Article Object

Field Guide

Name Type Example Notes
id String 5214c83d45667acd25394b54 Unique identifier
number Int 23 Numerical identifier. Useful for creating SEO friendly URLs (combined with a slug of the Article name).
collectionId String 5214c83d45667acd25394b53 The id of the Collection that this Category is associated with.
slug String "my-article" SEO-friendly identifier for the article that can be used in a URL.
status String published The status of the Article. Possible values:
  • published - viewable by the public
  • notpublished - only viewable in admin
hasDraft Boolean false If this value is true, the article has changes saved in a draft that have not been published.
name String My Article  
text String This is my <b>article text</b>.  
categories Array   An array of Strings that represents the Category ids that the Article is associated with.
related Array   An array of Strings that represent the ids of Articles that are related to the Article.
publicUrl String https://docs.helpscout.net/article/100-my-article A read-only attribute that returns the public URL for the article.
popularity Number 4.3 A number between 1 and 5 that indicates the popularity of the article. The higher the number, the more popular the article is. Currently based only on viewCount.
keywords Array   An array of Strings that list all associated keywords for the Article
viewCount Int 237 The number of views the Article has received.
createdBy Integer 73423 The Help Scout id of the user who created this Collection.
updatedBy Integer 73423 The Help Scout id of the user who last updated this Collection.
createdAt DateTime "2013-08-21T19:34:13Z" The UTC date/time that the Article was created.
updatedAt DateTime "2013-08-21T19:34:13Z" The UTC date/time that the Article was last updated.
lastPublishedAt DateTime "2013-08-21T19:34:13Z" The UTC date/time that the Article was last published.

Example

{
    "id": "521632244566c845e582652d",
    "number": 125,
    "collectionId": "5214c77c45667acd25394b51",
    "slug": "my-article",
    "status": "published",
    "hasDraft": false,
    "name": "My Article",
    "text": "This is the text of the article.",
    "categories": [
        "5214c77d45667acd25394b52"
    ],
    "related": [
        "521632244566c845e582652b",
        "521632244566c845e582652c"
    ],
    "publicUrl": "https://docs.helpscout.net/article/100-my-article",
    "popularity": 4.3,
    "viewCount": 237,
    "createdBy": 73423,
    "updatedBy": 73423,
    "createdAt": "2013-08-22T15:45:40Z",
    "updatedAt": "2013-08-22T21:40:56Z",
    "lastPublishedAt": "2013-08-22T21:40:56Z"
}
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