Scopes
Zoho WorkDrive APIs use selected scopes, which control the type of resource that the client application can access. Tokens are usually created with various scopes to ensure improved security. For example, you can generate a scope to create or view a Team Folder or to view File Metadata. Scopes contain three parameters: Service Name, Scope Name, and OperationType.The format to define a scope is:scope=ServiceName.ScopeName.OperationType
Example:
https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth?scope=WorkDrive.team.ALLHere, WorkDrive is the service name, scope name would be scopes mentioned in the below table, and ALL is the operation type.
List of Scopes Available in Zoho WorkDrive
| Scope Name | Description |
|---|---|
| team | To access team related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.team.CREATE, WorkDrive.team.READ, WorkDrive.team.UPDATE, WorkDrive.team.DELETE |
| teamfolders | To access team folder related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.teamfolders.CREATE, WorkDrive.teamfolders.READ, WorkDrive.teamfolders.UPDATE, WorkDrive.teamfolders.DELETE |
| teamfolders.sharing | To add or manage members in a team folder. Available scopes: WorkDrive.teamfolders.sharing.CREATE, WorkDrive.teamfolders.sharing.READ, WorkDrive.teamfolders.sharing.UPDATE, WorkDrive.teamfolders.sharing.DELETE |
| teamfolders.admin | To perform admin-related operations in a team folder. Available scopes: WorkDrive.teamfolders.admin.READ |
| groups | To access group related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.groups.CREATE, WorkDrive.groups.READ, WorkDrive.groups.UPDATE, WorkDrive.groups.DELETE |
| files | To access files related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.files.CREATE, WorkDrive.files.READ, WorkDrive.files.UPDATE, WorkDrive.files.DELETE |
| links | To access external links related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.links.CREATE, WorkDrive.links.READ, WorkDrive.links.UPDATE, WorkDrive.links.DELETE |
| comments | To access comments related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.comments.CREATE, WorkDrive.comments.READ, WorkDrive.comments.UPDATE, WorkDrive.comments.DELETE |
| collection | To access collect files related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.collection.CREATE, WorkDrive.collection.READ, WorkDrive.collection.UPDATE, WorkDrive.collection.DELETE |
| datatemplates | To access data templates and custom fields related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.datatemplates.CREATE, WorkDrive.datatemplates.READ, WorkDrive.datatemplates.UPDATE, WorkDrive.datatemplates.DELETE |
| labels | To access labels related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.labels.CREATE, WorkDrive.labels.READ, WorkDrive.labels.UPDATE, WorkDrive.labels.DELETE |
| libraries | To access templates related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.libraries.CREATE, WorkDrive.libraries.READ, WorkDrive.libraries.UPDATE |
| libraries.sharing | To access permission details of a template library. Available scopes: WorkDrive.libraries.sharing.READ |
| libraries.categories | To access template categories related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.libraries.categories.CREATE, WorkDrive.libraries.categories.READ, WorkDrive.libraries.categories.UPDATE |
| securesearch | Required to perform search operations. Available scopes: ZohoSearch.securesearch.READ |
| workflows | To access workflow-related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.workflows.CREATE, WorkDrive.workflows.READ, WorkDrive.workflows.UPDATE, WorkDrive.workflows.DELETE |
| workflowinstances | To access workflow instance-related APIs. Available scopes: WorkDrive.workflowinstances.CREATE, WorkDrive.workflowinstances.READ, WorkDrive.workflowinstances.UPDATE, WorkDrive.workflowinstances.DELETE |
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