# Zendesk Chat Departments API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/chat-departments/  
**Provider:** Zendesk — https://apis.io/providers/zendesk/  
**Base URL:** https://www.zopim.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/live-chat/chat-api/departments/

Zendesk Chat Departments API is one of 150 APIs that [Zendesk](https://apis.io/providers/zendesk/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Chat and Departments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Zendesk Chat Departments API lets you get or set department information for your Chat instance. Departments enable you to route chats to specific groups of agents, configure operating hours, and organize your chat support by team or function.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/live-chat/chat-api/departments/

## Other Zendesk APIs (12)

- [Zendesk Help Center Articles API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-articles/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Sections API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-sections/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Categories API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-categories/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Translations API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-translations/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Article Attachments API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-article-attachments/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Article Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-article-comments/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Article Labels API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-article-labels/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Topics API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-topics/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Posts API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-posts/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Post Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-post-comments/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Votes API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-votes/)
- [Zendesk Help Center Content Subscriptions API](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/help-center-content-subscriptions/)

## Tags

Chat, Departments

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/zendesk/chat-departments/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/zendesk/.