scout: {
type: "app",
app: "help_scout",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://api.helpscout.net/v2/users/me`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.help_scout.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
Example Use Cases#
Sync Customer Support Data with CRM: When a new conversation is created or updated in Help Scout, trigger a workflow that adds or updates the customer details in a CRM like Salesforce, keeping both systems in sync.
Automate Customer Support Follow-ups: After a conversation is marked as resolved in Help Scout, launch a Pipedream workflow that automatically sends a follow-up email after a specific period to gather feedback or offer further assistance.
Real-Time Support Analytics Dashboard: Use Pipedream to collect data from Help Scout on conversation statuses, response times, and customer satisfaction. Then, push this data to a dashboard service like Google Sheets or Geckoboard to create a real-time analytics display for your support team.
Popular Help Scout Integrations#
Popular Help Scout Triggers#
Emit new event when an agent replies to a conversation.
Emit new event when a conversation is assigned to an agent. See the documentation
Emit new event when a new conversation is created.
Emit new event when a customer replies to a conversation.
Popular Help Scout Actions#
Adds a note to an existing conversation in Help Scout. See the documentation
Creates a new customer record in Help Scout. See the documentation
Sends a reply to a conversation. Be careful as this sends an actual email to the customer. See the documentation
Authentication#
Name Slug: help_scoutHelp Scout uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Help Scout account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Help Scout and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Help Scout API.
Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:
- authorization
GEThttps://secure.helpscout.net/authentication/authorizeClientApplication?client_id={{oauth.client_id}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&state={{oauth.state}}&response_type=code&scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}} - accessToken
POSThttps://api.helpscout.net/v2/oauth2/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&grant_type=authorization_code&code={{oauth.code}} - refreshToken
POSThttps://api.helpscout.net/v2/oauth2/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}
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