Chilkat Online Tools

Python / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Upload Files to Zoho File System (ZFS)

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import sys
import chilkat2

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat2.Http()

req = chilkat2.HttpRequest()
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/crm/v2/files"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
success = req.AddFileForUpload2("file"," path to file","application/octet-stream")

req.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer <access_token>")
req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.SynchronousRequest("domain.com",443,True,req)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(resp.Header)
    print("Failed.")

    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "data": [
#     {
#       "code": "SUCCESS",
#       "details": {
#         "name": "logo.png",
#         "id": "ca6ef5d8dd44cb1394394046ad4335df7b1108e8feb89715a15f4c100a2a3c9f"
#       },
#       "message": "logo.png uploaded Succeessfully",
#       "status": "success"
#     }
#   ]
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
while i < count_i :
    jResp.I = i
    code = jResp.StringOf("data[i].code")
    Name = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.name")
    Id = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.id")
    message = jResp.StringOf("data[i].message")
    status = jResp.StringOf("data[i].status")
    i = i + 1

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/files

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upload Files to Zoho File System (ZFS)",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "file",
          "type": "file",
          "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/files",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "files"
      ]
    },
    "description": "To upload files to the Zoho File System."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "SUCCESS RESPONSE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/logo.png"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/files",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2",
            "files"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 11 May 2021 15:59:52 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "194"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-11T16:58:15+00:00"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4027076"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "748ecbe82ec7e144b66ee25f264bbd88"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=15768000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"SUCCESS\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"name\": \"logo.png\",\n                \"id\": \"ca6ef5d8dd44cb1394394046ad4335df7b1108e8feb89715a15f4c100a2a3c9f\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"logo.png uploaded Succeessfully\",\n            \"status\": \"success\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_REQUEST",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/SampleCSVFile.zip"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/file",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2",
            "file"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 11 May 2021 16:01:17 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "192"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_REQUEST\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"unable to process your request. please verify whether you have entered proper method name, parameter and parameter values.\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/SampleCSVFile.zip"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/files",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2",
            "files"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 11 May 2021 16:01:38 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "98"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"Authentication failed\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_REQUEST",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/files",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2",
            "files"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Thu, 13 May 2021 06:45:56 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "192"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_REQUEST\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"unable to process your request. please verify whether you have entered proper method name, parameter and parameter values.\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}