Update Record

Purpose

To update a specific record using Widget API.

Request Format

ZOHO.RECRUIT.API.updateRecord
({
"Entity": "{module_api_name}",
"APIData": {request_data }
})

Sample Attributes

The following table gives you specific details about each field type in Zoho Recruit and its limitations.
The JSON type and the data type of the field-types are extracted from fields metadata API.

JSON type - Tells in what format the field should be passed in request-body or will be received in response.
Data type - Tells the type of data that can be stored in the corresponding field type. It is mentioned below each Attribute.

Attribute	JSON Type	Limitations	Sample
Single Line Text	String	Accepts up to 255 characters. Accepts alphanumeric and special characters.	"Last_Name": "Mike O'Leary"
Multi-Line Textarea	String	Small - accepts up to 2000 characters. Large - accepts up to 32000 characters. You will not be able to use this field to create custom views, reports, or other filters. Accepts alphanumeric and special characters.	"Multi_Line_1": "This is the first line \n Now for the Second Line"
Email Email	String	Accepts valid email IDs.	"Email_1": "p.boyle@zylker.com"
Phone Phone	String	Accepts up to 30 characters. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Number of characters allowed in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. Accepts only numeric characters and '+' (to add extensions). The regex pattern in Zoho R3ecruit to validate this field's value is "[0-9a-zA-Z!#;%\\*\\^\$\$=\\{\\}\\[\\]\\?`~_\\-\\.\\$@\\?\\,\\:\\'\\/\\!\\P{InBasicLatin}\\\|\\\\\\s\\+]+"	"Phone_1": "9900000000"
Picklist Picklist	String	You can either pass an existing picklist value or add a new one. The pick list value accepts all alphanumeric and special characters.	"Industry": "automobile"
Multi-Select Picklist Multi-select Picklist	JSON array	You can either pass existing picklist values or add a new one. The picklist value accepts all alphanumeric and special characters.	"Courses_Opted": [ "Analytics", "Big data" ]
Date Date in ISO 8601 format	String	Accepts date in yyyy-MM-dd format	"Date_1": "2017-08-16"
Date/time DateTime in ISO 8601 format	String	Accepts date and time in yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss±HH:mm ISO 8601 format	"Date_Time": "2017-08-16T14:32:23+05:30" Date_Time is in ISO8601 format and the time zone is the current user's time zone.
Number Integer	Integer	Accepts numbers up to 9 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Maximum digits allowed' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. Accepts only numeric values.	"No_of_Employees": 350
Currency Currency	Double	Before decimal point - accepts numbers up to 16 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Maximum digits allowed' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. After decimal point - accepts precision up to 9 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Number of decimal places' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. Accepts only numeric values.	"Annual_Revenue": 250000.90
Decimal Double	Double	Before decimal point - accepts numbers up to 16 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Maximum digits allowed' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. After decimal point - accepts precision up to 9 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Number of decimal places' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. Accepts only numeric values.	"Decimal_1": 250000.50
Percent Double	Double	Accepts numbers up to 5 digits. Accepts only numeric values.	"Percentage": 25
Long Integer BigInt	String	Accepts numbers up to 18 digits. This limit may vary based on the value configured in 'Maximum digits allowed' in the properties pop-up of the field, in UI. Accepts only numeric values.	"EAN_Code":"0012345600012"
Checkbox Boolean	Boolean	Accepts only Boolean values(true,false).	"Email_Opt_Out": true
URL Website	String	Accepts valid URLs. The regex pattern in Zoho Recruit to validate this field's value is "^(http:\\/\\/www.\|https:\\/\\/www.\|ftp:\\/\\/www.\|www.\|http:\\/\\/\|https:\\/\\/\|ftp:\\/\\/\|){1}[^\\x00-\\x19\\x22-\\x27\\x2A-\\x2C\\x2E-\\x2F\\x3A-\\x40\\x5B-\\x5E\\x60\\x7B\\x7D-\\x7F]+(\\.[^\\x00-\\x19\\x22\\x24-\\x2C\\x2E-\\x2F\\x3C\\x3E\\x40\\x5B-\\x5E\\x60\\x7B\\x7D-\\x7F]+)+(\\/[^\\x00-\\x19\\x22\\x3C\\x3E\\x5E\\x7B\\x7D-\\x7D\\x7F])$"	"URL": "https://www.zylker.com"
Lookup Lookup	JSON object	Accepts valid name and unique ID of the record, which you can get through metadata API.	"Lookup" : { "name" : "James", "id" : "425248000000104001" }
Multi-select lookup Multi-Select Lookup	JSON array	Accepts valid record names and unique IDs.	"Accounts":[ { "Account_Name":"Zylker1", "id":"4150868000000420069" }, { "Account_Name":"Zylker", "id":"4150868000000420046" } ]
User User Lookup	JSON object	This is a default look-up field for users in Zoho Recruit.	"User": { "name":"Patricia Boyle", "id":"4150868000000623001" }

JavaScript

Sample Request


				ZOHO.RECRUIT.API.updateRecord({
    "Entity": "Candidates",
    "APIData": {
        "id": "486812000001660001",
        "email": "paul.daly@zylker.com"
    },
    "Trigger": ["workflow"]
}).then(function(successResponse) {
    console.log(successResponse);
}, function(errorResponse) {
    console.log(errorResponse);
});

Sample Response


				{
                "data": 
                [{
	            "id": "486812000001660002",
	            "City": Berlin,
	            "First_Name": "Paul",
	        },
	        {
	            "id": "486812000001660001",
	            "Email": paul.daly@zylker.com,
	            "Last_Name": "Daly",
	        }]
}