Zoho Sheet Data API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Zoho Sheet Data API
  description: >
    REST API for reading, writing, and manipulating Zoho Sheet spreadsheet data.
    Supports workbook management, worksheet operations, cell content manipulation,
    chart management, tabular data operations, pivot tables, and merge templates.
    Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with scopes for read and update access.
    All data API requests use POST with a method parameter to specify the operation.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Zoho Sheet Support
    url: https://sheet.zoho.com/help/api/v2/
  termsOfService: https://www.zoho.com/terms.html
  license:
    name: Zoho API Terms
    url: https://www.zoho.com/terms.html
externalDocs:
  description: Zoho Sheet Data API v2 Documentation
  url: https://sheet.zoho.com/help/api/v2/
servers:
  - url: https://sheet.zoho.com/api/v2
    description: Zoho Sheet API server (US)
  - url: https://sheet.zoho.eu/api/v2
    description: Zoho Sheet API server (EU)
  - url: https://sheet.zoho.com.au/api/v2
    description: Zoho Sheet API server (AU)
  - url: https://sheet.zoho.in/api/v2
    description: Zoho Sheet API server (IN)
security:
  - oauthToken: []
tags:
  - name: Workbook
    description: Operations on Zoho Sheet workbooks (spreadsheet files)
  - name: Worksheet
    description: Operations on worksheets (tabs/sheets) within a workbook
  - name: Cell Content
    description: Reading and writing cell data, formulas, and formatting
  - name: Chart
    description: Chart creation and management within spreadsheets
  - name: Tabular Data
    description: Row/column tabular data operations
  - name: Pivot Table
    description: Pivot table creation and management
  - name: Merge Template
    description: Merge template operations for document generation
  - name: Utility
    description: Utility and helper API operations
paths:
  /{resource_id}:
    post:
      summary: Zoho Sheet Data API dispatcher
      description: >
        All Zoho Sheet Data API operations are dispatched via POST to the resource URL.
        The specific operation is controlled by the `method` form parameter.
        The resource_id is the unique identifier of the spreadsheet (workbook).
      operationId: dispatchSheetOperation
      tags:
        - Workbook
      parameters:
        - name: resource_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Unique identifier of the Zoho Sheet workbook (resource_id from the spreadsheet URL)
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              oneOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReadSpreadsheetRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WriteSpreadsheetRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetSpreadsheetContentRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddWorksheetRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RenameWorksheetRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteWorksheetRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReadTabularDataRequest'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WriteTabularDataRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful API response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request - missing or invalid parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or expired OAuth token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - insufficient scope or permissions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded - API calls blocked for 5 minutes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - oauthToken: ['ZohoSheet.dataAPI.READ']
components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauthToken:
      type: oauth2
      description: Zoho OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          refreshUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          scopes:
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.READ: Read spreadsheet data
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.UPDATE: Write and update spreadsheet data
        implicit:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth
          scopes:
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.READ: Read spreadsheet data
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.UPDATE: Write and update spreadsheet data
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v3/device/token
          scopes:
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.READ: Read spreadsheet data
            ZohoSheet.dataAPI.UPDATE: Write and update spreadsheet data
  schemas:
    ReadSpreadsheetRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for reading spreadsheet cell data
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [worksheet.records.fetch]
          description: API method identifier for reading worksheet records
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet to read from
        header_row:
          type: integer
          description: Row number to treat as header (1-indexed)
          default: 1
        start_row_index:
          type: integer
          description: Row index to start reading from (1-indexed)
        row_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of rows to read
        start_column_index:
          type: integer
          description: Column index to start reading from (1-indexed)
        column_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of columns to read
    WriteSpreadsheetRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for writing cell data to a spreadsheet
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
        - cell_data
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [worksheet.records.add, worksheet.records.update]
          description: API method identifier for writing worksheet records
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet to write to
        header_row:
          type: integer
          description: Row number treated as header (1-indexed)
          default: 1
        cell_data:
          type: string
          description: JSON string array of row data objects to write
    GetSpreadsheetContentRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for getting spreadsheet content/metadata
      required:
        - method
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [workbook.data.get]
          description: API method identifier for getting workbook content
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Optional worksheet name to filter content
    AddWorksheetRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for adding a new worksheet
      required:
        - method
        - new_sheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [worksheet.create]
          description: API method identifier for creating a worksheet
        new_sheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name for the new worksheet
        sheet_index:
          type: integer
          description: Position index for the new worksheet
    RenameWorksheetRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for renaming a worksheet
      required:
        - method
