Create Template With Content

Purpose

To create template with content parameter. The template will be created along with the content that you provided in the request body.

Quick Reference

Property	Value
Method	POST
Request URL	https://{zohoapis_domain}/writer/api/v1/templates
Scopes	ZohoWriter.documentEditor.ALL, ZohoPC.files.ALL, WorkDrive.files.ALL, WorkDrive.organization.ALL, WorkDrive.workspace.ALL
Rate Limit	See Writer API throttle limits

Parameters

Body Parameters

Parameter	Data Type	Mandatory/Optional	Description
content	File	Mandatory	Provide the required content in your API request body.
type	String	Optional	Specify the type (either personal or organization ) of templates that needs to be created. For example: type = personal / organization By default, personal templates will be created.
name	String	Optional	Specify a unique name for the template.
password	String	Optional	If the provide input file is password protected, then you can specify that password via this parameter.

Notes

PDF file format is not supported during import.
For possible errors, refer to error codes.

Sample Request

Curl Deluge

Copiedcurl -X POST "https://www.zohoapis.com/writer/api/v1/templates" \
  -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
  -F "content=@template.docx" \
  -F "type=personal" \
  -F "name=Template with Content"

Copiedparam = Map();
param.put("type","personal");
fileMap = Map();
fileMap.put("content",file("/Users/zylker/Downloads/invoice.docx"));
response = invokeurl
[
	url :"https://www.zohoapis.com/writer/api/v1/templates"
	type :POST
	parameters:param
	files:fileMap
	connection:"<connection_name>"
];
info response;

Sample Response

Copied{
    		"created_time": "2019-08-28T16:30:33Z",
    		"modified_time_ms": 1567009834477,
    		"owner_id": "14335411",
    		"last_opened_time": "2019-08-28T16:30:33Z",
    		"open_url": "https://writer.zoho.com/writer/template/a7iyybadb",
    		"last_opened_time_ms": 1567009833936,
    		"type": "template",
    		"thumbnail_url":"https://writer.zoho.com/writer/thumbnail/a7iyybadb",
    		"created_by": "amelia",
    		"created_time_ms": 1567009833936,
    		"modified_time": "2019-08-28T16:30:34Z",
    		"preview_url": "https://writer.zoho.com/writer/zwpreview/a7iyybadbb8",
    		"creator_id": "11122329",
    		"name": " Sample Name",
    		"id": "a7iyybadbb8b74e1147638bad04abc161e79e",
    		"permalink": "https://docs.zoho.com/file/a7iyybadb"
		"status": "active"
}