Zoho Books API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Zoho Books API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Zoho Books: Manage invoices, expenses, taxes, reconciliation, and financial reports. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Zoho Books request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Zoho Books connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Zoho Books action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/zohoBooks/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Zoho Books connection. Then call an action such as List Organizations:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/zohoBooks/latest/actions/list-organizations" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Zoho Books account. See Zoho Books API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

Zoho Books actions

All 25 published actions for this Zoho Books version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Bill
• POSTCreate Contact
• POSTCreate Customer Payment
• POSTCreate Estimate
• POSTCreate Invoice
• POSTCreate Item
• GETGet Bill
• GETGet Contact
• GETGet Estimate
• GETGet Invoice
• GETGet Item
• GETList Bills
• GETList Contacts
• GETList Customer Payments
• GETList Estimates
• GETList Invoices
• GETList Items
• GETList Organizations
• GETRetrieve Customer Payment
• PUTUpdate Bill
• PUTUpdate Contact
• PUTUpdate Customer Payment
• PUTUpdate Estimate
• PUTUpdate Invoice
• PUTUpdate Item

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