The Creator API is a RESTful web service that exposes the data stored in Zoho Creator applications to external systems. Using standard HTTP methods, an external application can fetch records from a Creator form, add new records, update existing ones, or delete them, just as a user would through the front-end interface but done programmatically over a network request.
Creator API calls use OAuth 2.0 for authentication. The calling application obtains an access token from Zoho’s OAuth endpoint using client credentials or an authorisation code flow, and includes the token in the Authorization header of each API request. Creator’s API documentation provides the exact endpoint patterns for each operation, using the application link name and form link name in the URL path.
The Creator API is used when external systems need to interact with Creator data: a mobile app that pushes field data into a Creator form, a legacy system that reads Creator records as its data source, a Zoho Flow or Zapier integration that syncs records between Creator and another platform, or a custom dashboard that queries Creator data for display outside the Creator portal.
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