Create Contact with Zoho Inventory API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Contact with the Zoho Inventory API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Contact action
1. Connect your Zoho Inventory account
2. Select a Organization
3. Configure Contact Name
4. Optional- Select a Contact Type
5. Optional- Configure Email Address
6. Optional- Configure Phone Number
7. Optional- Configure Website
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

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Create Contact on Zoho Inventory

Description:Create a new contact in Zoho Inventory. [See the docs here](https://www.zoho.com/inventory/api/v1/contacts/#create-a-contact)

Version:0.0.2

Key:zoho_inventory-create-contact

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Code#

import zohoInventory from "../../zoho_inventory.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "zoho_inventory-create-contact",
  name: "Create Contact",
  description: "Create a new contact in Zoho Inventory. [See the docs here](https://www.zoho.com/inventory/api/v1/contacts/#create-a-contact)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    zohoInventory,
    organization: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoInventory,
        "organization",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Contact Name",
      description: "Name of the contact. This can be the name of an organization or the name of an individual",
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Contact Type",
      description: "Type of the contact",
      options: [
        "customer",
        "vendor",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    email: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email Address",
      description: "Email address of the contact",
      optional: true,
    },
    phone: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Phone Number",
      description: "Phone number of the contact",
      optional: true,
    },
    website: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Website",
      description: "Website of the contact",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const params = {
      organization_id: this.organization,
    };
    const data = {
      contact_name: this.name,
      contact_type: this.type,
      website: this.website,
      contact_persons: [
        {
          email: this.email,
          phone: this.phone,
        },
      ],
    };
    const response = await this.zohoInventory.createContact({
      params,
      data,
      $,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created contact ${this.name}`);
    return response;
  },
};

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 Inventory	`zohoInventory`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho Inventory app.
Organization	`organization`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Contact Name	`name`	`string`	Name of the contact. This can be the name of an organization or the name of an individual
Contact Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`customervendor`
Email Address	`email`	`string`	Email address of the contact
Phone Number	`phone`	`string`	Phone number of the contact
Website	`website`	`string`	Website of the contact

Authentication#

Zoho Inventory uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Zoho Inventory account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Zoho Inventory 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 Inventory API.

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

ZohoInventory.settings.READZohoinventory.FullAccess.all