How to connect Zoho Bigin to Composio

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Composio connects AI agents to Zoho Bigin so they can work with contacts, pipelines and business records using the permissions you approve.

We recommend using your own Zoho OAuth app so you can manage its identity and OAuth credentials directly in the Zoho API Console. You need access to an existing Zoho Bigin organization.

Part 1: Create a Zoho OAuth app

Step 1: Open the API Console

1. Sign in to Zoho API Console with the account you use for Zoho Bigin. Use the console for your account’s data center; for an Indian account, use api-console.zoho.in.

2. Select Add Client, or Get Started for your first client. Choose Server-based Applications → Create Now. You can also reuse an existing Server-based Application with the correct callback.

Choose Server-based Applications in Zoho API Console.

Step 2: Register the callback

1. Enter your Client Name and Homepage URL. Use your own product name; Zoho rejects client names containing ZOHO.

2. In Authorized Redirect URIs, enter this exact URL:

https://backend.composio.dev/api/v1/auth-apps/add

Register the exact production callback.

3. Select Create. Open Client Secret and save the Client ID and Client Secret privately. You will enter them in Composio.

Copy the issued client ID and secret privately.

Step 3: Choose scopes for your workflow

Choose only the scopes needed by the tools you plan to use. The read-only example shown here uses ZohoBigin.org.READ to read organization details. Other tools need their corresponding scopes; this example does not grant access to every tool. Check the example’s required scope and the Zoho Bigin API reference before selecting permissions.

Part 2: Connect Zoho Bigin in Composio

Step 1: Create an auth config

1. Open the Composio dashboard. Select Auth Configs → Create, search for Zoho Bigin and select the toolkit.

Select the toolkit in Composio.

2. Give the config a name and select Next. Choose OAuth 2.0 and Your Own Credentials.

Name the auth config.Choose OAuth 2.0 and your own credentials.

3. Enter the Client id and Client secret from Zoho. Keep Redirect URI identical to the callback registered in the API Console.

Keep the production callback and only the needed scopes.

4. In Scopes, keep only the permissions your workflow needs. Remove preselected scopes you do not need. If a scope is missing from the list, type its exact name and select Add scope. Select Create Auth Config.

Add the exact workflow-specific scope.

Step 2: Select your data center

Open the config and select Connect Account. For Region, choose the code matching your Zoho Bigin account’s data center. The example uses in for bigin.zoho.in; use com for the US, eu for Europe, or au for Australia. Do not paste a full website URL into this field.

Select the account data center.

If your app connects accounts in multiple data centers, configure Zoho multi-DC support for those regions. The client and account regions must be compatible.

Step 3: Authorize the account

Sign in to the Zoho Bigin account you want to connect. Review the app name, organization and permissions on Zoho’s consent screen. Select the consent checkbox when shown, then select Accept if the permissions match your workflow.

Review the provider permissions before accepting.

Step 4: Confirm the connection is Active

Wait for Composio’s successful-connection confirmation. Return to the auth config’s Accounts tab and check that the account shows Active. An auth config marked Enabled does not by itself confirm an active connection.

Confirm that the connected account shows Active.

Connection troubleshooting

If Zoho says Cannot grant these permissions as you don’t have access to Bigin, ask your Zoho One administrator to assign Bigin to your user before retrying consent. Registering an OAuth client does not give an account access to Bigin.

  • Redirect mismatch: compare the complete callback in Zoho and Composio, including the path.

  • Invalid client or data-center error: check the API Console region, the account region and Region.

  • Permission or organization error: check access to the existing Zoho Bigin organization and the scope required by that tool. Add needed scopes to the config and authorize again; an existing connection does not acquire new permissions automatically.

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