Create Row with Zoho Sheet API on New Response Received (Instant) from Zoho Forms API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Zoho Forms trigger and Zoho Sheet action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Response Received (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Zoho Forms account
2. Select a Form Link Name
Configure the Create Row action
1. Connect your Zoho Sheet account
2. Select a Worksheet
3. Select a Worksheet
4. Optional- Configure Header Row
5. Configure JSON Data
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New Response Received (Instant) on Zoho Forms

Description:Emit new event when a specific form receive a new response.

Version:0.0.1

Key:zoho_forms-new-response-received-instant

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Zoho Forms Overview#

Zoho Forms API allows you to automate interactions with your forms and the data you collect. Leveraging Pipedream, you can harness this API to trigger workflows upon new form submissions, manipulate form entries, and sync data with other services. Pipedream’s serverless platform simplifies integrating Zoho Forms with hundreds of other apps, empowering you to create custom, scalable workflows without hosting or managing servers.

Trigger Code#

import zohoForms from "../../zoho_forms.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  key: "zoho_forms-new-response-received-instant",
  name: "New Response Received (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event when a specific form receive a new response.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    zohoForms,
    db: "$.service.db",
    http: "$.interface.http",
    formLinkName: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoForms,
        "formLinkName",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    setHookId(hookId) {
      this.db.set("hookId", hookId);
    },
    getHookId() {
      return this.db.get("hookId");
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const response = await this.zohoForms.createHook({
        params: {
          "webhooks_url": this.http.endpoint,
          "formlinkname": this.formLinkName,
        },
      });

      this.setHookId(response.webhook_id);
    },
    async deactivate() {
      await this.zohoForms.deleteHook({
        params: {
          "webhook_id": this.getHookId(),
          "formlinkname": this.formLinkName,
        },
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ body }) {
    const ts = Date.parse(body.ADDED_TIME_ISO8601);

    this.$emit(body, {
      id: body.IP_ADDRESS + ts,
      summary: "New response received",
      ts: ts,
    });
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Zoho Forms	`zohoForms`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho Forms app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Form Link Name	`formLinkName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

Zoho Forms uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Zoho Forms account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Zoho Forms and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Zoho Forms API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

ZohoForms.forms.READ

About Zoho Forms#

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Action#

Create Row on Zoho Sheet

Description:Creates a new row in the specified worksheet. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/sheet/help/api/v2/)

Version:0.0.1

Key:zoho_sheet-create-row

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Zoho Sheet Overview#

The Zoho Sheet API allows you to manipulate spreadsheet data programmatically. Imagine harnessing this functionality within Pipedream's ecosystem, where you can automate data flows, sync information across platforms, and generate reports with ease. With Pipedream, you can trigger workflows using events from numerous apps, fetch or push data to Zoho Sheet, analyze or transform this data, and even automate notifications based on the results.

Action Code#

import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import zohoSheet from "../../zoho_sheet.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "zoho_sheet-create-row",
  name: "Create Row",
  description: "Creates a new row in the specified worksheet. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/sheet/help/api/v2/)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    zohoSheet,
    workbookId: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoSheet,
        "workbookId",
      ],
    },
    worksheet: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoSheet,
        "worksheet",
        ({ workbookId }) => ({
          workbookId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    headerRow: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Header Row",
      description: "Default value is 1. This can be mentioned if the table header is not in the first row of the worksheet.",
      optional: true,
    },
    data: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoSheet,
        "data",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.zohoSheet.createRow({
      $,
      workbookId: this.workbookId,
      data: {
        worksheet_id: this.worksheet,
        header_row: this.headerRow || 1,
        json_data: JSON.stringify(parseObject(this.data)),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created a row in the worksheet: ${response.sheet_name}`);
    return response;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Zoho Sheet	`zohoSheet`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho Sheet app.
Worksheet	`workbookId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Worksheet	`worksheet`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Header Row	`headerRow`	`integer`	Default value is 1. This can be mentioned if the table header is not in the first row of the worksheet.
JSON Data	`data`	`string[]`	An array of objects of the data for the row content, including the column headers as keys. Example: {"Name":"Joe","Region":"South","Units":284}

Action Authentication#

Zoho Sheet uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Zoho Sheet account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Zoho Sheet and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Zoho Sheet API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

ZohoSheet.dataAPI.UPDATEZohoSheet.dataAPI.READ