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Topic

Topics are used to group solutions.

Attributes

id (long)
Unique identifier to identify the topic

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

name (string)
Name to identify topic 

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example 

Sample Content

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of the topic 

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of this topic

Example 

{
  "topic": {
    "name": "test-parent-topic-name",
    "id": "100000000000033785"
  }
}

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic 

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic

Example 

{
  "owner": {
    "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
    "name": "test_technician",
    "id": "100000000000033455"
  }
}

solution_count (long)read only
Indicates number of solutions are listed under that topic 

solution_count (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

Add Topic

This operation allows you to create a new topic

Mandatory Fields :- name

Url

/api/v3/topics

Attributes

id (long)
Unique identifier to identify the topic

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

name (string)
Name to identify topic 

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example 

Sample Content

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of the topic 

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of this topic

Example 

{
  "topic": {
    "name": "test-parent-topic-name",
    "id": "100000000000033785"
  }
}

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic 

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic

Example 

{
  "owner": {
    "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
    "name": "test_technician",
    "id": "100000000000033455"
  }
}

solution_count (long)read only
Indicates number of solutions are listed under that topic 

solution_count (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500


$ curl <url>//api/v3/topics\
      -X POST\
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      -d input_data='{
    "topic": {
        "name": "test-topic-name",
        "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007150"
        }
    }
}'

// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>//api/v3/topics";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {
    "topic": {
        "name": "test-topic-name",
        "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007150"
        }
    }
};
params = {"input_data": input_data};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: POST
    parameters: params
    headers: headers
];
info response;

#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>//api/v3/topics"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'
{
    "topic": {
        "name": "test-topic-name",
        "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007150"
        }
    }
}
'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method post -Body $data -Headers $headers
$response

#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>//api/v3/topics"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{
    "topic": {
        "name": "test-topic-name",
        "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007150"
        }
    }
}'''
data = urlencode({"input_data":input_data}).encode()
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,data=data, method="POST")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())

{
    "response_status":{
        "status_code":2000,
        "status":"success"
    },
    "topic":{
        "id":"100000000000043005",
        "name":"test-topic-name",
        "parent_topic":{
            "id": "100000000000007150",
            "name":"General",
            "parent_topic":null
        },
  "owner":null,
        "solution_count":0
    }
}

Edit Topic

This operation allows to edit a solution topic. Mandatory Field(s):Topic id

Url

/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}

Attributes

id (long)
Unique identifier to identify the topic

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

name (string)
Name to identify topic 

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example 

Sample Content

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of the topic 

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of this topic

Example 

{
  "topic": {
    "name": "test-parent-topic-name",
    "id": "100000000000033785"
  }
}

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic 

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic

Example 

{
  "owner": {
    "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
    "name": "test_technician",
    "id": "100000000000033455"
  }
}

solution_count (long)read only
Indicates number of solutions are listed under that topic 

solution_count (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500


$ curl <url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}\
      -X PUT\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      -d input_data='{
 "topic": {
  "name": "test-topic-name-edited",
  "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007129"
        },
        "owner": {
            "id": "100000000000033455"
        }
 }
}'

// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {
 "topic": {
  "name": "test-topic-name-edited",
  "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007129"
        },
        "owner": {
            "id": "100000000000033455"
        }
 }
};
params = {"input_data": input_data};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: PUT
    parameters: params
    headers: headers
];
info response;

#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
$headers = @{"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'
{
 "topic": {
  "name": "test-topic-name-edited",
  "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007129"
        },
        "owner": {
            "id": "100000000000033455"
        }
 }
}
'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method put -Body $data -Headers $headers
$response

#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{
 "topic": {
  "name": "test-topic-name-edited",
  "parent_topic": {
            "id": "100000000000007129"
        },
        "owner": {
            "id": "100000000000033455"
        }
 }
}'''
data = urlencode({"input_data":input_data}).encode()
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,data=data, method="PUT")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())

{
    "response_status":{
        "status_code":2000,
        "status":"success"
    },
    "topic":{
        "id":"100000000000043005",
        "name":"test-topic-name-edited",
        "parent_topic":{
            "id": "100000000000007129",
            "name":"Hardware",
            "parent_topic":null
        },
        "owner": {      
        "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
        "name": "test_technician",
        "id": "100000000000033455"
        },
        "solution_count":0
    }
}

