updateRecords

Purpose

You can use the updateRecords method to update or modify the records in Zoho Recruit.

Note: Use the POST method to pass these parameters instead of GET method.

Request URL

XML Format

To update single record into a module in a single API call:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Module/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi&version=2&id=Record ID&xmlData=XMLData

To update multiple records into a module in a single API call:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Module/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi&version=4&xmlData=XMLData

Note: Module refers to Candidates, JobOpenings, Clients, Interviews, Contacts, CustomModule1, CustomModule2, CustomModule3, CustomModule4, and CustomModule5.

For OAuth Authentication

Header Name	Value
Authorization	Zoho-oauthtoken {access_token}

Scopes

Scope=ZohoRecruit.modules.all

(or)
Scope=ZohoRecruit.modules.{scope_name}.{operation_type}

Possible Scope Names (Case Sensitive)	Operation Types
candidate, jobopening, client, department, interview, contact & custom (for all Custom Modules)	ALL - Full access to the record READ - Get records from the module

For Authtoken Authentication

Parameter	Data Type	Description
authtoken*	String	Encrypted alphanumeric string to authenticate your Zoho credentials.
scope*	String	Specify the value as recruitapi

Request Parameters

Parameter	Data Type	Description
id*	String	Specify uniqueID of the record
xmlData*	XML	Specify fields and corresponding values
wfTrigger	Boolean	Set value as true to trigger the workflow rule while updating records in Recruit account. By default, this parameter is false.
newFormat	Integer (1 or 2)	newFormat=1: To exclude fields with "null" values while updating data from your Recruit account. newFormat=2: To include fields with "null" values while updating data from your Recruit account.
version	Integer	version = 2: This will fetch responses based on the latest API implementation. version = 4: To update multiple records in a single API method call.

Note: Parameters marked with * are mandatory.

Additional Notes

While updating data in your Zoho Recruit account, role-based security (Roles, Profiles, Field-level security and Data sharing rules) is applied. Hence, use the user ID with the highest role (Ex: Recruiter Admin) and profile (Ex: Administrator). Also, make sure all fields are enabled in the Field-level security settings. For role-based security settings, see Security Administration while generating API Ticket.

While updating data, make sure the date and time are in the MM/dd/yyyy and yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss formats respectively.

Update owner of the record

While updating a record through API, make sure you are specifying the email address or userID of the record owner. If you use the record owner's name, the record will be assigned to the default login credential used in the Auth Token. If you want to use the userID to specify the record owner, then add <FL val="SMOWNERID">userID</FL> tag to your xmlData.

Examples

To update records in Zoho Recruit, follow the steps below:

URL Format:
https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Candidates/updateRecords

The parameters should be as given below:

authtoken: Auth Token

scope: Specify value as recruitapi.

xmlData: This is an XML string and the format should be same as how get records in XML format during your fetch API.

id: id of the record to be updated

version: version of the API (2 or 4)

XML data format:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Candidates/updateRecords?newFormat=1&authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi&xmlData=XMLDATA

authtoken=xy4gr1554712345fg

scope=recruitapi

xmlData= as mentioned below

id = 1000000019001

version=2

<Candidates>
<row no="1">
<FL val="Source">Web Download</FL>
<FL val="Current Employer">Your Company</FL>
<FL val="First Name">Hannah</FL>
<FL val="Last Name">Smith</FL>
<FL val="Email">testing@testing.com</FL>
<FL val="Phone">1234567890</FL>
<FL val="Home Phone">0987654321</FL>
<FL val="Other Phone">1212211212</FL>
<FL val="Fax">02927272626</FL>
<FL val="Mobile">292827622</FL>
</row>
</Candidates>

Tasks with contact mapping:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Tasks/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi
&version=2
&id=2000000017022
&xmlData=

<Tasks>
<row no="1">
<FL val="Subject">Meeting Hall</FL>
<FL val="Due Date">2009-04-22</FL>
<FL val="Status">Completed</FL>
<FL val="CONTACTID">2000000017027</FL>
</row>
</Tasks>

Events:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Events/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi
&version=2
&id=2000000017023
&xmlData=

<Events>
<row no="1">
<FL val="Subject">Conference</FL>
<FL val="Start DateTime">2009-08-04 01:00:00</FL>
<FL val="End DateTime">2009-08-05 01:00:00</FL>
<FL val="Venue">Plaza</FL>
<FL val="Send Notification Email">false</FL>
</row>
</Events>

