Zoho Creator connects to other systems mainly through two paths: built-in integrations with other Zoho apps, and Deluge's invokeurl function for calling any external REST API directly from a workflow or button script.
- Native connectors exist for other Zoho products (Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, Zoho Flow, and others), letting records sync or trigger actions between apps without custom code
- For non-Zoho systems,
invokeurllets a Deluge script call any REST endpoint — this is the general-purpose integration mechanism for anything without a dedicated connector - Zoho Creator also exposes its own REST API, so external systems can read and write records in a Creator app the other direction
For anything beyond the built-in Zoho connectors, expect to write the integration as a Deluge script rather than configure it through a UI.
Use cases
Enable cross system data harmony
- Sync customer data with CRM
- Populate product catalogs from ERP
- Consolidate financial records from multiple sources
- Trigger alerts when sync failures occur
- Validate and transform data during import
Zoho Creator keeps data in sync across teams