Automate ZohoInvoice Integration Tasks from PowerShell

The CData API Driver for ADO.NET is a standard ADO.NET Provider that make it easy to accomplish data cleansing, normalization, backup, and other integration tasks by enabling real-time access to ZohoInvoice.

ADO.NET Provider

The ADO.NET Provider provides a SQL interface for ZohoInvoice; this tutorial shows how to use the Provider to retrieve ZohoInvoice data.

Once you have acquired the necessary connection properties, accessing ZohoInvoice data in PowerShell can be enabled in three steps.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the ZohoInvoice Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\ZohoInvoice.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for ZohoInvoice (see below).

ZohoInvoice API Profile Settings

Register an OAuth application in the Zoho Developer Console as a server-based application. You will receive a Client ID, Client Secret, and must configure a redirect URI.

1. Load the provider's assembly:

   [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\CData\CData API Driver for ADO.NET\lib\System.Data.CData.API.dll")
       

2. Connect to ZohoInvoice:

    
   $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIConnection("Profile=C:\profiles\ZohoInvoice.apip;Authscheme=OAuth;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackUrl=your_callback_url;")
   $conn.Open()
   

3. Instantiate the APIDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

   $sql="SELECT OrganizationId, ContactId from ContactAddresses"
   
   $da= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIDataAdapter($sql, $conn)
   $dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable
   $da.Fill($dt)
   
   $dt.Rows | foreach {
   	Write-Host $_.organizationid $_.contactid
   }