Upload File

Purpose

To upload a CSV file in ZIP format for bulk write API. The response contains the file_id. Use this ID while making the bulk write request.

For modules that have subforms, line items, multi-select lookup, and multi-user lookup, you can zip multiple CSV files together. For example, if your Leads module has a subform, then Leads is the parent and subform is the child. So, you must prepare two CSV files and zip them together to import data from both in a single bulk write job.

Endpoints

Request Details

Request URL

https://content.zohoapis.com/crm/v4/upload

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

feature: bulk-write - To indicate this is a bulk write job

X-CRM-ORG: zgid - The unique ID (zgid) of your organization obtained through the Organization API

Scope

scope=ZohoFiles.files.ALL

Input form-data

  • filefile, mandatory

    Choose the zip file you want to upload.

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://content.zohoapis.com/crm/v4/upload"
-X POST
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
-H "X-CRM-ORG: 56xxxx47"
-H "feature: bulk-write"
-F "file=@file.csv.zip"

Possible Errors

  • INVALID_FILE_FORMATHTTP 400

    The file you uploaded is not in the zip format.
    Resolution: Upload the file only in the zip format.

  • FILE_TOO_LARGEHTTP 413

    The file size is too large to process.
    Resolution: The maximum file size is 25MB.

  • 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 ZohoFiles.files.ALL. Create a new client with valid scope. Refer to scope section above.

  • NO_PERMISSIONHTTP 403

    Permission denied to create
    Resolution: The user does not have permission to upload files. 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 create.
    Resolution: The user does not have the permission to upload file. Contact your system administrator.

Note

Refer to the Limitations to know the CSV file limits.

Sample Response

Copied{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "FILE_UPLOAD_SUCCESS",
    "message": "file uploaded.",
    "details": {
        "file_id": "111111000001492610",
        "created_time": "2018-12-31T12:00:00-12:00"
    }
    }