helpscout-api-python

Python wrapper for the Help Scout API

Installation:

git clone [email protected]/mccannm11/helpscout-api-python cd helpscout-api-python && python setup.py install

Example Usage: API

import helpscout

client = helpscout.Client()
client.api_key = "your-api-key-here"

mailboxes = client.mailboxes()
folders = client.folders(mailboxes.items[0].id)
for f in folders:
    #do things here


customer = client.customer(customer-id-here)
if customers.socialProfiles != None:
    for s in customers.socialProfiles:
         #do things

Field Selectors

Field selectors are given as a list of Strings. When field selectors are used, the appropriate object is created with the fields provided.

ApiClient Methods

Each method can accept a field selector as an addition parameter.

Mailboxes

• mailboxes()
• mailbox(int mailbox_id)

Folders

• folders(int mailbox_id)

Conversations

• conversations_for_folders(int mailbox_id, int folder_id)
• conversations_for_mailbox(int mailbox_id)
• conversations_for_customerByMailbox(int mailbox_id, int customer_id)
• conversation(int conversation_id)

Attachments

• attachment_data(int attachment_id)

Customers

• customers()
• customer(int customer_id)

Users

• users()
• users_for_mailbox(int mailbox_id)
• user(int user_id)

Pagination

Multiple calls to the above calls that support pagination will return subsequent pages.

• clearstate() - to clear the pagination couters and start from page 1 again.
• clearstate(str 'function') - to clear the pagination couter for a given function, e.g. "folders" You could set the starting page by passing in page=N as a keyword arg.