Zoho Creator

Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform with a REST API for managing forms, records, reports, workflows, and custom application data. The API enables developers to perform CRUD operations on application data, upload and download files, retrieve metadata about forms and reports, execute custom server-side functions, and build custom API endpoints. It uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and supports Data APIs, Publish APIs, File APIs, Meta APIs, Bulk Read APIs, and Custom APIs with an OpenAPI 3.0 specification available for download.

Zoho Creator publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bulk Insert APIs API, Bulk Read APIs API, Data APIs API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Low-Code, Application Development, No-Code, Forms, and Records.

The Zoho Creator catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Zoho Creator’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 12 more developer resources.

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48.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

Low-CodeApplication DevelopmentNo-CodeFormsRecordsWorkflowsDatabaseCRUDBusiness Applications

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 48.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zoho Creator Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Zoho Creator Scopes

10 scopes · authorizationCode

10 scopes

SCOPES

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: zoho-creator
name: Zoho Creator
description: Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform with a REST API for managing forms, records, reports,
  workflows, and custom application data. The API enables developers to perform CRUD operations on application data, upload
  and download files, retrieve metadata about forms and reports, execute custom server-side functions, and build custom API
  endpoints. It uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and supports Data APIs, Publish APIs, File APIs, Meta APIs, Bulk Read APIs,
  and Custom APIs with an OpenAPI 3.0 specification available for download.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zoho-creator.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zoho-creator/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Low-Code
- Application Development
- No-Code
- Forms
- Records
- Workflows
- Database
- CRUD
- Business Applications
apis:
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-bulk-insert-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator Bulk Insert APIs API
  description: APIs to insert a large set of data into a form
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - Bulk Insert APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-bulk-insert-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-bulk-read-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator Bulk Read APIs API
  description: APIs to fetch a large set of data in a report
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - Bulk Read APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-bulk-read-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-data-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator Data APIs API
  description: APIs to add, update, delete or get records in a form/report
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - Data APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-data-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-file-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator File APIs API
  description: APIs to upload or download files in a report
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - File APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-file-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-meta-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator Meta APIs API
  description: Get list of applications, forms, reports and fields
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - Meta APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-meta-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
- aid: zoho-creator:zoho-creator-publish-apis-api
  name: Zoho Creator Publish APIs API
  description: APIs to add or get records in a published form/report
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  baseURL: https://creator.zoho.com/api/v2.1/
  tags:
  - Publish APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-creator-publish-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/oauth.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zoho-creator-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/zoho-creator-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zoho-creator-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zoho-creator-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/zoho-creator-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/zoho
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/zohocreator/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.zoho.com/blog/creator
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.zoho.com/creator/pricing.html
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://zohostatus.com/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/ZohoCreator
- type: Plans
  url: plans/zoho-creator-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/zoho-creator-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/zoho-creator-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com