Insert Subform Data

Purpose

To insert a new record with subforms in a module.

Request Details

Request URL

https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/{module_api_name}

Supported modules

Leads, Accounts, Contacts, Deals, Campaigns, Solutions, Products, Vendors, Custom, and Notes

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Scope

scope=ZohoCRM.modules.{module_name}.{operation_type}

Possible module names

leads, accounts, contacts, deals, campaigns, solutions, products, vendors, custom, and notes

Possible operation types

ALL - Full access to a record
WRITE - Edit records in a module
CREATE - Create records in a module

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Leads"
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
-d "@newlead.json"
-X POST
8.0.0
Copiedpackage com.zoho.crm.api.sample.restapi.subform;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
public class InsertSubformData 
{
	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		try
		{
			HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();
			SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
			SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
			CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();
			URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1");
			HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpPost(uriBuilder.build());
			HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase requestBase = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase) requestObj;
			JSONObject requestBody = new JSONObject();
			JSONArray recordArray = new JSONArray();
			JSONObject recordObject = new JSONObject();
			recordObject.put("FieldAPIName", "FieldAPIValue");
			recordArray.put(recordObject);
			requestBody.put("data", recordArray);
			requestBase.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestBody.toString(), HTTP.UTF_8));
			requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx");
			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);
			HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
			System.out.println("HTTP Status Code : " + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
			if(responseEntity != null)
			{
				Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
				String responseString = responseObject.toString();
				System.out.println(responseString);
			}
		}
		catch(Exception ex)
		{
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}
7.x
Copied<?php

class InsertSubformData
{
    public function execute(){
        $curl_pointer = curl_init();
        
        $curl_options = array();
        $url = "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1";

        $curl_options[CURLOPT_URL] =$url;
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER] = true;
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_HEADER] = 1;
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST] = "POST";
        $requestBody = array();
        $recordArray = array();
        $recordObject = array();
        $recordObject["FieldAPIName"]="FieldAPIValue";
        
        $recordArray[] = $recordObject;
        $requestBody["data"] =$recordArray;
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS]= json_encode($requestBody);
        $headersArray = array();
        
        $headersArray[] = "Authorization". ":" . "Zoho-oauthtoken " . "1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf";
        
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER]=$headersArray;
        
        curl_setopt_array($curl_pointer, $curl_options);
        
        $result = curl_exec($curl_pointer);
        $responseInfo = curl_getinfo($curl_pointer);
        curl_close($curl_pointer);
        list ($headers, $content) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $result, 2);
        if(strpos($headers," 100 Continue")!==false){
            list( $headers, $content) = explode( "\r\n\r\n", $content , 2);
        }
        $headerArray = (explode("\r\n", $headers, 50));
        $headerMap = array();
        foreach ($headerArray as $key) {
            if (strpos($key, ":") != false) {
                $firstHalf = substr($key, 0, strpos($key, ":"));
                $secondHalf = substr($key, strpos($key, ":") + 1);
                $headerMap[$firstHalf] = trim($secondHalf);
            }
        }
        $jsonResponse = json_decode($content, true);
        if ($jsonResponse == null && $responseInfo['http_code'] != 204) {
            list ($headers, $content) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $content, 2);
            $jsonResponse = json_decode($content, true);
        }
        var_dump($headerMap);
        var_dump($jsonResponse);
        var_dump($responseInfo['http_code']);
        
    }
    
}
(new InsertSubformData())->execute();
8.x
Copiedusing System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
namespace Com.Zoho.Crm.API.Sample.RestAPI.Subform
{
    public class InsertSubformData
    {
        public static void InsertSubformRecords()
        {
            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1");
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.Headers["Authorization"] = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.abfeXXXXXXXXXXX2asw.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXsdc2";
            JObject requestBody = new JObject();
            JArray recordArray = new JArray();
            JObject recordObject = new JObject();
            recordObject.Add("Name1", "FieldAPIValue");
            recordArray.Add(recordObject);
            requestBody.Add("data", recordArray);
            string dataString = requestBody.ToString();
            var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(dataString);
            int dataLength = data.Length;
            request.ContentLength = dataLength;
            using (var writer = request.GetRequestStream())
            {
                writer.Write(data, 0, dataLength);
            }
            request.KeepAlive = true;
            HttpWebResponse response;
            try
            {
                response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                if (e.Response == null) { throw; }
                response = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response;
            }
            HttpWebResponse responseEntity = response;
            Console.WriteLine("HTTP Status Code : " + (int)response.StatusCode);
            string responsestring = new StreamReader(responseEntity.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
            responseEntity.Close();
            Console.WriteLine(responsestring);
        }
    }
}
3.x.x
Copieddef insert_subform_data():
    import requests
    import json

