Zoho CRM - Attach link URL, instead of an actual file

[LH]

Hi,
I’m trying to add attachments to a Zoho CRM record in the form of a link to Google Drive. The process is described here:

Attach a URL (link) to a record

And in the API docs here:

Upload an Attachment - APIs | Online Help - Zoho CRM

The built in “Upload an attachment” doesn’t seem to support URL. It supports only file uploads. So I tried an API call, but that didn’t work. In fact, the module did run and returned a success (200) response, but nothing happened on Zoho.

Has anyone figured this out?

Thanks

[Bjorn.drivn]

@LH Did you run this with actual data or only the test data we see in screenshot?
If so, whats the output of this and what do you see?

[LH]

Thanks for your reply.
Yes, indeed sent with live data. Here’s the input/output. I truncated the body part of the output as it’s crazy long.

Input:

[
    {
        "url": "v3/CustomModule5/5026427000000710775/Attachments",
        "body": "attachmentUrl=https://www.zohocorp.com",
        "method": "POST",
        "headers": [
            {
                "key": "content-type",
                "value": "multipart/form-data"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Output:

[
    {
        "body": "*Truncated (too long)*,
        "headers": {
            "server": "ZGS",
            "date": "Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:17:50 GMT",
            "content-type": "text/html",
            "content-length": "37069",
            "last-modified": "Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:30:22 GMT",
            "connection": "close",
            "set-cookie": [
                "zip=54.75.157.176|IE|ireland|Dublin|dublin|europe; Path=/; Expires=Wed, 28-Dec-22 19:17:50 GMT"
            ],
            "etag": "\"63a5752e-90cd\"",
            "expires": "Wed, 27 Dec 2023 19:17:50 GMT",
            "cache-control": "max-age=31536000, no-cache",
            "access-control-allow-origin": "*",
            "strict-transport-security": "max-age=63072000",
            "accept-ranges": "bytes"
        },
        "statusCode": 200
    }
]

[Domingo_Vallejo]

Hi @LH,

Zoho is very… particular. In this case, instead of using the body in your API, try to inform the url in the query section. This way works perfectly.

[LH]

@Domingo_Vallejo

inform the url in the query section

WOW, you nailed it!
Indeed works perfectly now.
Thanks!!

Just another small comment for whoever comes here later:
The link name is referred to as “title” and this can be specified on another query item

Will result in this