Zoho Creator provides powerful low-code capabilities for automating business processes, generating documents, and storing files directly inside an application. One common requirement is to generate a PDF from a Zoho Creator page and save that PDF into a file upload field using Deluge.

In this tutorial, we will explain how to generate a PDF using a Zoho Creator public page export URL, download the file with invokeurl, and store it inside a custom Document form.

This approach is useful for:

Zoho Creator PDF generation
Deluge PDF export
Saving generated PDFs in Zoho Creator
Zoho Creator file upload automation
Zoho Creator document management
Deluge invokeurl file handling
Zoho Creator page export to PDF

Zoho Creator PDF Generation

urls = “https://creatorapp.zohopublic.com/export/<App_Owner>/<App_Name>/pdf/<Page_Name>/q5wrxjpwRA9BuQgPv5E8gEpODjHeBRVbSsWQsXSC4a0uwe2UfHxFj5WqMG9Sq3Rh4r4w2RkrCWSAaHYTUyBG5WvfxGSAnCEWwKgn?r_id=”
+ input.recorID + “&isc5page=true”;

file_obj = invokeurl
[
    url : urls
    type : GET
];

Insert_Doc = insert into Document
[
    Template_Type = “PDF”
    Added_User = zoho.loginuser
    File_Upload1 = file_obj
    Agents = input.Agents
];

What This Deluge Code Does

The code performs three main actions:

Creates a dynamic Zoho Creator PDF export URL.
Downloads the generated PDF using invokeurl.
Inserts a new record into the Document form and stores the PDF in a file upload field.

The overall flow looks like this:

Zoho Creator Record
        ↓
Dynamic PDF Export URL
        ↓
invokeurl GET Request
        ↓
PDF File Object
        ↓
Insert into Document Form
        ↓
Store PDF in File Upload Field

Steps Breakdown-

Step 1: Create the PDF Export URL

The first part of the code is:

urls = “https://creatorapp.zohopublic.com/export/App_owner/App_name/pdf/Page_Name/q5wrxjpwRA9BuQgPv5E8gEpODjHeBRVbSsWQsXSC4a0uwe2UfHxFj5WqMG9Sq3Rh4r4w2RkrCWSAaHYTUyBG5WvfxGSAnCEWwKgn?r_id=”
+ input.recorID + “&isc5page=true”;

This URL tells Zoho Creator to export a specific page as a PDF.

The general structure is:

https://creatorapp.zohopublic.com/export/<App_Owner>/<App_Name>/pdf/<Page_Name>/<Public_Key>+ input.recorID + “&isc5page=true

Understanding isc5page=true

The URL also contains:

&isc5page=true

This parameter is generally used with Creator page export URLs to indicate that the resource being exported is a Creator page.

The final URL therefore identifies:

The application
The Creator page
The export format
The record ID
The required page parameters

Step 2: Download the PDF Using invokeurl

The next part is:

file_obj = invokeurl
[
url : urls
type : GET
];

invokeurl is one of the most useful Deluge tasks for API integrations and file handling.
Here, it sends a GET request to the PDF export URL.
Because the URL returns a file, Zoho Creator stores the response in: file_obj
The file_obj variable now contains the generated PDF file.

Conceptually:

PDF Export URL
      ↓
invokeurl
      ↓
GET Request
      ↓
PDF Response
      ↓
file_obj

This file object can then be stored in a Creator file upload field or attached to an email.

Step 3: Insert the PDF into a Document Form

The next section creates a new record:

Insert_Doc = insert into Document
[
    Template_Type = “PDF”
    Added_User = zoho.loginuser
    File_Upload1 = file_obj
    Agents = input.Agents
];

Note: Here, Document is the form link name

Store the Generated PDF

The most important line is:

File_Upload1 = file_obj
File_Upload1 is a Zoho Creator file upload field.
The PDF returned by invokeurl is assigned directly to this field.
So the process becomes:
PDF generated
      ↓
file_obj
      ↓
File_Upload1
      ↓
Document saved in Creator

This is a very useful method for building a Zoho Creator document management system.
Then save it

Practical Use Cases

This Zoho Creator Deluge PDF generation technique can be used for many business processes.

Invoice Generation:

Generate an invoice page as a PDF and automatically save it in a document form.

Employee Summary:

Generate employee or agent summary PDFs and maintain document history.

Customer Reports:

Create customer-specific PDF reports based on record IDs

Asset Management:

Generate asset handover forms, asset summaries, and assignment documents.

Sales Reports:

Create sales summaries or performance reports for individual users.

Compliance Documents:

Generate consent records, audit documents, DNC reports, or verification summaries.

How to Generate and Store a PDF in Zoho Creator Using Deluge