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Knowledge Portal Manager APIs

License

The following licenses are required to use the Knowledge Access APIs:

  • If the user is an agent, then the Knowledge + AI license is required.
  • If the user is a customer, the Self-Service and Advanced Self-Service licenses must be available.

Tiers

TierTier NameNamed UsersDescription
Tier 1StarterUp to 10Designed for small-scale implementations or pilot environments
Tier 2GrowthUp to 1000Suitable for mid-scale deployments requiring moderate scalability
Tier 3EnterpriseGreater than 1000Supports large-scale environments with extended configuration options

API Resource Limits

The following Resources have predefined limits for specific access attributes for Starter, Growth and Enterprise use.

ResourceLimitsStarterGrowthEnterprise
Article ReferenceNumber of attachments used in any article255050
Number of custom attributes in an article102550
Number of publish views used in an article version202020
Topic ReferenceUser-defined topics in a department1000500050000
Depth of topics52020
Topics at any level50025002500
Number of custom attributes in a topic101010
Portal ReferenceTag categories in a portal151515
Topics to be included in a portal1005005000
Number of articles to display in announcements102525
Usage links and link groups setup for a portal51025
Download OpenAPI description
Languages
Servers
Production Server
https://api.egain.cloud/knowledge/portalmgr/v4

Article

Article APIs

Operations

Unsubscribe to an Article

Request

Overview

The Unsubscribe to an Article API allows authenticated users and agents to unsubscribe to an Article for which they were earlier subscribed to receive change notifications.

Security
oAuthUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthOnBehalfOfUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthCustomer(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthOnBehalfOfCustomer(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
Path
portalIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the portal being accessed.

A portal ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix, followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-1000
articleIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the Article.

An Article ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-2996
Query
unsubscriptionTokenstring^[\w\W]*$

An encrypted token that contains information about "object/userId/userType/userProfileId". This is used to unsubscribe the user from Article change notifications sent via email, without necessitating that the user be logged into the eGain application.

Headers
x-egain-activity-idstring[ 4 .. 9 ] characters^[0-9]{4,9}$

A unique numeric interaction identifier from eGain.

Example: 59237
x-ext-integration-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

The unique numeric identifier for a tenant, used in self-service functionality as well as third-party integrations.

Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

Examples:
3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
00Dbn00000IxGnx
x-ext-interaction-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

A unique interaction identifier from other CRM applications.

Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

Examples:
3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
00Dbn00000IxGnx
Accept-Languagestringrequired

The Language locale accepted by the client (used for locale specific fields in resource representation and in error responses).

Enum"en-US""es-ES""fr-FR""it-IT""de-DE""nl-NL""pt-BR""pt-PT""da-DK""ru-RU"
Example: en-US
curl -i -X PUT \
  'https://api.egain.cloud/knowledge/portalmgr/v4/portals/PROD-1000/articles/PROD-2996/unsubscribe?unsubscriptionToken=string' \
  -H 'Accept-Language: en-US' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'x-egain-activity-id: 59237' \
  -H 'x-ext-integration-id: string' \
  -H 'x-ext-interaction-id: string'

Responses

No Content

Response
No content

Get Article Permissions By ID

Request

Overview

  • The Get Article Permission by ID permits a user to retrieve permissions associated to an article.
Security
oAuthUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthOnBehalfOfUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthCustomer(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthOnBehalfOfCustomer(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthAnonymousCustomer(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
Path
portalIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the portal being accessed.

A portal ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix, followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-1000
articleIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the Article.

An Article ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-2996
Headers
x-egain-activity-idstring[ 4 .. 9 ] characters^[0-9]{4,9}$

A unique numeric interaction identifier from eGain.

Example: 59237
x-ext-integration-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

The unique numeric identifier for a tenant, used in self-service functionality as well as third-party integrations.

Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

Examples:
3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
00Dbn00000IxGnx
x-ext-interaction-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

A unique interaction identifier from other CRM applications.

Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

Examples:
3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
00Dbn00000IxGnx
Accept-Languagestringrequired

The Language locale accepted by the client (used for locale specific fields in resource representation and in error responses).

