Trigger automatic response email when inserting lead via API

Trigger automatic response email when inserting lead via API

Hello,

I am currently adding new leads into Zoho CRM via API as outlined on https://www.zoho.com/crm/help/api/insertrecords.html, which works fine. However I would like to also trigger an automatic response email. Although I have configured the form to do so and set up filters accordingly, Zoho CRM never seems to send out any response email because the event does not appear to be triggered.

Could you please advise on how to proceed? Is this even a possibility while using the API?
I cannot use the standard form because we need to transmit the form data via ajax.