Zoho Show Remote API


Viewing a Remote Presentation in Zoho Show

• Using multi-part form submit
• Using normal form submit

Using multi-part form submit



To push the presentation from remote server (for making it load on the Zoho Show editor), submit a multi-part form-data to Zoho Show with the following fields

Field	Description
content	actual presentation content
filename	filename of the presentation with extension
id	unique id that will be submitted while viewing the presentation (for reference)
format	implies the presentation format (examples: ppt, pps )
persistence(optional)	if this parameter is not passed or set to false, the presentation pushed to ZohoShow will be editable only once. When the user exits the browser window, it will be automatically deleted.

Sample multipart form

<form method="POST" action="http://show.zoho.com/remotedoc.im?output=view&apikey=<Api Key>" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="_self">

File : <input type="file" name="content" size="38"> <br>

<input type="hidden" name="id" value="12345678">

<input type="hidden" name="format" value="ppt">

<input type="submit" value="View" class="divbutton" name="submit">

</form>

* In order to view a presentation in Zoho Show, it must be submitted as multi-part form data either from the client side or it can be done as an emulated multi-part form submission on the server side of the remote server.


API URL

To access the multi-part form based remote API, the users should post to the following URL format mentioned below :



The output parameter decides the format in which output will be sent. By passing 'view' as the output value the response will be javascript code snippet which automatically loads Zoho Show editor with the presentation content opened for viewing.

view -- JavaScript code snippet that loads the Zoho Show

url -- outputs a URL which contains encrypted Id for the presentation to be viewed

by default the response will be a URL




Response Format for URL request:

URL=[url value1]

WARNING=[warning message]

RESULT=[TRUE/FALSE]

RESULTfield indicates the status of the action

Sample Response:

URL=http://show.zoho.com/remoteview.im?doc=C77076EG003waI770c1
WARNING=
RESULT=TRUE

Using normal form submit

To push the presentation from the remote server, submit a form to Zoho Show with the following form fields.

Field	Description
url	url from which zoho show can fetch the presentation Note : it is mandatory to specify the absolute path of the document in url parameter with proper file extension.
filename	filename of the presentation with extension
id	unique id that will be submitted while saving the presentation (reference)
format	implies the presentation format (examples: ppt, pps )
persistence(optional)	if this parameter is not passed or set to false, the presentation pushed to ZohoShow will be viewable only once, when the user exits the browser window it will be automatically deleted

Sample form

<form method="POST" action="http://show.zoho.com/remotedoc.im?output=view&apikey=<Api Key>" target="_self">

<input type="hidden" name="url" value="[REMOTE PRESENTATION URL]">

<input type="hidden" name="filename" value="myshow.ppt">

<input type="hidden" name="id" value="12345678">

<input type="hidden" name="format" value="ppt">

<input type="hidden" name="persistence" value="true">

<input type="submit" value="View" class="divbutton" name="submit">

</form>

* In order to view a document in Zoho Show, it must be submited as form data either from the client side or it can be done as a emulated form submission on the server side of the remote server.

http://show.zoho.com/remotedoc.im?output=view

The output parameter decides the format in which output will be sent. By passing 'view' as the output value the response will be javascript code snippet which automatically loads the Zoho Show editor with the presentation content opened for viewing.

editor -- JavaScript code snippet that loads the Zoho Show

url -- outputs a URL which contains encrypted Id for the presentation to be viewed

by default the response will be a URL


Response Format for URL request:

URL=[url value1]

WARNING=[warning message]

RESULT=[TRUE/FALSE]

RESULT field indicates the status of the action

Sample Response:

URL=http://show.zoho.com/remoteview.im?doc=C77076EG003waI770c1
WARNING=
RESULT=TRUE

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Note : It is mandatory to have the remote server address set to port number 80 for all the upload and download operations.