Chilkat Online Tools

Python / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Contacts

Back to Collection Items

import sys
import chilkat

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_Path("/crm/v2/Contacts/{{record_id}}/Attachments")
req.put_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.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print(str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print(resp.bodyStr())

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Contacts",
  "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/Contacts/{{record_id}}/Attachments",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "{{record_id}}",
        "Attachments"
      ]
    },
    "description": "To attach a file to a record. You must include the attachment in the request with content type as multipart/form data."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}