Vatoo connects to Zendesk via the REST API v2 using API Token authentication, giving your AI bot live read and write access to your support desk. Once connected you can enable individual components · Tickets, Users, Organizations, Groups · and control exactly which operations the bot can perform. Let your bot answer ticket status questions, create new tickets, reply to customers, and escalate automatically · without a human agent touching the keyboard.
Confirm connector availability, your account plan, and required permissions before setup. Test with a non-production record before enabling live actions.
Setup overview · illustrative
API token access is per-agent. The token is associated with the email you use in the next step.
The integration name is just a friendly label. You can name it anything.
Start with read-only. Enable write access only for operations you are confident should be automated.
401 Unauthorized · test connection fails
The agent email and API token combination is wrong. Re-generate the token in Admin Center → Apps and integrations → APIs → Zendesk API. Ensure the email matches the account that owns the token.
Subdomain not found
Enter just the subdomain (e.g. "acme" not "acme.zendesk.com"). EU-hosted accounts may use a different TLD · check your actual login URL.
Search returns empty results
Zendesk search uses a query language. At minimum provide "type:ticket" which Vatoo adds automatically. Add a status or keyword to narrow results.
Create ticket fails · 422 Unprocessable Entity
Subject is required. If providing a requester, the email must be valid. For internal-only tickets you can omit the requester but a comment body is still recommended.
Reply operation fails with 403
The agent associated with the API token may lack permission to update certain tickets. Check the agent's role in Admin Center → People → Team members.
Cannot find Zendesk API option in Admin Center
API token access requires a Zendesk Support plan. The feature is not available on the free trial. Upgrade to at least a Team plan to unlock API tokens.
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