Create Sales Order with Zoho Inventory API on Custom Interval from Schedule API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the Custom Interval trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Create Sales Order action
1. Connect your Zoho Inventory account
2. Select a Organization
3. Select a Customer
4. Select one or more Item
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#

Custom Interval on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow every N hours, minutes or seconds.

Version:0.0.2

Key:schedule-custom-interval

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Schedule Overview#

With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:

Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule.
Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline.
Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.

Trigger Code#

import schedule from "../../schedule.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Custom Interval",
  version: "0.0.2",
  key: "schedule-custom-interval",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow every N hours, minutes or seconds.",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
    },
  },
};

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
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Create Sales Order on Zoho Inventory

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

Version:0.0.1

Key:zoho_inventory-create-order

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Zoho Inventory Overview#

The Zoho Inventory API gives developers the ability to build innovative and
dynamic applications that enable businesses to manage the selling, buying, and
organizing of inventory. With this API, developers can tailor their
applications with the features to enable businesses to make the most of their
inventory.

The Zoho Inventory API has many features, including:

Creation and management of vendors, customers, and items
Ability to keep track of inventory stock in warehouses, sale orders, and
purchase orders
Automation of sales, purchases, and warehousing operations
Ability to manage taxes, currency exchange rates, ships, carriers, and more
Access to real-time reports on sale and purchase orders

With the Zoho Inventory API, you can create the following applications:

Customized e-commerce website for customers
Inventory management system for warehouses
Dynamic order processing and invoicing system
Automated purchasing system for vendors
Robust billing system for customers
Mobile app for sales and inventory tracking
Real-time reporting system for analyzing sales and purchases
Comprehensive e-commerce platform that integrates with other apps

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "zoho_inventory-create-order",
  name: "Create Sales Order",
  description: "Create a new sales order in Zoho Inventory. [See the docs here](https://www.zoho.com/inventory/api/v1/salesorders/#create-a-sales-order)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    zohoInventory,
    organization: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoInventory,
        "organization",
      ],
    },
    customer: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoInventory,
        "customer",
      ],
    },
    items: {
      propDefinition: [
        zohoInventory,
        "items",
      ],
      withLabel: true,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    for (const item of this.items) {
      props[item.label] = {
        type: "string",
        label: `Quantity of ${item.label}`,
        description: `Enter the line item quantity for item ${item.label}`,
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const params = {
      organization_id: this.organization,
    };
    const data = {
      customer_id: this.customer,
      line_items: [],
    };
    for (const item of this.items) {
      data.line_items.push({
        item_id: item.value,
        quantity: this[item.label],
      });
    }
    const response = await this.zohoInventory.createSalesOrder({
      params,
      data,
      $,
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created sales order");
    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 Inventory	`zohoInventory`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho Inventory app.
Organization	`organization`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Customer	`customer`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Item	`items`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action 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