Zoho Writer - Remote API
Zoho Writer's Remote Application Programming Interface (API) lets any third-party application use the feature-rich editor of Writer for creating/editing documents. The API also allows such documents created to be pushed to one's own remote servers for saving (the documents aren't saved in Zoho Writer's servers).
A sample document opened using Zoho Writer's remote editor
Users who wish to make use of writer's remote editor have to submit a form data with certain parameters. Different ways of doing a form submit is mentioned below:
Note :
It is recommended to send the request as an emulated multi-part form data from the 3rd party server. The api key is not exposed, as a result, to the client side if the request is sent from the server. The work flow for the whole of request goes like the one below :
- The customer/user visits your portal (say Box.net)
- He places a request to your server for opening the document.
- The document will be sent as multi part from your server to Zoho.
- Zoho returns the url of the document to your server.
- Send the url from your server to the client side to open it in Zoho editor.
