import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.net.*; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.FilePart; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.StringPart; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.MultipartRequestEntity; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.PartSource; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.ByteArrayPartSource; public class updateRecords { public static void main(String a[]) { try { //----------------------------Fetch Auth Token ---------------------- String authtoken = "Your Auth Token";//If you don't have a authtoken please refer this wiki https://zohocrmapi.wiki.zoho.com/using-authtoken.html String scope = "crmapi"; String recordId = "2000000017028"; String newFormat = "1"; String targetURL = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/updateRecords"; String paramname = "content"; String xmlDataString = "ZohoScottJames11111.0999999999999"; PostMethod post = new PostMethod(targetURL); post.setParameter("authtoken",authtoken); post.setParameter("scope",scope); post.setParameter("newFormat",newFormat); post.setParameter("id",recordId); post.setParameter("xmlData",xmlDataString); HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient(); PrintWriter myout = null; // Execute http request try { long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis(); int result = httpclient.executeMethod(post); System.out.println("HTTP Response status code: " + result); System.out.println(">> Time taken " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - t1)); // writing the response to a file myout = new PrintWriter(new File("response.xml")); myout.print(post.getResponseBodyAsString()); //------------Get response as a string ---------- String postResp = post.getResponseBodyAsString(); System.out.println("postResp=======>"+postResp); } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { myout.close(); post.releaseConnection(); } } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }