Insert Contact Roles
Purpose
To add new contact roles.
Endpoints
Request Details
Request URL
{api-domain}/crm/{version}/Contacts/roles
Header
Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
Scope
scope=ZohoCRM.modules.ALL
(or)
scope=ZohoCRM.modules.contacts.{operation_type}
Possible operation types
ALL - Full access to contacts
WRITE - Edit records in the contacts module
CREATE - Create records in the contacts module
Sample Request
Copiedcurl "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v4/Contacts/roles"
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
-d "@newcontactrole.json"
-X POST
Input JSON Keys
To add contact roles, send a POST request with request body containing the following attributes:
- namestring, mandatory
Specify the name of the contact role.
Example: Sales Lead - sequence_numberinteger, optional
Specify the position of the contact role in the picklist in CRM UI.
You can insert a maximum of 100 contact roles per API call.
Sample Input
Copied{
"contact_roles": [
{
"name": "Sales Lead",
"sequence_number": 1
},
{
"name": "Quality Control",
"sequence_number": 2
}
]
}
Possible Errors
- 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.contacts.CREATE scope. Create a new client with valid scope. Refer to scope section above. - NO_PERMISSIONHTTP 403
Permission denied to create records
Resolution: The user does not have permission to create records. 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 add variables
Resolution: The user does not have the permission to add variables. Contact your system administrator. - DUPLICATE_DATAHTTP 400
duplicate data
Resolution: You have specified a duplicate value for "name" field. Specify a unique contact role name in the request input. - INVALID_DATAHTTP 400
invalid data
Resolution: The input specified for "sequence_number" key is incorrect. Refer to Input JSON Keys section above and specify the valid input. - MANDATORY_NOT_FOUNDHTTP 400
required field not found
Resolution: Specify "name" key in your request input. - LIMIT_EXCEEDEDHTTP 400
Contact Role feature limit exceeded
Resolution: You can only have a maximum of 100 contact roles.
Sample Response
Copied{
"contact_roles": [
{
"code": "SUCCESS",
"details": {
"id": "4150868000003611011"
},
"message": "contact role added",
"status": "success"
},
{
"code": "SUCCESS",
"details": {
"id": "4150868000003611012"
},
"message": "contact role added",
"status": "success"
}
]
}