canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/zoho.com/zoho-people-api

# Zoho People API

Zoho People HR management API for managing employees, attendance, leave, departments, and forms. The API exposes 8 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically list forms, create form record. Covers 8 operations with oauth2 authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for hr and recruiting only.

## Capabilities

- List forms
- Create form record
- Get form record
- Update form record
- Monitor Zoho People API operational status and events

## Use cases

### HR and Recruiting Operations

Use the Zoho People API to perform hr recruiting operations programmatically. The API provides 8 endpoints covering core functionality including list forms, create form record, list form records.

Example prompt: Call GET /forms to list forms

### Automated Attendance Management

Automate attendance operations by combining multiple Zoho People API endpoints. Agents can create form record and then list form records in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call POST /forms/{form_name}/records to create form record, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Zoho People API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle oauth2 tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'list forms', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | /forms | List forms |
| POST | /forms/{form_name}/records | Create form record |
| GET | /forms/{form_name}/records | List form records |
| GET | /forms/{form_name}/records/{record_id} | Get form record |
| PUT | /forms/{form_name}/records/{record_id} | Update form record |
| GET | /attendance | Get attendance |
| GET | /leave | Get leave records |
| GET | /department | List departments |

## Key resources

- **Attendance** — Operations related to Attendance
- **Department** — Operations related to Department
- **Forms** — Operations related to Forms
- **Leave** — Operations related to Leave

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring Zoho People by hand means running its OAuth 2.0 flow, refreshing tokens, and threading form_name and record_id segments through the people.zoho.com host yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import Zoho People from the API Directory, store the OAuth credential once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Zoho People puts the form name and record id in the URL path (/forms/{form_name}/records/{record_id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one form's records: it can read and update records on that form and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so attendance and leave reads are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your Zoho People OAuth credential is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'list forms' or 'add a form record', and Jentic returns the matching Zoho People operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Greenhouse** — Alternative hr recruiting API
- **Lever** — Alternative hr recruiting API
- **Workday** — Complementary hr recruiting API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Zoho People API use?

The Zoho People API uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I list forms with the Zoho People API?

Yes. Use the GET /forms endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Zoho People API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I list forms through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'list forms'. Jentic returns the matching Zoho People API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Zoho People API have?

The Zoho People API exposes 8 endpoints covering attendance, department, forms operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Zoho People API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Zoho People operations and credentials the agent may use. Since the form name and record ID live in the URL path (/forms/{form_name}/records/{record_id}), you can pin the agent to a single form so it only reads and updates records on that form and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so attendance and leave reads stay off unless you add them.