Please update CRM API Wiki

Please update CRM API Wiki


Hi Team

Thanks to the  CRM team, its only few days into learning the ZC - CRM API, via the wiki pages
I rather feel stupid for not learning this earlier. However, as a newbie at API,

Here are few things that i "found out" by trial and error,
Ideally, I expect to locate them in the API wiki section

API Methord : getSearchRecords

Action needed for : search column NOT EQUAL TO

Example with equal(=)
Wiki says,
http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getSearchRecords?apikey=APIKEY
&ticket=TICKET
&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Last Name,Email,Company)&searchCondition=(Email|=|test@test.com)



Perfect,  I was able to obtain product names, where productCateogury = Fruits.

What if i want to get the product Names, where product Category IS NOT Fruits ????

Next best option : Use the |contains| and  |doesn't contain| operators, isnt it ..?


Wiki says,

Example with contains

http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getSearchRecords?apikey=APIKEY
&ticket=TICKET
&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Last Name,Email,Company)
&searchCondition=(Company|contains|*oho*)




But, we DONOT HAVE example for |doesn't contain| operator
-- alteast, I was not able to locate it.


But nevertheless, this worked

http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getSearchRecords?apikey=APIKEY
&ticket=TICKET
&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Last Name,Email,Company)
&searchCondition=(Company


|doesn't contain| *oho*)



Action needed for : search multiple values in the same colum
- I wanted to shortlist leads that donot belong to  Company1 or Compay 2 or Company 3

With Company|doesn't contain| *oho*, working correctly,
& not being able to find the instruction for  Company NOT EQUAL TO Company1,



Taking que from the earlier finding





Company |doesn't contain | *oho*,
But, I could not see how i can pass multiple values for the same search column.


Finally, figured it as

http://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getSearchRecords?apikey=APIKEY
&ticket=TICKET
&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Last Name,Email,Company)
&searchCondition=(Company


|doesn't contain| Company 1 |OR| Comapny 2 |OR| Company 3)


These urls worked just fine for me.
It would have been a lot easier if these were available at the appropriate wiki section,
.. but then, we never forget what we learn by trial and error, isnt it :)


@CrmWikiTeam, please update CRM wiki,.

Best Regards
-Deepa Govind