Upload a Photo

Purpose

To attach a photo to a record. You must include the photo in the request with content type as multipart/form data.

Request Details

Request URL

{api-domain}/crm/{version}/{module_api_name}/{record_id}/photo

Supported modules

Leads, Contacts, Accounts, Products, Vendors, and custom modules

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Scope

scope=ZohoCRM.modules.ALL
(or)
scope=ZohoCRM.modules.{module_name}.{operation_type}

Possible module names

leads, contacts, accounts, products, vendors and custom modules

Possible operation types

ALL - Full access to images
WRITE - Edit photo data
CREATE - Create photo data

Parameters

  • restrict_triggersstring, optional

    Use this parameter to prevent the system from triggering associated workflows. Specify the value as "workflow".

Input

  • filefile, mandatory

    Choose the photo you want to upload. The allowed image formats are: PNG, JPEG, JPG, GIF, and BMP.

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/3000000038009/photo?restrict_triggers=workflow"
-X POST
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
-F "file=@img1.png"
3.0.08.0
CopiedString moduleAPIName = "Leads";
Long recordId = 3477061000005177002L;
String absoluteFilePath = "/Users/use_name/Desktop/image.png";

//Get instance of RecordOperations Class
RecordOperations recordOperations = new RecordOperations();

//Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
FileBodyWrapper fileBodyWrapper = new FileBodyWrapper();

//Get instance of StreamWrapper class that takes absolute path of the file to be attached as parameter
StreamWrapper streamWrapper = new StreamWrapper(absoluteFilePath);

//Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
fileBodyWrapper.setFile(streamWrapper);

//Call uploadPhoto method that takes recordId, FileBodyWrapper instance and moduleAPIName  as parameter
APIResponse < FileHandler > response = recordOperations.uploadPhoto(recordId, moduleAPIName, fileBodyWrapper);
Copiedpackage com.zoho.crm.api.sample.restapi.filesandattachments;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
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.mime.MultipartEntityBuilder;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.ByteArrayBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
public class UploadaPhoto 
{
	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/v2.1/Leads/34770617711001/photo");
			HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpPost(uriBuilder.build());
			HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase requestBase = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase) requestObj;
			requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx");
			MultipartEntityBuilder multipartEntity = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
			java.io.File file = new java.io.File("/Users/username/Desktop/zoho.jpeg");
			@SuppressWarnings("resource")
			InputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file);
			byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
			ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
			int bytesRead;
			while ((bytesRead = stream.read(buffer)) != -1)
			{
			    output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
			}
			multipartEntity.addPart("file", new ByteArrayBody(output.toByteArray(), file.getName()));
			requestBase.setEntity(multipartEntity.build());
			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);
			HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
			Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
			String responseString = responseObject.toString();
			System.out.println(responseString);
		}
		catch(Exception ex)
		{
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}
4.0.0
Copied//Get instance of RecordOperations Class
$recordOperations = new RecordOperations();
//Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
$fileBodyWrapper = new FileBodyWrapper();
//Get instance of StreamWrapper class that takes absolute path of the file to be attached as parameter
$streamWrapper = new StreamWrapper(null, null, $absoluteFilePath);
//Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
$fileBodyWrapper->setFile($streamWrapper);
//Call uploadPhoto method that takes FileBodyWrapper instance, moduleAPIName and recordId as parameter
$response = $recordOperations->uploadPhoto($recordId, $moduleAPIName,$fileBodyWrapper);
Copied<?php

class UploadPhoto
{
	public function execute(){
        $curl_pointer = curl_init();
        
        $curl_options = array();
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_URL] = "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/3524033000005495065/photo";
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER] = true; 
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_HEADER] = 1;
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST] = "POST";
        $fileName = "pic.png";
        $filePath = "/Users/test/Desktop/pic.png";
        $file = fopen($filePath, "rb");
        $fileData = fread($file, filesize($filePath));
        $date = new \DateTime();
        
        $current_time_long= $date->getTimestamp();
        
        $lineEnd = "\r\n";
        
        $hypen = "--";
        
        $contentDisp = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\""."file"."\";filename=\"".$fileName."\"".$lineEnd.$lineEnd;
        
        
        $data = utf8_encode($lineEnd);
        
        $boundaryStart = utf8_encode($hypen.(string)$current_time_long.$lineEnd) ;
        
        $data = $data.$boundaryStart;
        
        $data = $data.utf8_encode($contentDisp);
        