    url = 'https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1'

    headers = {
        'Authorization' : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.04be928e4a96XXXXXXXXXXXXX68.0b9eXXXXXXXXXXXX60396e268"
    }

    request_body = {}
    record_list = []

    record_object = {
        'fieldAPIName': 'fieldValue'
    }

    record_list.append(record_object)
    request_body['data'] = record_list

    response = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(request_body).encode('utf-8'))

    if response is not None:
        print("HTTP Status Code : " + str(response.status_code))

        print(response.json())

insert_subform_data()
10.x
Copiedasync function insertSubformData() {
    const got = require('got');
    
    let url = 'https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1'

    let headers = {
        Authorization : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
    }

    let requestBody = {}
    let recordArray = []

    let recordObject = {
        'FieldAPIName': 'FieldAPIValue',
    }
    recordArray.push(recordObject)

    requestBody['data'] = recordArray

    let requestDetails = {
        method : "POST",
        headers : headers,
        body : JSON.stringify(requestBody),
        encoding: "utf8",
        throwHttpErrors : false
    };
    
    let response = await got(url, requestDetails)
    
    if(response != null) {
        console.log(response.statusCode);
        console.log(response.body);
    }
}
insertSubformData()
2.x.x
Copiedclass InsertSubformData
    def execute
       
        url ="https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1"
        url = URI(url)
        req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.request_uri)
        http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
        http.use_ssl = true
        headers={}
        headers["Authorization"]="Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.50XXXXXXXXX&77e3a.44XXXXXXXXX8353"
        headers&.each { |key, value| req.add_field(key, value) }
       
        request_body = {};
        record_array = [];
        record_object = {};
        record_object["FieldAPIName"] = "FieldAPIValue";      
        record_array = [record_object];
        request_body["data"] =record_array; 
        request_json = request_body.to_json
        req.body = request_json.to_s
        response=http.request(req)
        status_code = response.code.to_i
        headers = response.each_header.to_h
        print status_code
        print headers
        unless response.body.nil?
            print  response.body
        end
    end
end

InsertSubformData.new.execute
ES6
Copiedvar listener = 0;
class InsertSubformData {

	async insertSubformRecords() {
		var url = "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Subform_1"
        var parameters = new Map()
        var headers = new Map()
        var token = {
            clientId:"1000.NPY9M1V0XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXF7H",
            redirectUrl:"http://127.0.0.1:5500/redirect.html",
            scope:"ZohoCRM.users.ALL,ZohoCRM.bulk.read,ZohoCRM.modules.ALL,ZohoCRM.settings.ALL,Aaaserver.profile.Read,ZohoCRM.org.ALL,profile.userphoto.READ,ZohoFiles.files.ALL,ZohoCRM.bulk.ALL,ZohoCRM.settings.variable_groups.ALL"
        }
        var accesstoken = await new InsertSubformData().getToken(token)
        headers.set("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken " + accesstoken)
        var requestMethod = "POST"
        var reqBody ={"data":[
			{
				"FieldAPIName": "FieldAPIValue"
			}
		]}
        var params = "";
        parameters.forEach(function(value, key) {
            if (parameters.has(key)) {
                if (params) {
                    params = params + key + '=' + value + '&';
                }
                else {
                    params = key + '=' + value + '&';
                }
            }
        });
        var apiHeaders = {};
        if(headers) {
            headers.forEach(function(value, key) {
                apiHeaders[key] = value;
            });
        }
        if (params.length > 0){
            url = url + '?' + params.substring(0, params.length - 1);
        }
        var requestObj = {
            uri : url,
            method : requestMethod,
            headers : apiHeaders,
            body : JSON.stringify(reqBody),
            encoding: "utf8",
            allowGetBody : true,
			throwHttpErrors : false
        };
        var result = await new InsertSubformData().makeAPICall(requestObj);
        console.log(result.status)
        console.log(result.response)
	}

