Zoho Books

Zoho Books Items API

The Items API from Zoho Books — 2 operation(s) for items.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.zoho.com/books/api/v3/introduction/
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Authentication
https://www.zoho.com/books/api/v3/oauth/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zoho-books/refs/heads/main/openapi/zoho-books-items-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

zoho-books-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zoho Books Items API
  description: REST API for Zoho Books, covering invoices, contacts, items, and organizations.
  version: v3
servers:
- url: https://www.zohoapis.com/books/v3
  description: Production (US data center; regional domains include .eu, .in, .com.au, .jp, .ca, .com.cn, .sa)
security:
- ZohoOAuth: []
tags:
- name: Items
paths:
  /items:
    get:
      summary: List items
      operationId: listItems
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Items
    post:
      summary: Create an item
      operationId: createItem
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
      tags:
      - Items
  /items/{item_id}:
    parameters:
    - name: item_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: Retrieve an item
      operationId: getItem
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Items
    put:
      summary: Update an item
      operationId: updateItem
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Items
    delete:
      summary: Delete an item
      operationId: deleteItem
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Items
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ZohoOAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'OAuth 2.0 access token sent as ''Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken {access_token}''.'