        $data = $data.$fileData.utf8_encode($lineEnd);
        
        $boundaryend = $hypen.(string)$current_time_long.$hypen.$lineEnd.$lineEnd;
        
        $data = $data.utf8_encode($boundaryend);
        
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS]= $data;
        $headersArray = array();
        
        $headersArray = ['ENCTYPE: multipart/form-data','Content-Type:multipart/form-data;boundary='.(string)$current_time_long];
        $headersArray[] = "content-type".":"."multipart/form-data";
        $headersArray[] = "Authorization". ":" . "Zoho-oauthtoken " ."1000.30f3a589XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX4077.dc5XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXee9e7c171c";
        
        $curl_options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER]=$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 UploadPhoto())->execute();
3.0.08.x
Copied//Get instance of RecordOperations Class
RecordOperations recordOperations = new RecordOperations();
//Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
FileBodyWrapper fileBodyWrapper = new FileBodyWrapper();
//Get instance of StreamWrapper class that takes absolute path of the file to be attached as parameter
StreamWrapper streamWrapper = new StreamWrapper(absoluteFilePath);
//Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
fileBodyWrapper.File = streamWrapper;
//Call UploadPhoto method that takes recordId, moduleAPIName and FileBodyWrapper instance  as parameter
APIResponse<FileHandler> response = recordOperations.UploadPhoto(recordId, moduleAPIName, fileBodyWrapper);
Copiedusing System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
namespace Com.Zoho.Crm.API.Sample.RestAPI.FilesandAttachments
{
    public class UploadaPhoto
    {
        public static void UploadPhoto()
        {
            string boundary = "----FILEBOUNDARY----";
            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/34770617711001/photo");
            request.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.Headers["Authorization"] = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.abfeXXXXXXXXXXX2asw.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXsdc2";
            request.KeepAlive = true;
            FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo("/Users/abc-123/Desktop/zoho.jpeg");
            string name = fileInfo.Name;
            Stream stream = fileInfo.OpenRead();
            Stream fileDataStream = new MemoryStream();
            var boundarybytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("\r\n--" + boundary + "\r\n");
            var endBoundaryBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("\r\n--" + boundary + "--");
            string headerTemplate = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{0}\"; filename=\"{1}\"\r\n" + "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n";
            fileDataStream.Write(boundarybytes, 0, boundarybytes.Length);
            var header = string.Format(headerTemplate, "file", name);
            var headerbytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(header);
            fileDataStream.Write(headerbytes, 0, headerbytes.Length);
            var buffer = new byte[1024];
            var bytesRead = 0;
            while ((bytesRead = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) != 0)
            {
                fileDataStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            }
            fileDataStream.Write(endBoundaryBytes, 0, endBoundaryBytes.Length);
            request.ContentLength = fileDataStream.Length;
            using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
            {
                fileDataStream.Position = 0;
                byte[] tempBuffer = new byte[fileDataStream.Length];
                fileDataStream.Read(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
                fileDataStream.Close();
                requestStream.Write(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
            }
            HttpWebResponse response;
            try
            {
                response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                if (e.Response == null) { throw; }
                response = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response;
            }
            HttpWebResponse responseEntity = response;
            string responsestring = new StreamReader(responseEntity.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
            responseEntity.Close();
            Console.WriteLine(responsestring);
        }
    }
}
3.0.03.x.x
Copied# Get instance of RecordOperations Class
record_operations = RecordOperations()
# Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
request = FileBodyWrapper()
"""
StreamWrapper can be initialized in any of the following ways
* param 1 -> fileName 
* param 2 -> Read Stream.
"""
# stream_wrapper = StreamWrapper(stream=open(absolute_file_path, 'rb'))
"""
* param 1 -> fileName
* param 2 -> Read Stream
* param 3 -> Absolute File Path of the file to be attached
"""
stream_wrapper = StreamWrapper(file_path=absolute_file_path)
# Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
request.set_file(stream_wrapper)
# Call uploadPhoto method that takes FileBodyWrapper instance, module_api_name and record_id as parameter
response = record_operations.upload_photo(record_id, module_api_name, request)
Copieddef upload_photo():
    import requests

    url = 'https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/3409643000003088001/photo'

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

    request_body = {
        'file': open('/Users/aswin-7455/Documents/SDK-workspace/latest-git-csez/python/latest/zohocrm-python-sdk/img_2.png', 'rb')
    }

    response = requests.post(url=url, files=request_body, headers=headers)

