Zoho Mail - Command Line Interface

Zoho Mail - CLI overview

The Zoho Mail Command Line Interface shell tool is an alternative for the Zoho Mail web client. It interacts with Zoho Mail REST API to perform the necessary actions. This tool allows you to securely authenticate using refresh tokens and perform various API operations through an interactive shell.  

Terms and definitions

Terms and definitions

Acronym

 Definition

CLICommand Line Interface
ZUIDZoho User ID
REST APIRepresentational State Transfer Application Programming Interface

CLI features

The key features of the Command Line Interface (CLI) tool include:

  • Secure storage of Zoho OAuth refresh tokens using user-provided encryption password.
  • An interactive shell supporting Zoho Mail API commands.
  • A built-in help system for exploring available commands.
  • A lightweight, cross-platform JAR executable.