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Forum Categories

This module covers operations related to the forum category within Zoho Projects. Use this API to retrieve, add, update, or delete categories associated with forums.

Get Categories

Retrieve all forum categories in a specific project. Use this API to access the list of categories available for forums within a project.

GET

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/categories

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.forums.READ

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Query Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
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curl -X GET \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories?sort_by=created_time&sort_order=desc&searchTerm=-&page=-&per_page=-' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories";
params = Map();
params.put("sort_by", "created_time");
params.put("sort_order", "desc");
params.put("searchTerm", "-");
params.put("page", "-");
params.put("per_page", "-");
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    parameters: params
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;

const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories');
url.searchParams.append('sort_by', 'created_time');
url.searchParams.append('sort_order', 'desc');
url.searchParams.append('searchTerm', '-');
url.searchParams.append('page', '-');
url.searchParams.append('per_page', '-');

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.end();

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories")
params = {
  "sort_by" => "created_time",
  "sort_order" => "desc",
  "searchTerm" => "-",
  "page" => "-",
  "per_page" => "-"
}
url.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

<?php
$params = [
    'sort_by' => 'created_time',
    'sort_order' => 'desc',
    'searchTerm' => '-',
    'page' => '-',
    'per_page' => '-',
];
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" . "?" . http_build_query($params);

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"

params = {
    "sort_by": "created_time",
    "sort_order": "desc",
    "searchTerm": "-",
    "page": "-",
    "per_page": "-"
}

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)

print(response.json())

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        char *enc_sort_by = curl_easy_escape(curl, "created_time", 0);
        char *enc_sort_order = curl_easy_escape(curl, "desc", 0);
        char *enc_searchTerm = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        char *enc_page = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        char *enc_per_page = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        char url[2048];
        snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories?sort_by=%s&sort_order=%s&searchTerm=%s&page=%s&per_page=%s", enc_sort_by, enc_sort_order, enc_searchTerm, enc_page, enc_per_page);

        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_free(enc_sort_by);
        curl_free(enc_sort_order);
        curl_free(enc_searchTerm);
        curl_free(enc_page);
        curl_free(enc_per_page);
        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
query["sort_by"] = "created_time";
query["sort_order"] = "desc";
query["searchTerm"] = "-";
query["page"] = "-";
query["per_page"] = "-";
var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories") { Query = query.ToString() };
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, uriBuilder.Uri);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        char* enc_sort_by = curl_easy_escape(curl, "created_time", 0);
        char* enc_sort_order = curl_easy_escape(curl, "desc", 0);
        char* enc_searchTerm = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        char* enc_page = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        char* enc_per_page = curl_easy_escape(curl, "-", 0);
        std::string url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories";
        url += "?sort_by=" + std::string(enc_sort_by);
        url += "&sort_order=" + std::string(enc_sort_order);
        url += "&searchTerm=" + std::string(enc_searchTerm);
        url += "&page=" + std::string(enc_page);
        url += "&per_page=" + std::string(enc_per_page);

        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_free(enc_sort_by);
        curl_free(enc_sort_order);
        curl_free(enc_searchTerm);
        curl_free(enc_page);
        curl_free(enc_per_page);
        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(let [enc-sort_by (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "created_time" "UTF-8")
      enc-sort_order (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "desc" "UTF-8")
      enc-searchTerm (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "-" "UTF-8")
      enc-page (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "-" "UTF-8")
      enc-per_page (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "-" "UTF-8")
      url (str "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" "?sort_by=" enc-sort_by "&sort_order=" enc-sort_order "&searchTerm=" enc-searchTerm "&page=" enc-page "&per_page=" enc-per_page)]
(def response
  (client/get url
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"}
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories", nil)
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("sort_by", "created_time")
    q.Add("sort_order", "desc")
    q.Add("searchTerm", "-")
    q.Add("page", "-")
    q.Add("per_page", "-")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

GET https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories?sort_by=created_time&sort_order=desc&searchTerm=-&page=-&per_page=- HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories?sort_by=created_time&sort_order=desc&searchTerm=-&page=-&per_page=-
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa

HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories");
uriBuilder.addParameter("sort_by", "created_time");
uriBuilder.addParameter("sort_order", "desc");
uriBuilder.addParameter("searchTerm", "-");
uriBuilder.addParameter("page", "-");
uriBuilder.addParameter("per_page", "-");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();

const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories';

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  'sort_by': 'created_time',
  'sort_order': 'desc',
  'searchTerm': '-',
  'page': '-',
  'per_page': '-'
});

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

fetch(url + '?' + params.toString(), options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

sort_by = "created_time"
sort_order = "desc"
searchTerm =  - 
page =  - 
per_page =  - 

import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val urlBuilder = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories".toHttpUrl().newBuilder()
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("sort_by", "created_time")
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("sort_order", "desc")
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("searchTerm", "-")
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("page", "-")
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("per_page", "-")
    val url = URL(urlBuilder.build().toString())
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "GET"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}

NSString *encodedSort_by = [@"created_time" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *encodedSort_order = [@"desc" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *encodedSearchTerm = [@"-" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *encodedPage = [@"-" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *encodedPer_page = [@"-" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories?sort_by=%@&sort_order=%@&searchTerm=%@&page=%@&per_page=%@", encodedSort_by, encodedSort_order, encodedSearchTerm, encodedPage, encodedPer_page];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];

open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let enc_sort_by = Uri.pct_encode "created_time" in
  let enc_sort_order = Uri.pct_encode "desc" in
  let enc_searchTerm = Uri.pct_encode "-" in
  let enc_page = Uri.pct_encode "-" in
  let enc_per_page = Uri.pct_encode "-" in
  let uri = Uri.of_string ("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" ^ "?sort_by=" ^ enc_sort_by ^ "&sort_order=" ^ enc_sort_order ^ "&searchTerm=" ^ enc_searchTerm ^ "&page=" ^ enc_page ^ "&per_page=" ^ enc_per_page) in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.get ~headers uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
}

$params = @{
    sort_by = "created_time"
    sort_order = "desc"
    searchTerm = "-"
    page = "-"
    per_page = "-"
}
$queryString = ($params.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { "$($_.Key)=$([System.Uri]::EscapeDataString($_.Value))" }) -join "&"
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" + "?" + $queryString

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method GET -Headers $headers

$response | ConvertTo-Json

library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"

params <- list(
  sort_by = "created_time",
  sort_order = "desc",
  searchTerm = "-",
  page = "-",
  per_page = "-"
)

response <- GET(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"),
  query = params
)

content(response, "text")

import Foundation

var components = URLComponents(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories")!
components.queryItems = [
    URLQueryItem(name: "sort_by", value: "created_time"),
    URLQueryItem(name: "sort_order", value: "desc"),
    URLQueryItem(name: "searchTerm", value: "-"),
    URLQueryItem(name: "page", value: "-"),
    URLQueryItem(name: "per_page", value: "-")
]
let url = components.url!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Input

sort_by : "created_time" sort_order : "desc" searchTerm : - page : - per_page : -

Sample Response

200{ "categories" : [ { "name" : "Inventory Discussion", "id" : "9000000005825" } ] }

Add Category

Add a new category for forums in a specific project. Use this API to create a forum category to organize discussions within a project.

POST

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/categories

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.forums.CREATE

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Body Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
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curl -X POST \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories";
params = Map();
params.put("name", "Inventory Discussion");
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: POST
    parameters: params.toString()
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;

const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories');

const payload = JSON.stringify({"name":"Inventory Discussion"});

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(payload)
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.write(payload);
req.end();

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

<?php
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories";

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}

payload = '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.json())

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories");
request.Content = new StringContent(
    @"{""name"":""Inventory Discussion""}",
    Encoding.UTF8,
    "application/json"
);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(def response
  (client/post "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
                "Content-Type" "application/json"}
     :body "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}"
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "strings"
)

func main() {
    payload := strings.NewReader("{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}")
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories", payload)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
    req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

POST https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa
Content-Type: application/json

{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}

HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpPost(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase requestBase = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase) requestObj;
String requestBody = "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}";
requestBase.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestBody, HTTP.UTF_8));

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();

const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories';