    async getToken(token) {

        if(listener == 0) {

            window.addEventListener("storage", function(reponse) {
                if(reponse.key === "access_token" && (reponse.oldValue != reponse.newValue || reponse.oldValue == null)){
                    location.reload();
                }
                if(reponse.key === "access_token"){

                    sessionStorage.removeItem("__auth_process");
                }
            }, false);
            listener = 1;
            if(sessionStorage.getItem("__auth_process")) {
                sessionStorage.removeItem("__auth_process");
            }
        }
        ["granted_for_session", "access_token","expires_in","expires_in_sec","location","api_domain","state","__token_init","__auth_process"].forEach(function (k) {
            var isKeyExists = localStorage.hasOwnProperty(k);
            if(isKeyExists) {
                sessionStorage.setItem(k, localStorage[k]);
            }
            localStorage.removeItem(k);
        });
        var valueInStore = sessionStorage.getItem("access_token");
        var tokenInit = sessionStorage.getItem("__token_init");
        if(tokenInit != null && valueInStore != null && Date.now() >= parseInt(tokenInit) + 59 * 60 * 1000){ // check after 59th minute
            valueInStore = null;
            sessionStorage.removeItem("access_token");
        }

        var auth_process = sessionStorage.getItem("__auth_process");
        if ((valueInStore == null && auth_process == null) || (valueInStore == 'undefined' && (auth_process == null || auth_process == "true"))) {
            var accountsUrl = "https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth"
            var clientId;
            var scope;
            var redirectUrl;
            if(token != null) {
                clientId = token.clientId;
                scope = token.scope;
                redirectUrl = token.redirectUrl;
            }

            var fullGrant = sessionStorage.getItem("full_grant");
            var grantedForSession = sessionStorage.getItem("granted_for_session");
            if(sessionStorage.getItem("__token_init") != null && ((fullGrant != null && "true" == full_grant) || (grantedForSession != null && "true" == grantedForSession))) {
                accountsUrl += '/refresh';
            }
            if (clientId && scope) {
                sessionStorage.setItem("__token_init", Date.now());
                sessionStorage.removeItem("access_token");
                sessionStorage.setItem("__auth_process", "true");
                window.open(accountsUrl + "?" + "scope" + "=" + scope + "&"+ "client_id" +"=" + clientId + "&response_type=token&state=zohocrmclient&redirect_uri=" + redirectUrl);
                ["granted_for_session", "access_token","expires_in","expires_in_sec","location","api_domain","state","__token_init","__auth_process"].forEach(function (k) {
                    var isKeyExists = localStorage.hasOwnProperty(k);
                    if(isKeyExists){
                        sessionStorage.setItem(k, localStorage[k]);
                    }
                    localStorage.removeItem(k);
                });
                valueInStore = sessionStorage.getItem("access_token");
            }
        }
        if(token != null && valueInStore != 'undefined'){
            token.accessToken = valueInStore;
        }
        return token.accessToken;
    }

    async makeAPICall(requestDetails) {
        return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
            var body, xhr, i;
            body = requestDetails.body || null;
            xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
            xhr.withCredentials = true;
            xhr.open(requestDetails.method, requestDetails.uri, true);
            for (i in requestDetails.headers) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader(i, requestDetails.headers[i]);
            }
            xhr.send(body);
            xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
                if(xhr.readyState == 4) {
                    resolve(xhr);
                }
            }
        })
    }
}
CopiedLanguagesData = List();
	LanguagesData.add({"Proficiency": "Native","Languages_Known": "English"});
	LanguagesData.add({"Proficiency": "Professional","Languages_Known": "French"});
	
	LeadData = Map();
	LeadData.put("Last_Name", "Contact_test");
	LeadData.put("Email", "contact_test@xyz.com");
	LeadData.put("Company", "Test");
	LeadData.put("Languages", LanguagesData);
	LeadData.put("Availability", [{"Weekends":"false","Weekdays":"true"}]);
	
	LeadDataList = List();
	LeadDataList.add(LeadData);
	
	paramsMap = Map();
	paramsMap.put("data", LeadDataList);
	
	response = invokeurl
[
	url: "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/Leads"
	type: POST
	parameters: paramsMap.toString()
	connection:"crm_oauth_connection"
];
info response;

In the request, @newlead.json contains the sample input data.