        - old_sheet_name
        - new_sheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [worksheet.rename]
          description: API method identifier for renaming a worksheet
        old_sheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Current name of the worksheet
        new_sheet_name:
          type: string
          description: New name for the worksheet
    DeleteWorksheetRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for deleting a worksheet
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [worksheet.delete]
          description: API method identifier for deleting a worksheet
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet to delete
    ReadTabularDataRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for reading tabular (structured) data
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [tabular_range.records.fetch]
          description: API method identifier for fetching tabular range records
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet containing the tabular data
        criteria:
          type: string
          description: JSON string filter criteria for rows
        sort_column:
          type: string
          description: Column name to sort results by
        sort_order:
          type: string
          enum: [asc, desc]
          description: Sort order direction
        start_row_index:
          type: integer
          description: Starting row index for pagination
        row_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of rows to return for pagination
    WriteTabularDataRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for writing tabular data
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
        - json_data
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [tabular_range.records.add, tabular_range.records.update, tabular_range.records.delete]
          description: API method identifier for modifying tabular range records
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet containing the tabular data
        json_data:
          type: string
          description: JSON string of row data to add or update
        criteria:
          type: string
          description: JSON string filter criteria identifying rows to update or delete
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard successful response from Zoho Sheet Data API
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum: [success, failure]
          description: Indicates whether the operation succeeded
        spreadsheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the spreadsheet
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the worksheet (for worksheet-scoped operations)
        header_row:
          type: integer
          description: Header row index used for the operation
        records:
          type: array
          description: Array of data records returned by read operations
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        total_row_count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of data rows in the worksheet
        worksheet_list:
          type: array
          description: List of worksheet names in the workbook
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              sheet_name:
                type: string
              sheet_index:
                type: integer
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response from Zoho Sheet Data API
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum: [failure]
          description: Always "failure" for error responses
        error_code:
          type: integer
          description: Numeric error code
          example: 2862
        error_message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
      example:
        status: failure
        error_code: 2862
        error_message: Workbook not found
    WorkbookMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about a Zoho Sheet workbook
      properties:
        resource_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the workbook
        spreadsheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the spreadsheet
        worksheet_list:
          type: array
          description: List of worksheets in the workbook
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorksheetMetadata'
    WorksheetMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about a worksheet within a workbook
      properties:
        sheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the worksheet
        sheet_index:
          type: integer
          description: Zero-indexed position of the worksheet
        row_count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of rows with data
        column_count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of columns with data
    CellRecord:
      type: object
      description: A single row of spreadsheet data as key-value pairs
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        Name: Alice Smith
        Email: alice@example.com
        Score: "95"
    ChartRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for chart operations
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [chart.create, chart.update, chart.delete, chart.data.get]
          description: API method identifier for chart operations
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Worksheet containing the chart data
        chart_name:
          type: string
          description: Name/identifier of the chart
        chart_type:
          type: string
          description: Type of chart (bar, line, pie, etc.)
        data_range:
          type: string
          description: Cell range for chart data (e.g. A1:D10)
    PivotTableRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for pivot table operations
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [pivot.create, pivot.update, pivot.delete, pivot.data.get]
          description: API method identifier for pivot table operations
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Worksheet containing the pivot table
        pivot_name:
          type: string
          description: Name/identifier of the pivot table
        rows:
          type: string
          description: JSON array of row field names for the pivot
        columns:
          type: string
          description: JSON array of column field names for the pivot
        values:
          type: string
          description: JSON array of value field configurations
    MergeTemplateRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request parameters for merge template operations
      required:
        - method
        - worksheet_name
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          enum: [merge_template.export]
          description: API method identifier for merge template export
        worksheet_name:
          type: string
          description: Worksheet used as the data source for the merge
        export_format:
          type: string
          enum: [pdf, docx, xlsx]
          description: Output format for the merged document
        template_id:
          type: string
          description: Identifier of the template to merge with