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"name":"Inventory Discussion"})
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val url = URL("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories")
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "POST"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
    conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
    conn.doOutput = true
    conn.outputStream.bufferedWriter().use { it.write("""{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}""") }

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
NSData *body = [@"{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[request setHTTPBody:body];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];

open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Content-Type" "application/json"
  in
  let body = Cohttp_lwt.Body.of_string {json|{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}|json} in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.post ~headers ~body uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
    "Content-Type" = "application/json"
}

$body = @'
{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
'@

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories" -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body

$response | ConvertTo-Json

library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories"

response <- POST(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"),
  content_type_json(),
  body = "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}"
)

content(response, "text")

import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpBody = """
{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
""".data(using: .utf8)

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Input

Content-Type: application/json
{ "name" : "Inventory Discussion" }

Sample Response

201{ "categories" : [ { "name" : "Inventory Discussion", "id" : "9000000005821" } ] }

Possible Errors

Update Category

Update a forum category in a specific project. Use this API to modify the name of an existing forum category within a project.

PATCH

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.forums.UPDATE

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Body Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
  • cURL
  • Deluge
  • Node.js
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Clojure
  • Go
  • HTTP
  • Java
  • JS Fetch
  • JSON
  • Kotlin
  • Objective-C
  • OCaml
  • PowerShell
  • R
  • Swift

curl -X PATCH \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]";
params = Map();
params.put("name", "Inventory Discussion");
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: PATCH
    parameters: params.toString()
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;

const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]');

const payload = JSON.stringify({"name":"Inventory Discussion"});

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(payload)
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.write(payload);
req.end();

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

<?php
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]";

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}

payload = '{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}'

response = requests.patch(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.json())

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Patch, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
request.Content = new StringContent(
    @"{""name"":""Inventory Discussion""}",
    Encoding.UTF8,
    "application/json"
);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(def response
  (client/patch "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
                "Content-Type" "application/json"}
     :body "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}"
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "strings"
)

func main() {
    payload := strings.NewReader("{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}")
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]", payload)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
    req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

PATCH https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID] HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa
Content-Type: application/json

{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}

HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpPatch(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase requestBase = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase) requestObj;
String requestBody = "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}";
requestBase.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestBody, HTTP.UTF_8));

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();

const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]';

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"name":"Inventory Discussion"})
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val url = URL("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "PATCH"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
    conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
    conn.doOutput = true
    conn.outputStream.bufferedWriter().use { it.write("""{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}""") }

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
NSData *body = [@"{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[request setHTTPBody:body];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];

open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]" in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Content-Type" "application/json"
  in
  let body = Cohttp_lwt.Body.of_string {json|{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}|json} in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.patch ~headers ~body uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
    "Content-Type" = "application/json"
}

$body = @'
{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
'@

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]" -Method PATCH -Headers $headers -Body $body

$response | ConvertTo-Json

library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"

response <- PATCH(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"),
  content_type_json(),
  body = "{\"name\":\"Inventory Discussion\"}"
)

content(response, "text")

import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpBody = """
{"name":"Inventory Discussion"}
""".data(using: .utf8)

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Input

Content-Type: application/json
{ "name" : "Inventory Discussion" }

Sample Response

200{ "categories" : [ { "name" : "Inventory Discussion", "id" : "9000000005825" } ] }

Delete Category

Delete a forum category from a specific project. Use this API to permanently remove a forum category within a project.

DELETE

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.forums.DELETE

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
  • cURL
  • Deluge
  • Node.js
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Clojure
  • Go
  • HTTP
  • Java
  • JS Fetch
  • Kotlin
  • Objective-C
  • OCaml
  • PowerShell
  • R
  • Swift

curl -X DELETE \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]";
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: DELETE
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;

const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]');

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.end();

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

<?php
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]";

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(def response
  (client/delete "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"}
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]", nil)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

DELETE https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID] HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa

HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpDelete(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();

const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]';

const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val url = URL("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "DELETE"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"DELETE"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];

open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]" in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.delete ~headers uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
}

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]" -Method DELETE -Headers $headers

$response | ConvertTo-Json

library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]"

response <- DELETE(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
)

content(response, "text")

import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/projects/23806000097545166/categories/[CATEGORY_ID]")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

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