Example 1: Get All Records from the "Contacts" Module
Programming Language
Prerequisite
- JDK 1.6
- commons-codec-1.3.jar, commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar and commons-logging-1.1.jar files are available in the CLASSPATH
Code Snippet
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.FilePart;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.StringPart;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.MultipartRequestEntity;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.PartSource;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.ByteArrayPartSource;
public class TestAPI
{
public static void main(String a[])
{
try
{
/*----------------------------Fetch Ticket from your Zoho CRM Account---------------------------- */
String ticket = getIAMTicket("ZohoCRM","yourusername","yourpassword");
String apikey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; //your API key
/*----------------------------Fetch Ticket from your Zoho CRM Account ---------------------------- */
String targetURL = "http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Contacts/getAllRecords";
String paramname = "content";
PostMethod post = new PostMethod(targetURL);
post.setParameter("ticket",ticket);
post.setParameter("apikey",apikey);
HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
PrintWriter myout = null;
/*-------------------------------------- Execute the http request--------------------------------*/
try
{
long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
int result = httpclient.executeMethod(post);
System.out.println("HTTP Response status code: " + result);
System.out.println(">> Time taken " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - t1));
/*-------------------------------------- Execute the http request--------------------------------*/
/* ---------------------------writing the response to a file--------------------*/
myout = new PrintWriter(new File("response.xml"));
myout.print(post.getResponseBodyAsString());
/* ---------------------------writing the response to a file--------------------*/
/*-----------------------Get response as a string ----------------*/
String postResp = post.getResponseBodyAsString();
System.out.println("postResp=======>"+postResp);
/* ---------------------Get response as a string ----------------------------*/
if(postResp.equals("Invalid Ticket Id"))
{
// generate the ticket id again and call the API
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
myout.close();
post.releaseConnection();
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/*-------------------------Get Ticket ---------------------------------*/
public static String getIAMTicket(String serviceName, String loginId, String password)
{
String strTicket = null;
try {
String iamUrl =
"http://accounts.zoho.com/login?servicename="+serviceName+"&FROM_AGENT=true&LOGIN_ID="+loginId+"&PASSWORD="+password;
URL u = new URL(iamUrl);
HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection)u.openConnection();
InputStream in = c.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader ir=new InputStreamReader(in);
BufferedReader br =new BufferedReader(ir);
String strLine = null;
while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
if(strLine != null && strLine.startsWith("TICKET")) {
strTicket = strLine.substring(7);
}
}
in.close();
}
catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return strTicket;
}
/* --------------------Get Ticket----------------------------------*/
}
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Example 2: Get All Records from the "Contacts" Module
Programming Language
Prerequisite
Code Snippet
<?php
$file = fopen("http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getAllRecords?ticket=<ticket>&apikey=<apikey>", "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while(!feof($file))
{
$theData=fgets($file);
}
fclose($file);
echo $theData;
?>
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Example 3: Insert products into Invoice
API Method: insertRecords
XML Format: http:// crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/insertRecords?apikey=[API Key]&ticket=[Ticket]
XML Data:
<Invoices>
<row no="1">
...all other invoice attributes...
<fieldlabel value="Product Details">
<product no="1">
<fieldlabel value="Product Id">___your_zoho_productId___</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Product Name">___your_zoho_product_name___</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Quantity">1</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="List Price">1.00</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Discount">0</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Total">1.00</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Total After Discount">1.00</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Tax">0</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Net Total">1.00</fieldlabel>
</product>
</fieldlabel> ...any other invoice attributes...
</row>
</Invoices> |
Example 4: Create multiple Potentials for Account
API Method: insertRecords
XML Format: http:// crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/insertRecords?apikey=[API Key]&ticket=[Ticket]
XML Data:
<Accounts>
<row no="1">
<fieldlabel value="AccountId">Your__Account__ID</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Email">test@test.test</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="boolean flag">TRUE</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="First contact">01.01.2009</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Last Login">05.10.2009</fieldlabel>
</row>
</Accounts>
<Potentials>
<row no="1">
<fieldlabel value="Potential Name">First Potential</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Description">description of the potential</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Closing Date">01.04.2009</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Account ID">Your__Account__ID</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Email">test@test.test</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Stage">"-data-"</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="boolean flag">TRUE</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="product">FREE</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Date of Birth">01.01.1970</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Mailing City">Germany</fieldlabel>
</row>
</Potentials> |
Example 5: Insert Date Fields
API Method: insertRecords
XML Format: http:// crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/insertRecords?apikey=[API Key]&ticket=[Ticket]
XML Data:<Accounts>
<row no="1">
<fieldlabel value="Account Name">TestUser</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Email">test@test.test</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="boolean flag">TRUE</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="First contact">01/01/2009</fieldlabel>
<fieldlabel value="Last Login">05/10/2009</fieldlabel>
</row>
</Accounts>' |
Note: Date must be in
MM/dd/yyyy format.
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