Note
  • To add multiple subforms, enter the input in the following format.
    {
    “data”: [
    {
    ....
    Subform_1: [
    {
    sub_form_data
    },
    ],
    ...
    },
    {
    ....
    Subform_2: [
    {
    sub_form_data
    },
    ],
    ...
    }
    ]
    }

  • A module can have a maximum of two subforms for all editions except Ultimate. The Ultimate edition can have a maximum of 5 subforms.

  • Every module can have a maximum of 200 subform records with each subform having a maximum of 100 records.

  • A maximum of 5 aggregate custom fields are available for a subform.

  • You must use only Field API names in the input. You can obtain the field API names from:

    • Fields metadata API (the value for the key “api_name” for every field). (Or)

    • Setup > Developer Space > APIs > API Names > {{Module}}. Choose “Fields” from the “Filter By” drop-down.

  • If there are no JSON objects given within the subform attribute, that subform will be deleted.

Sample Input

Copied{
    "data": [
        {
            "Last_Name": "Contact_test",
            "Email": "contact_test@xyz.com",
            "Languages": [
                {
                    "Proficiency": "Native",
                    "Languages_Known": "English"
                },
                {
                    "Proficiency": "Professional",
                    "Languages_Known": "French"
                }
            ],
            "Availability":[
            	{
            		"Weekends":false,
            		"Weekdays":true
            	}]
        }
    ]
}

Here, "Languages" and "Availability" are two subforms in the Leads module. "Proficiency" and "Languages_Known" are custom picklists in Languages subform. "Weekends" and "Weekdays" are boolean fields in Availability subform.

Possible Errors

  • INVALID_MODULEHTTP 400

    The module name given seems to be invalid
    Resolution: You have specified an invalid module name or there is no tab permission, or the module could have been removed from the available modules. Specify a valid module API name.

  • INVALID_MODULEHTTP 400

    The given module is not supported in API
    Resolution: The modules such as Documents and Projects are not supported in the current API. (This error will not be shown, once these modules are been supported). Specify a valid module API name.

  • INVALID_URL_PATTERNHTTP 404

    Please check if the URL trying to access is a correct one
    Resolution: The request URL specified is incorrect. Specify a valid request URL. Refer to request URL section above.

  • OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCHHTTP 401

    Unauthorized
    Resolution: Client does not have ZohoCRM.modules.{module_name}.CREATE scope. Create a new client with valid scope. Refer to scope section above.

  • NO_PERMISSIONHTTP 403

    Permission denied to add records
    Resolution: The user does not have permission to add subform records. Contact your system administrator.

  • INTERNAL_ERRORHTTP 500

    Internal Server Error
    Resolution: Unexpected and unhandled exception in Server. Contact support team.

  • INVALID_REQUEST_METHODHTTP 400

    The http request method type is not a valid one
    Resolution: You have specified an invalid HTTP method to access the API URL. Specify a valid request method. Refer to endpoints section above.

  • AUTHORIZATION_FAILEDHTTP 400

    User does not have sufficient privilege to add subform records
    Resolution: The user does not have the permission to add subform records. Contact your system administrator.

  • INVALID_DATAHTTP 202

    invalid data
    Resolution: The input specified is incorrect. Specify valid input.

  • MANDATORY_NOT_FOUNDHTTP 202

    required field not found
    Resolution: You have not specified one or more mandatory fields in the input. Refer to Fields Metadata API to know the mandatory fields.

Sample Response

Copied{
    "data": [
        {
            "code": "SUCCESS",
            "details": {
                "Modified_Time": "2019-04-23T16:57:01+05:30",
                "Modified_By": {
                    "name": "Patricia Boyle",
                    "id": "554023000000235011"
                },
                "Created_Time": "2019-04-23T16:57:01+05:30",
                "id": "554023000000480721",
                "Created_By": {
                    "name": "Patricia Boyle",
                    "id": "554023000000235011"
                }
            },
            "message": "record added",
            "status": "success"
        }
    ]
}