Node JS SDK - Overview

NodeJS SDK offers a way to create client NodeJS applications that can be integrated with Zoho CRM.

Environmental Setup

NodeJS SDK is installable through npm. npm is a tool for dependency management in NodeJS. The SDK expects the following from the client app.

Including the SDK in your project

You can include the SDK to your project using:

  • Client app must have Node (version 12 and above)
  • NodeJS SDK must be installed into client app through npm.
    • Install Node from nodejs.org (if not installed).
    • Install NodeJS SDK. Here's how you install the SDK:
      1. Navigate to the workspace of your client app.
      2. Run the command below:
        
npm install @zohocrm/nodejs-sdk-2.1

The NodeJS SDK will be installed and a package named @zohocrm/nodejs-sdk-2.1 will be created in the local machine.

Another method to install the SDK:

  1. Add dependencies to the package.json of the node server with the latest version (recommended).
  2. Run npm install in the directory which installs all the dependencies mentioned in package.json.
Note

  • The access and refresh tokens are environment-specific and domain-specific. When you handle various environments and domains such as Production, Sandbox, or Developer and IN, CN, US, EU, or AU, respectively, you must use the access token and refresh token generated only in those respective environments and domains. The SDK throws an error, otherwise.
    For example, if you generate the tokens for your Sandbox environment in the CN domain, you must use only those tokens for that domain and environment. You cannot use the tokens generated for a different environment or a domain.

  • For Contact Roles and Records API, you will need to provide the ZohoCRM.settings.fields.ALL scope along with the ZohoCRM.modules.ALL scope while generating the OAuthtoken. Otherwise, the system returns the OAUTH-SCOPE-MISMATCH error

  • For Related Records API, the scopes required for generating OAuthtoken are ZohoCRM.modules.ALL, ZohoCRM.settings.fields.ALL and ZohoCRM.settings.related_lists.ALL. Otherwise, the system returns the OAUTH-SCOPE-MISMATCH error