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Zoho People Forms API

Custom and standard form record operations.

Zoho People Forms API is one of 7 APIs that Zoho People publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Forms. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, rate-limit docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 8 base URLs: https://people.zoho.com/people/api, https://people.zoho.eu/people/api, https://people.zoho.in/people/api, https://people.zoho.com.au/people/api, https://people.zoho.jp/people/api, https://people.zoho.com.cn/people/api, https://people.zohocloud.ca/people/api, https://people.zoho.sa/people/api.

3 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://people.zoho.com/people/api
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zoho People Forms API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (ZohoOAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 13 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ZohoOAuth2 — Zoho Accounts OAuth 2.0 — Authorization Code grant. Access tokens live for 1 hour; refresh tokens are long-lived until revoked. Scope syntax is ZOHOPEOPLE. . w…

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Forms 3

Custom and standard form record operations.

GET
/forms/{formName}/records
List Form Records
listFormRecords 4 params → 200
POST
/forms/{formName}/records
Insert Form Record
insertFormRecord 1 param body → 200
POST
/forms/{formName}/updateRecord
Update Form Record
updateFormRecord 2 params body → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is FormRecord (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FormRecord
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

zoho-people-forms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Zoho People publishes across the network.

Zoho People Attendance API
Zoho People Automation API
Zoho People Dashboard API
Zoho People Employee API
Zoho People Leave API
Zoho People Time Tracker API