Zendesk-Chat authentication

This page documents the authentication and configuration options for the Zendesk-Chat agent connector.

Authentication

Open source execution

In open source mode, you provide API credentials directly to the connector.

OAuth

credentials fields you need:

Field Name	Type	Required	Description
access_token	str	Yes	Your Zendesk Chat OAuth 2.0 access token

Example request:

from airbyte_agent_zendesk_chat import ZendeskChatConnector
from airbyte_agent_zendesk_chat.models import ZendeskChatAuthConfig

connector = ZendeskChatConnector(
    auth_config=ZendeskChatAuthConfig(
        access_token="<Your Zendesk Chat OAuth 2.0 access token>"
    )
)

Token

This authentication method isn't available for this connector.

Hosted execution

In hosted mode, you first create a connector via the Airbyte API (providing your OAuth or Token credentials), then execute operations using either the Python SDK or API. If you need a step-by-step guide, see the hosted execution tutorial.

OAuth

Create a connector with OAuth credentials.

credentials fields you need:

Field Name	Type	Required	Description
access_token	str	Yes	Your Zendesk Chat OAuth 2.0 access token

replication_config fields you need:

Field Name	Type	Required	Description
start_date	str (date-time)	Yes	The date from which to start replicating data, in the format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "customer_name": "<CUSTOMER_NAME>",
    "connector_type": "Zendesk-Chat",
    "name": "My Zendesk-Chat Connector",
    "credentials": {
      "access_token": "<Your Zendesk Chat OAuth 2.0 access token>"
    },
    "replication_config": {
      "start_date": "<The date from which to start replicating data, in the format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.>"
    }
  }'

Bring your own OAuth flow

To implement your own OAuth flow, use Airbyte's server-side OAuth API endpoints. For a complete guide, see Build your own OAuth flow.

Step 1: Initiate the OAuth flow

Request a consent URL for your user.

Field Name	Type	Required	Description
customer_name	string	Yes	Your unique identifier for the customer
connector_type	string	Yes	The connector type (e.g., "Zendesk-Chat")
redirect_url	string	Yes	URL to redirect to after OAuth authorization

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors/oauth/initiate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "customer_name": "<CUSTOMER_NAME>",
    "connector_type": "Zendesk-Chat",
    "redirect_url": "https://yourapp.com/oauth/callback"
  }'

Redirect your user to the consent_url from the response.

Step 2: Handle the callback

After the user authorizes access, Airbyte automatically creates the connector and redirects them to your redirect_url with a connector_id query parameter. You don't need to make a separate API call to create the connector.

https://yourapp.com/oauth/callback?connector_id=<connector_id>

Extract the connector_id from the callback URL and store it for future operations. For error handling and a complete implementation example, see Build your own OAuth flow.

Token

This authentication method isn't available for this connector.

Execution

After creating the connector, execute operations using either the Python SDK or API. If your Airbyte client can access multiple organizations, include organization_id in AirbyteAuthConfig and X-Organization-Id in raw API calls.

Python SDK

from airbyte_agent_zendesk_chat import ZendeskChatConnector, AirbyteAuthConfig

connector = ZendeskChatConnector(
    auth_config=AirbyteAuthConfig(
        customer_name="<your_customer_name>",
        organization_id="<your_organization_id>",  # Optional for multi-org clients
        airbyte_client_id="<your-client-id>",
        airbyte_client_secret="<your-client-secret>"
    )
)

@agent.tool_plain # assumes you're using Pydantic AI
@ZendeskChatConnector.tool_utils
async def zendesk_chat_execute(entity: str, action: str, params: dict | None = None):
    return await connector.execute(entity, action, params or {})

API

curl -X POST 'https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors/<connector_id>/execute' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'X-Organization-Id: <YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"entity": "<entity>", "action": "<action>", "params": {}}'

Configuration

The Zendesk-Chat connector requires the following configuration variables. These variables are used to construct the base API URL. Pass them via the config parameter when initializing the connector.

Variable	Type	Required	Default	Description
subdomain	string	Yes	your-subdomain	Your Zendesk subdomain (the part before .zendesk.com in your Zendesk URL)