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

        print(response.json())

upload_photo()
1.0.010.x
Copied//Get instance of RecordOperations Class
let recordOperations = new RecordOperations();
//Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
let request = new FileBodyWrapper();
/** StreamWrapper can be initialized in any of the following ways */ 
/**
 * param 1 -> fileName 
 * param 2 -> Read Stream.
 */
let streamWrapper = new StreamWrapper(null, fs.createReadStream(absoluteFilePath));
/**
 * param 1 -> fileName
 * param 2 -> Read Stream
 * param 3 -> Absolute File Path of the file to be attached
 */
// let streamWrapper = new StreamWrapper(null, null, absoluteFilePath);
//Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
request.setFile(streamWrapper);
//Call uploadPhoto method that takes FileBodyWrapper instance, moduleAPIName and recordId as parameter
let response = await recordOperations.uploadPhoto(recordId, moduleAPIName, request);
Copiedasync function uploadPhoto() {
    const got = require("got");
    const FormData = require("form-data");
    const fs = require("fs");

    let url = 'https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/3409643000003088001/photo'
    
    let headers = {
        Authorization : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
    }

    let requestBody = new FormData()
    requestBody.append('file', fs.createReadStream('/Users/abc-123/Desktop/img.png'))

    let requestDetails = {
        method : "POST",
        headers : headers,
        body : requestBody,
        encoding: "utf8",
        throwHttpErrors : false
    }

    let response = await got(url, requestDetails)
    
    if(response != null) {
        console.log(response.statusCode);
        console.log(response.body);
    }
}
uploadPhoto()
2.1.0
Copied# Get instance of RecordOperations Class
rr = Record::RecordOperations.new
# Get instance of FileBodyWrapper class that will contain the request file
fbw = Record::FileBodyWrapper.new
# """
# StreamWrapper can be initialized in any of the following ways

# * param 1 -> fileName
# * param 2 -> Read Stream.
# * param 3 -> Absolute File Path of the file to be attached
# """
# stream_wrapper = StreamWrapper.new(name,stream,absolutefilepath)
sw = Util::StreamWrapper.new(nil, nil, absolute_file_path)
# Set file to the FileBodyWrapper instance
fbw.file = sw
# Call uploadPhoto method that takes FileBodyWrapper instance, module_api_name and record_id as parameter
response = rr.upload_photo(record_id, module_api_name,fbw )
Copiedrequire 'net/http'
require 'json'

class UploadPhoto 

    def execute
      
        url = "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/3524033000005495065/photo"
        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.dfa7XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX84f9665840.c176aeXXXXXXXXXXXX13f3d37a84d"
        headers&.each { |key, value| req.add_field(key, value) }
        file_path = "/Users/test/Desktop/pic.png"
        file = File.open(file_path)
        data=[["file",file.read, { filename: "pic.png" }]]
        req.set_form(data,'multipart/form-data')
        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
UploadPhoto.new.execute
Copiedphoto = invokeUrl
[
	url: "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1212572524128563200/w2ub-ATf_400x400.jpg"
	type: GET
];
photo.setParamName("file");
response = invokeurl
[
	url: "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2.1/{module_api_name}/{record_id}/photo"
	type: POST
	files: photo
	connection:"crm_oauth_connection"
];

In the request, "file=@img1.png" contains the sample input image.

Possible Errors

  • INVALID_MODULEHTTP 400

    The module name given seems to be invalid
    Resolution: You have specified an invalid module name. Specify a valid module API name. Refer to the possible module names section above.

  • 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. Refer to the possible module names section above.

  • 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 upload photo
    Resolution: The user does not have permission to upload photo. 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 upload photo
    Resolution: The user does not have the permission to upload photo. Contact your system administrator.

  • INVALID_DATAHTTP 400

    the related id given seems to be invalid
    Resolution: The related record ID specified in the URL is invalid. Refer to Get Related Records API to get valid related record IDs.

  • FILE_SIZE_MORE_THAN_ALLOWED_SIZEHTTP 415

    please check if the file size is in the correct range
    Resolution: The photo you are trying to upload either exceeds the allowed size(10 MB) or the allowed resolution(10 MP). Ensure that the photo being uploaded is within the prescribed range.

Sample Response

Copied{
    "message": "photo uploaded successfully",
    "details": {},
    "status": "success",
    "code": "SUCCESS"
}