Contacts:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Contacts/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi
&version=2
&id=2000000017024
&xmlData=

<Contacts>
<row no="1">
<FL val="First Name">Scott</FL>
<FL val="Last Name">James</FL>
<FL val="Email">test@test.com</FL>
<FL val="Department">CG</FL>
<FL val="Phone">989898988</FL>
<FL val="Fax">99999999</FL>
<FL val="Mobile">99989989</FL>
</row>
</Contacts>

Interviews:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Interviews/updateRecords?authtoken=491e5e3374b0132324lqs2f1scb18cd0&
version=2&scope=recruitapi&id=508020000000366001&xmlData=

<Interviews>
<row no="1">
<FL val="Interview Owner">VT</FL><FL val="Interview Name"><![CDATA[Interview1]]></FL><FL val="Client Name">Client 2</FL><FL val="Interviewer">john@zohocorp.com</FL><FL val="Type">General Interview</FL><FL val="Candidate Name">Mark</FL><FL val="Posting Title">Lookup check</FL><FL val="Start DateTime">2015-01-23 15:30:00</FL>
</row>
</Interviews>

Usage of 'CDATA'

Purpose:

To consider Special Characters as plain text and NOT XML Data

URL Format:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Contacts/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi&version=2&xmlData=

Sample XML Data:

as POST:

<Contacts>
<row no="1">
<FL val="First Name">Amy</FL>
<FL val="Last Name">Dawson</FL>
<FL val="Email">testing@testing.com</FL>
<FL val="Title">Manager</FL>
<FL val="Phone">1234567890</FL>
<FL val="Mobile">292827622</FL>
<FL val="Account Name"> <![CDATA["A & A"]]> </FL>
</row>
</Contacts>

Multiple Record Updates

Purpose:

You can use updateRecords to update multiple records in a single updateRecords API method. Please note that version=4 is a mandatory parameter.

We have introduced a new code, that will represent the API result status for each record. The code is as given below:

2001 = Record Updated Successfully

URL Format:

https://recruit.zoho.com/recruit/private/xml/Candidates/updateRecords?authtoken=AuthToken&scope=recruitapi&version=4&xmlData=

Sample XML Data:

<Candidates>
<row no="1">
<FL val="Current Employer">Company1</FL>
<FL val="Last Name">Last Name1</FL>
<FL val="Email">automation@recruit.com1</FL>
</row>
<row no="2">
<FL val="Current Employer">Company2</FL>
<FL val="Last Name">Last Name2</FL>
<FL val="Email">automation@recruit.com2</FL>
</row>
</Candidates>

Sample Response

The functionality and response will be as given below:

If version=4, some records contain errors and some don't, the functionality and response will be as given below:

<response uri="/recruit/private/xml/Candidates/insertRecords">
<result>
<row no="1">
<success>
<code>2001</code>
<details>
<FL val="Id">2000000178701</FL>
<FL val="Created Time">2013-02-11 17:55:04</FL>
<FL val="Modified Time">2013-02-11 17:55:04</FL>
<FL val="Created By">
<![CDATA[ aghil123 ]]>
</FL>
<FL val="Modified By">
<![CDATA[ aghil123 ]]>
</FL>
</details>
</success>
</row>
<row no="2">
<error>
<code>4832</code>
<details>You have given a wrong value for the field: Annual Revenue</details>
</error>
</row>
</result>
</response>

Note:

If you are using version=4, then you have to provide the Id within the xmlData.
Developers can now easily identify the record id, since the record detail in the response is given the same way the user requests in the xml data.
Kindly pass the version with value 2 or 4 as the old implementation will be deprecated soon.
You can update a maximum of 100 records in a single API call.

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updateRecords

updateRecords

Purpose

Request URL

For OAuth Authentication

Scopes

For Authtoken Authentication

Request Parameters

Additional Notes

Update owner of the record

Examples

Usage of 'CDATA'

Multiple Record Updates

Related Articles

What is the format of the xmlData parameter for the insertRecords and updateRecords methods?

For the updateRecords method, where can I get the value for record ID?

Layout Rule Exceptions

API Methods

Layout Rule Exceptions