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Same email address in request duplicates ticket messages
Posted Oct 01, 2021
Hey! I have a problem.
I am using zendesk for support in my game.
When a user wants to contact support, he fills in the form fields and I send a POST request to /api/v2/requests.json.
The data in the request is pretty simple.
{
"request": {
"requester": {
"name": "{{userName}}",
"email": "{{userEmail}}"
},
"subject" : "Help me!",
"comment": {
"body": "{{userMessage}}"
}
}
}
where userName, userEmail and userMessage are the fields that the user fills in
So the problem is that when a user sends more than 1 message with the same email address, I get different tickets with a text (body) inside, similar to the first message.
Example:
User send
{
"request": {
"requester": {
"name": "John",
"email": "john@test.com"
},
"subject" : "Help me!",
"comment": {
"body": "Help me please!"
}
}
}
I receive a ticket with ID 10 and the text "Help me please!"
After that user send another request
{
"request": {
"requester": {
"name": "John",
"email": "john@test.com"
},
"subject" : "Help me!",
"comment": {
"body": "I change my mind"
}
}
}
I receive a ticket with ID 11 and the text "Help me please!"
And all the next tickets with the email address john@test.com will be new, with a new ID, but with the text “Help me please!”.
Am I doing something wrong?
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3 comments
Tipene Hughes
Hey @...
Thanks for reaching out!
In the case of updating a request, you’ll need to be using the PUT method together with the request ID. This link will go into a bit more detail:
https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ticketing/tickets/ticket-requests/#update-request
I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Tipene
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Victor Kurushin
Tipene Hughes Thank you for you answer!
But what if I don't want to update an already created ticket and want to create a new ticket with the same email address?
Besides, a new ticket is created with new ID, only the text of the ticket is duplicated.
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Tipene Hughes
Hi Victor,
That's definitely strange that the comment body would be duplicating on new requests! Would you mind sending me the relevant files so I can take a look at the code? Just be sure to redact any sensitive information.
Thanks!
Tipene
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