Understand Connectors
Overview
In Zoho Creator the connectors are distinguished as:
Built-in Connectors
Note: The connections created using the built-in connectors can be used in Data sources, Deluge scripts in Workflows, and Payment workflows. List of supported Built-in Connectors
Type of service | Description | Service | Supported areas | Availability across DCs | ||||
US | EU | AU | IN | CN | ||||
Accounting & Invoicing | Create invoices/financial reports in the required accounting service when a workflow is triggered in Zoho Creator. | QuickBooks | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Expensify | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Books | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Expense | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Invoice | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
CRM & Contact Management | Add and manage customer information in the required CRM service from within Creator. | Salesforce | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Copper | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Salesmate | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Streak | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Zoho CRM | Datasources | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Customer Support | Manage and analyze support tickets in the required customer support service from within Creator. | Teamwork Desk | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Zoho Assist | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Human Resource | Perform employee management using human resource services from within Creator. | Zoho Recruit | Datasources | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Zoho People | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Payment Processing | Accept online payments from customers. | Authorize.Net | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Forte | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
PayPal | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
PayflowPro | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
PaymentsPro | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Razorpay | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Stripe | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Paytm | Payment workflow | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
Project Management & Time Tracking | Add, manage, track tasks using the supported services from within Creator. | Easy Projects | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Forecast | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Jira Cloud | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Redmine | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Teamwork Projects | Datasources & Workflows | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Toggl Track | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Projects | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Orchestly | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
SMS | Send SMS notifications such as appointment reminders, transaction details, status updates on orders, and device approvals. | Twilio | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clickatell | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Hoiio | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
ClockworkSMS | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
SMS-Magic | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Subscription Management | Manage subscriptions using the supported service from within Creator. | Chargify | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Zoho | Used for secure access of other Zoho applications. | Zoho OAuth | Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Calendars & Scheduling | Track schedules from within Creator. | Lucid Meetings | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Zoho Calendar | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Documents & Spreadsheets | Add and manage data in document management services from within Creator. | Zoho Sheet | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Ecommerce | Manage data in ecommerce services from within Creator. | BigCommerce | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Zoho Commerce | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Event Management | Create and fetch data in event management services by triggering Creator workflows. | XING Events | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Zoho Backstage | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Inventory Management | Add, manage, and analyze data in inventory management services from within Creator. | EZOfficeInventory | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Marketing Campaigns | Send and get data from campaign services using Zoho Creator workflows. | ActiveCampaign | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ActiveTrail | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
ConvertKit | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
MailerLite | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Moosend | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Sendinblue | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Zoho Campaigns | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
Dashboards & Reports | Incorporate dashboards from supported services in Zoho Creator. | Zoho Analytics | Datasources & Workflows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Custom Connectors
Note: This feature is only available in C6.Custom Connector enables you to integrate your Zoho Creator application with other third-party cloud
Flow of creating a Custom Connector
Obtain API from the target service
- Public - Publicly available on the internet. For example, Slack, Shopify, Dropbox etc.
- Private - Visible only to your network to use within an organization or a group.
Describe the API
Secure the Custom Connector
- Basic authentication - This method allows a connection to third-party APIs by authenticating with a username and password.
- API key authentication - This method allows a connection to third-party APIs by authenticating with an API key.
- OAuth1 authentication - In OAuth1, the user grants permission to access their resources in the third-party applications without sharing their credentials. The Creator application can use an access token provided by the third-party application to access the user's resources. OAuth1 is efficient only for connecting with web-based applications.
- OAuth2 authentication - In OAuth2, the user will be redirected to the third-party API's page, where access to protected resources is granted without necessarily revealing the long-term credentials or the identity by exchanging an access token for a request token. OAuth2 consists of scopes that allow Creator applications to request specific permissions from the user and are more compatible with both web and non web-based applications.
Use a Custom Connector in your app
Note: Connections using Custom Connectors should be invoked only using the Deluge invoke URL task, mentioning the respective action API, for any specific scenario/workflow. Related topics
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