Zoho Creator

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has state: "READY", skip to Step 2.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in BUILDING state, poll until it's ready:

npx @membranehq/cli connection get  --wait --json

The --wait flag long-polls (up to --timeout seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until state is no longer BUILDING.

The resulting state tells you what to do next:

After the user completes the action (e.g. authenticates in the browser), poll again with membrane connection get --json to check if the state moved to READY.

Searching for actions

Search using a natural language description of what you want to do:

membrane action list --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --intent "QUERY" --limit 10 --json

You should always search for actions in the context of a specific connection.

Each result includes id, name, description, inputSchema (what parameters the action accepts), and outputSchema (what it returns).

Popular actions

| Name | Key | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | Get Bulk Read Job Status | get-bulk-read-job-status | Gets the status of a bulk read job | | Create Bulk Read Job | create-bulk-read-job | Creates a bulk read job to export large datasets (100,000-200,000 records) | | Delete Records | delete-records | Deletes multiple records matching a criteria | | Update Records | update-records | Updates multiple records matching a criteria | | Delete Record by ID | delete-record-by-id | Deletes a single record by its ID | | Update Record by ID | update-record-by-id | Updates a single record by its ID | | Get Record by ID | get-record-by-id | Retrieves a single record by its ID from a report | | Get Records | get-records | Retrieves records from a report with optional filtering, pagination, and field selection | | Add Records | add-records | Creates one or more records in a form | | Get Sections | get-sections | Retrieves all sections in a specific application | | Get Fields | get-fields | Retrieves all fields in a specific form | | Get Pages | get-pages | Retrieves all pages in a specific application | | Get Reports | get-reports | Retrieves all reports in a specific application | | Get Forms | get-forms | Retrieves all forms in a specific application | | Get Applications by Workspace | get-applications-by-workspace | Retrieves all applications in a specific workspace (account owner) | | Get Applications | get-applications | Retrieves all applications accessible to the authenticated user across all workspaces |

Running actions

membrane action run  --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json

To pass JSON parameters:

membrane action run  --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --input '{"key": "value"}' --json

The result is in the output field of the response.

Proxy requests

When the available actions don't cover your use case, you can send requests directly to the Zoho Creator API through Membrane's proxy. Membrane automatically appends the base URL to the path you provide and injects the correct authentication headers — including transparent credential refresh if they expire.

membrane request CONNECTION_ID /path/to/endpoint

Common options:

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -X, --method | HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). Defaults to GET | | -H, --header | Add a request header (repeatable), e.g. -H "Accept: application/json" | | -d, --data | Request body (string) | | --json | Shorthand to send a JSON body and set Content-Type: application/json | | --rawData | Send the body as-is without any processing | | --query | Query-string parameter (repeatable), e.g. --query "limit=10" | | --pathParam | Path parameter (repeatable), e.g. --pathParam "id=123" |

Best practices