Get Topic

This operation helps to get a single Topic  Mandatory Field(s):Topic Id

Url

/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}

Attributes

id (long)
Unique identifier to identify the topic

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

name (string)
Name to identify topic 

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example 

Sample Content

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of the topic 

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of this topic

Example 

{
  "topic": {
    "name": "test-parent-topic-name",
    "id": "100000000000033785"
  }
}

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic 

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic

Example 

{
  "owner": {
    "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
    "name": "test_technician",
    "id": "100000000000033455"
  }
}

solution_count (long)read only
Indicates number of solutions are listed under that topic 

solution_count (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500


$ curl -G <url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}\
      -X GET\
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};          
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    headers: headers
];
info response;

#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}  
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method get -Headers $headers 
$response

#Python version - 3.8
#This script requires requests module installed in python.
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>//api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers)
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())

{
    "response_status":{
        "status_code":2000,
        "status":"success"
    },
    "topic":{
        "id":"100000000000043005",
        "name":"test-topic-name-edited",
        "parent_topic":{
            "id": "100000000000007129",
            "name":"Hardware",
            "parent_topic":null
        },
        "owner": {      
        "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
        "name": "test_technician",
        "id": "100000000000033455"
        },
        "solution_count":0
    }
}

Get List Topic

This operation helps to get the list of all topics

Url

/api/v3/topics

Attributes

id (long)
Unique identifier to identify the topic

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500

name (string)
Name to identify topic 

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example 

Sample Content

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of the topic 

parent_topic (topic)
Indicates the parent topic of this topic

Example 

{
  "topic": {
    "name": "test-parent-topic-name",
    "id": "100000000000033785"
  }
}

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic 

owner (technician)
Indicates the owner of the topic

Example 

{
  "owner": {
    "email_id": "test_technician@zmail.com",
    "name": "test_technician",
    "id": "100000000000033455"
  }
}

solution_count (long)read only
Indicates number of solutions are listed under that topic 

solution_count (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example 

234759602834500


$ curl -G <url>//api/v3/topics\
      -X GET\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      --data-urlencode input_data='{}'

// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>//api/v3/topics";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {};
params = {"input_data":input_data};           
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    parameters:params
    headers: headers
];
info response;

#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>//api/v3/topics"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'{}'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}    
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method get -Body $data -Headers $headers 
$response

#Python version - 3.8
#This script requires requests module installed in python.
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>//api/v3/topics"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{}'''       
url += "?" + urlencode({"input_data":input_data})
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers)
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())

{
    "response_status":[{
        "status_code":2000,
        "status":"success"
    }],
    "list_info":{
        "has_more_rows":true,
        "sort_field":"name",
        "row_count":10
    },
    "topics":[
        {
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000005411"},
            "name":"Customizations",
            "id":"100000000000005415",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000007129"},
            "name":"Desktop Hardware",
            "id":"100000000000007132",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":null,
            "name":"General",
            "id":"100000000000007150",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":null,
            "name":"Hardware",
            "id":"100000000000007129",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000007144"},
            "name":"Internet",
            "id":"100000000000007147",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":null,
            "name":"Network",
            "id":"100000000000007144",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000007129"},
            "name":"Printers",
            "id":"100000000000007135",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000007129"},
            "name":"Routers","id":"100000000000007138",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000005409"},
            "name":"ServiceDesk Plus",
            "id":"100000000000005411",
            "solution_count":0
        },{
            "owner":null,
            "parent_topic":{"id":"100000000000005411"},
            "name":"Settings",
            "id":"100000000000005413",
            "solution_count":0
        }
    ]
}

Delete Topic

This operation allows to delete a topic Mandatory Field(s):Topic Id

Url

api/v3/topics/{topic_id}


$ curl <url>/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}\
      -X DELETE\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: DELETE
    headers: headers
];
info response;

#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method delete -Headers $headers
$response

#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/topics/{topic_id}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,method="DELETE")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())

{
  "response_status": {
    "status_code": 2000,
    "status": "success"
  }
}