Starting July, Zoho stopped using the method implemented to authenticate with CRM API. Previously, in order to connect to this solution, we were generating every time a ticket with the username and the password in the programs we created. This was needed because it had a 7 day validity.

In the new method, each user generates a token for each application like the following one:

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#Wed Feb 29 03:07:33 PST 2012
AUTHTOKEN=bad18eba1ff45jk7858b8ae88a77fa30
RESULT=TRUE

Authentication

This token does not have an expiration date and enables shortening the piece of code to generate a new ticket. Another advantage of this authentication mean is that tokens can be created for each external application which is connecting to Zoho CRM. This ensures a better security for accessing data.
We completed on time all changes in the applications we created for our customers. Remember that we can assist you to connect your ERP, accounting systems or other internal applications with the CRM, Creator, Invoice, Projects and Reports tools.