Enum"en-US""es-ES""fr-FR""it-IT""de-DE""nl-NL""pt-BR""pt-PT""da-DK""ru-RU"
Example: en-US
curl -i -X GET \
  https://api.egain.cloud/knowledge/portalmgr/v4/portals/PROD-1000/articles/PROD-2996/permissions \
  -H 'Accept-Language: en-US' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'x-egain-activity-id: 59237' \
  -H 'x-ext-integration-id: string' \
  -H 'x-ext-interaction-id: string'

Responses

Success

Bodyapplication/json
articleIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$

ID of Article

Example: "EGSP-2433"
permissionsobject(ArticlePermissions)

User permissions on the parent folder.

Response
application/json
{ "articleID": "EGSP-2433", "permissions": { "view": true, "edit": false } }

Get Article Personalization Details

Request

Overview

The Get Article Personalization Details API allows agents to retrieve the personalization tag details of an Article.

Security
oAuthUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
or oAuthOnBehalfOfUser(Required scopes:
https://api.egain.cloud/auth/kno...
)
Path
portalIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the portal being accessed.

A portal ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix, followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-1000
articleIDstring[ 7 .. 20 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4}-\d{4,15}$required

The ID of the Article.

An Article ID is composed of a 2-4 letter prefix followed by a dash and 4-15 digits.

Example: PROD-2996
Query
$langstring

The language that describes the details of a resource. Resources available in different languages may differ from each other.

  • If lang is not passed, then the portal's default language is used.
  • Enum"en-US""fr-FR""en-GB""es-ES""it-IT""nl-NL""da-DA""sv-SE""pt-PT""fi-FI"
    Example: $lang=en-US
    workflowMilestonestring

    Workflow milestone of the Article

    Default "publish"
    Enum"authoring""publish""staging"
    Example: workflowMilestone=publish
    Headers
    x-egain-activity-idstring[ 4 .. 9 ] characters^[0-9]{4,9}$

    A unique numeric interaction identifier from eGain.

    Example: 59237
    x-ext-integration-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

    The unique numeric identifier for a tenant, used in self-service functionality as well as third-party integrations.

    Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

    The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

    Examples:
    3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
    00Dbn00000IxGnx
    x-ext-interaction-idstring<= 40 characters^[\w\W]+$

    A unique interaction identifier from other CRM applications.

    Note: The x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id headers must always be provided together and cannot be supplied independently.

    The x-egain-activity-id may be provided on its own, or it may be provided along with both x-ext-integration-id and x-ext-interaction-id.

    Examples:
    3155180e-0c13-43e9-9c38-e9045bcbf176
    00Dbn00000IxGnx
    Accept-Languagestringrequired

    The Language locale accepted by the client (used for locale specific fields in resource representation and in error responses).

    Enum"en-US""es-ES""fr-FR""it-IT""de-DE""nl-NL""pt-BR""pt-PT""da-DK""ru-RU"
    Example: en-US
    curl -i -X GET \
      'https://api.egain.cloud/knowledge/portalmgr/v4/portals/PROD-1000/articles/PROD-2996/personalization?%24lang=en-US&workflowMilestone=publish' \
      -H 'Accept-Language: en-US' \
      -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
      -H 'x-egain-activity-id: 59237' \
      -H 'x-ext-integration-id: string' \
      -H 'x-ext-interaction-id: string'

    Responses

    Success

    Bodyapplication/json
    accessTagsobject(accessTags)
    filtersobject(filters)
    publishViewsobject(publishViews)
    Response
    application/json
    { "accessTags": { "tagCategory": [] }, "filters": { "tagCategory": [] }, "publishViews": { "publishView": [] } }

    Article Lists

    Article List APIs

    Operations

    Bookmark

    Bookmark APIs

    Operations

    Guided Help

    Guided Help APIs

    Operations

    Portal

    Portal API

    Operations

    Suggestion

    Suggestion APIs

    Operations

    Topic

    Topic APIs

    Operations

    User Details

    User Details APIs

    Operations

    User Milestones

    User Milestones APIs

    Operations

    User Profile

    UserProfile APIs

    Operations

    Federated Search Event

    Federated Search Event API

    Operations

    Connectors Search Events

    Connectors Search Event APIs

    Operations

    Attachment

    Attachment Upload API

    Operations

    Export

    Content Export APIs

    Operations