--- name: zoho-books description: | Zoho Books API integration with managed OAuth. Manage invoices, contacts, bills, expenses, and other accounting data. Use this skill when users want to read, create, update, or delete invoices, contacts, bills, expenses, or other financial records in Zoho Books. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway). Requires network access and valid Maton API key. metadata: author: maton version: "1.0" clawdbot: emoji: 🧠 requires: env: - MATON_API_KEY ---

Zoho Books

Access the Zoho Books API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage invoices, contacts, bills, expenses, sales orders, purchase orders, and other accounting data with full CRUD operations.

Quick Start

# List contacts
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/{endpoint}

The gateway proxies requests to www.zohoapis.com/books/v3 and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Zoho Books OAuth connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=zoho-books&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'zoho-books'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "zoho-books",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Zoho Books connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Available Modules

Zoho Books organizes data into modules. Key modules include:

| Module | Endpoint | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | Contacts | /contacts | Customers and vendors | | Invoices | /invoices | Sales invoices | | Bills | /bills | Vendor bills | | Expenses | /expenses | Business expenses | | Sales Orders | /salesorders | Sales orders | | Purchase Orders | /purchaseorders | Purchase orders | | Credit Notes | /creditnotes | Customer credit notes | | Recurring Invoices | /recurringinvoices | Automated recurring invoices | | Recurring Bills | /recurringbills | Automated recurring bills |

Contacts

List Contacts

GET /zoho-books/books/v3/contacts

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "success",
  "contacts": [...],
  "page_context": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 200,
    "has_more_page": false,
    "sort_column": "contact_name",
    "sort_order": "A"
  }
}

Get Contact

GET /zoho-books/books/v3/contacts/{contact_id}

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts/8527119000000099001')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Contact

POST /zoho-books/books/v3/contacts
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "contact_name": "Customer Name",
  "contact_type": "customer"
}

Required Fields:

• contact_name - Display name for the contact
• contact_type - Either customer or vendor

Optional Fields:

• company_name - Legal entity name
• email - Email address
• phone - Phone number
• billing_address - Address object
• payment_terms - Days for payment

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({
    "contact_name": "Acme Corporation",
    "contact_type": "customer",
    "company_name": "Acme Corp",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "+1-555-1234"
}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "The contact has been added.",
  "contact": {
    "contact_id": "8527119000000099001",
    "contact_name": "Acme Corporation",
    "company_name": "Acme Corp",
    "contact_type": "customer",
    ...
  }
}

Update Contact

PUT /zoho-books/books/v3/contacts/{contact_id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "contact_name": "Updated Name",
  "phone": "+1-555-9999"
}

Example:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({
    "contact_name": "Acme Corporation Updated",
    "phone": "+1-555-9999"
}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/zoho-books/books/v3/contacts/8527119000000099001', data=data, method='PUT')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Delete Contact

DELETE /zoho-books/books/v3/contacts/{contact_id}

Example:

...