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freshdesk Solutions API

Manage knowledge base solution categories, folders, and articles.

freshdesk Solutions API is one of 17 APIs that Freshdesk publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Solutions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 15 operations across 6 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{domain}.freshdesk.com/api/v2.

15 operations 6 paths 4 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET3 POST3 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://yourdomain.freshdesk.com/api/v2
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

freshdesk Solutions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Freshdesk uses API key-based authentication. Pass your API key as the username with any string (e.g. X) as the password using HTTP Basic Authentication.

Paths & Operations 15

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 15 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 3 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Solutions 15

Manage knowledge base solution categories, folders, and articles.

GET
/solutions/categories
List all solution categories
listSolutionCategories → 200401
POST
/solutions/categories
Create a solution category
createSolutionCategory body → 201400401
GET
/solutions/categories/{category_id}
View a solution category
getSolutionCategory 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/solutions/categories/{category_id}
Update a solution category
updateSolutionCategory 1 param body → 200401404
DELETE
/solutions/categories/{category_id}
Delete a solution category
deleteSolutionCategory 1 param → 204401404
GET
/solutions/categories/{category_id}/folders
List solution folders in a category
listSolutionFolders 1 param → 200401404
POST
/solutions/categories/{category_id}/folders
Create a solution folder
createSolutionFolder 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/solutions/folders/{folder_id}
View a solution folder
getSolutionFolder 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/solutions/folders/{folder_id}
Update a solution folder
updateSolutionFolder 1 param body → 200401404
DELETE
/solutions/folders/{folder_id}
Delete a solution folder
deleteSolutionFolder 1 param → 204401404
GET
/solutions/folders/{folder_id}/articles
List solution articles in a folder
listSolutionArticles 1 param → 200401404
POST
/solutions/folders/{folder_id}/articles
Create a solution article
createSolutionArticle 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/solutions/articles/{article_id}
View a solution article
getSolutionArticle 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/solutions/articles/{article_id}
Update a solution article
updateSolutionArticle 1 param body → 200401404
DELETE
/solutions/articles/{article_id}
Delete a solution article
deleteSolutionArticle 1 param → 204401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SolutionArticle (13 properties), SolutionFolder (8 properties), SolutionCategory (5 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SolutionFolder
object
8 properties
SolutionCategory
object
5 properties
SolutionArticle
object
13 properties
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

freshdesk-solutions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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