Create With Web Url

Purpose

To create a document via Web URL.

Quick Reference

Property	Value
Method	POST
Request URL	https://{zohoapis_domain}/writer/api/v1/documents
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
url	String	Mandatory	Specify the Web URL (which is publicly accessible) through which the document needs to be created.
filename	String	Optional	Specify a unique name for the document.
folder_id	String	Optional	Specify a folder name, if you would like the document to be created in a particular folder or location.
resource_type	String	Optional	Specify the type of document which needs to be created. Possible values: fillable/merge/sign

Notes

For possible errors, refer to error codes.

Sample Request

Curl Deluge

Copiedcurl -X POST "https://www.zohoapis.com/writer/api/v1/documents" \
  -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/sample.docx","filename":"webdoc"}'

Copiedparam = Map();
param.put("url","https://example.com/document.docx");
response = invokeurl
[
	url :"https://www.zohoapis.com/writer/api/v1/documents"
	type :POST
	parameters:param
	connection:"<connection_name>"
];
info response;

Sample Response

Copied{
  "created_time": "2018-05-08T14:04:31Z",
  "role": "OWNER",
  "owner_id": "4579020",
  "parent_folder_id": "ponaz1ba3eac63b1242848a24c7561c5ed9fe",
  "open_url": "https://writer.zoho.com/writer/open/ponazaad72ae3cb0143aca0763ecd5acb87e1",
  "is_favourite": false,
  "document_id": "ponazaad72ae3cb0143aca0763ecd5acb87e1",
  "created_by": "Amelia",
  "version": "1.0",
  "document_name": "Invoice template",
  "modified_time": "2018-05-08T14:04:32Z",
  "preview_url": "https://writer.zoho.com/writer/preview/ponazaad72ae3cb0143aca0763ecd5acb87e1",
  "creator_id": "4579020",
  "download_url": "https://writer.zoho.com/api/v1/download/ponazaad72ae3cb0143aca0763ecd5acb87e1",
  "document_properties": "https://writer.zoho.com/api/v1/documents/ponazaad72ae3cb0143aca0763ecd5acb87e1",
  "lastmodified_by": [
    {
      "email_id": "amelia@zylker.com",
      "profile_photo": "https://contacts.zoho.com/file?t=user&ID=4579020&fs=thumb",
      "user_id": "4579020",
      "display_name": "Amelia"
    }
  ]
}