ZOHO People Attendance Chrome Extension

Easier Check-in/out in Zoho People.

Chromium browser extension to view status and check-in/check-out in Zoho People from any tab in the browser.

Why?

• At the start of WFH in Zoho Corporation, the feature attendance in Zoho People was used to determine if a co-worker was currently available or not
• Checking in/out frequently and contextually was the best practice
• But check-in/out could be made only from the Zoho People website, which made it a hassle every time you stepped away
• Thus, make it easier to use by enabling that functionality from any tab in the browser; eliminate the need to go to that website

Deployment:

• Download the src folder
• Open the Extensions menu in the browser (chrome://extensions/ for Google Chrome)
• Enable Developer Mode
• Drag and drop the src folder or Click on 'Load Unpacked' and choose the src folder

Prerequisite:

The user needs to be logged into any Zoho service on the browser.

Usage:

• Click once on the extension; a popup appears indicating the current status (checked-in/out)
• Click 'Ok' on the resulting popup to check-in/out

Internals:

• Makes a GET call to https://people.zoho.com/zpeoplehr/AttendanceAction.zp with the browser's cookie and extract the CSRF token from response with a regex
• Makes a POST call to https://people.zoho.com/zpeoplehr/AttendanceAction.zp with the CSRF token and parameter:
  • mode=getStatus to get the current status
  • mode=punchIn to check-in
  • mode=punchOut to check-out