Chilkat Online Tools

VB6 / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Leads

Back to Collection Items

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

Dim req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/photo"
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"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("domain.com",443,1,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "code": "SUCCESS",
'   "details": {},
'   "message": "photo uploaded successfully",
'   "status": "success"
' }

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

Dim code As String
code = jResp.StringOf("code")
Dim message As String
message = jResp.StringOf("message")
Dim status As String
status = jResp.StringOf("status")

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
https://domain.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/photo

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Leads",
  "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/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/photo",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2.1",
        "Leads",
        "{{record_id}}",
        "photo"
      ]
    },
    "description": "To add record image. You must include the photo in the request with content type as multipart/form data."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "SUCCESS RESPONSE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/508939.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:12:33 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "90"
        },
        {
          "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-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4002155"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"SUCCESS\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"photo uploaded successfully\",\n    \"status\": \"success\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_MODULE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/508939.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Lead/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Lead",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:12:58 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "133"
        },
        {
          "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-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4002155"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_MODULE\",\n    \"details\": {\n        \"resource_path_index\": 0\n    },\n    \"message\": \"the module name given seems to be invalid\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PATCH",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/508939.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:14:19 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "124"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "deny"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"The http request method type is not a valid one\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/508939.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:14:39 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_DATA (File type)",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/Bulk_Write_Contacts.csv"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unsupported Media Type",
      "code": 415,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:15:32 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "84"
        },
        {
          "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_DATA\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"invalid file type\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_DATA (Record ID)",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/415086800000494300/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "415086800000494300",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:18:58 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "99"
        },
        {
          "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-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4002155"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_DATA\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"the id given seems to be invalid\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "FILE_SIZE_MORE_THAN_ALLOWED_SIZE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/laika-notebooks-pONH9yZ-wXg-unsplash.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unsupported Media Type",
      "code": 415,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:16:48 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "204"
        },
        {
          "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-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4002155"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"FILE_SIZE_MORE_THAN_ALLOWED_SIZE\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"Image resolution is more than allowed limit 10 MP, please upload after resizing image dimension or choose other image\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCH",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "type": "file",
              "src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Lead/4150868000004943003/photo",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Lead",
            "4150868000004943003",
            "photo"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 13:31:15 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "113"
        },
        {
          "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\": \"OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCH\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"invalid oauth scope to access this URL\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}