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Salesforce Connector v9.8

Anypoint Connector for Salesforce (Salesforce Connector) enables you to create apps that react to Salesforce events such as adding, changing, or deleting objects, topics, documents, and channels.

Salesforce Connector enables you to connect to the Salesforce APIs. This connector exposes methods for accessing Salesforce, including working with the Salesforce Apex classes.

This connector works with the Salesforce SOAP API, REST API, Bulk API, and Streaming API, depending on the operation you configure. Each API call uses an XML request and response over an HTTPS connection. All required request headers, error handling, and HTTPS connection configurations are built into the connector.

Release Notes: Salesforce Connector Release Notes
Exchange: Salesforce Connector

About Connectors

Anypoint Connectors are Mule runtime engine extensions that enable you to connect to APIs and resources on external systems, such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Twitter.

Prerequisites

Before creating an app, you must have access to the Salesforce target resource and Anypoint Platform. You must also understand how to create a Mule app using Design Center or Anypoint Studio, and be familiar with Salesforce, HTTP, SOAP, REST, Bulk and Streaming APIs, Mule runtime engine (Mule), Anypoint Connectors, Anypoint Studio (Studio), Mule concepts, elements in a Mule flow, and Global Elements.

Requirements for using the connector:

  • Salesforce developer account

  • Salesforce security token

    You can receive a new security token by email if you run Reset Security Token through My Personal Information from the Salesforce Setup pages.

  • Consumer key and Secret (available in your Salesforce developer account)

    Required if you are using the OAuth API.

  • Namespace and schema location

    If you plan to create the XML for your Mule app, you need to include the correct namespace and schema location in your XML file. Anypoint Studio adds this information to the XML file automatically when you add the Salesforce connector to a flow in a Mule app.

Restrictions:

  • The Salesforce connector does not expose all possible operations of the Salesforce APIs.

  • The Salesforce connector does not provide access to the Chatter API or the Tooling API.

Audience

Subject Overview

This table provides a quick reference to the topics found in the modules of the Salesforce Connector documentation:

Subject Description

Accept and Transform Data

Accept and transform data from Salesforce example

Apex SOAP and REST

Configure for APEX SOAP API and APEX REST API

APIs

List of Salesforce APIs that this connector can access

Application Development

Process order and integration patterns

Batched Data

Batch data using the Salesforce Bulk API

Custom Event Notifications

Get custom event notifications over a streaming channel

Events

Receive Salesforce events by subscribing to a topic

Lead Convert Request ID

Specify a lead ID using DataWeave

Object Store Usage

How the connector uses object stores

Parent Child Relationships

Create and update parent and child relationships example

Streaming Channel

Subscribe to a Salesforce streaming channel

Anypoint Exchange Templates and Examples

Simplify Salesforce Connector development with a template or an example

Topics

Subscribe to a Salesforce topic

Develop an Application

Build an app in this order:

  1. Configure the connector.

  2. Test the connection.

  3. Build the rest of your flow.

  4. Add and configure DataWeave.

When developing an app, the Salesforce Connector provides these integration patterns you can use with the Salesforce APIs:

  • Batch Data Synchronization

    An external system accesses, changes, deletes, or adds data in Salesforce in batches, and vice versa (Salesforce to external system).

  • Remote Call-In

    An external system accesses, changes, deletes, or adds data in Salesforce, and vice versa (Salesforce to external system).

  • Fire and Forget Remote Process Invocation

    Salesforce initiates a process in a third-party system and receives an acknowledgment that the process has started. The third-party system continues processing independent of Salesforce.

  • Request-Reply Remote Process Invocation

    Salesforce initiates a process in a remote system, waits for the remote system to finish processing, and accepts control back again from the remote system.

  • User Interface Update Based on Data Changes

    The Salesforce UI updates in response to a change in a third-party system.

Salesforce APIs

Salesforce Connector works with the Salesforce SOAP API, REST API, Bulk API, and Streaming API, but does not provide access to the Chatter API or the Tooling API. Each API call uses an XML request and response over an HTTPS connection. All required request headers, error handling, and HTTPS connection configurations are built into the connector.

  • Apex SOAP API

    Salesforce Apex SOAP API exposes Apex class methods as custom SOAP web service calls. This allows an external app to invoke an Apex web service to perform an action in Salesforce.

  • Apex REST API

    Salesforce Apex REST API creates your own REST-based web services using Apex. This API has all of the advantages of the REST architecture, while adding the ability to define custom logic and including automatic argument or object mapping.

  • Bulk API

    Salesforce Bulk API quickly and securely loads batches of your organization’s data into Salesforce. See also Load Data in Batches.

  • Metadata API

    Salesforce Metadata API manages customizations and build tools that work with the metadata model, not the data itself.

  • SOAP API

    Salesforce SOAP API provides secure access to your organization’s information on Salesforce. Most of the operations that Salesforce Connector performs map to this API.

    All the Salesforce operations performed through the SOAP API have an optional parameter called Headers that can take any of the Salesforce SOAP headers.

  • Streaming API

    Salesforce Streaming API securely receives notifications for changes to your organization’s information in Salesforce. See Receive Inbound Data From Salesforce for more information about the use of the Streaming API.

Anypoint Exchange Templates and Examples

Anypoint Exchange provides templates you can use as a starting point for your app, as well as examples that illustrate a complete solution.

Salesforce Connector Templates in Exchange

Anypoint Exchange templates provide starting points for Anypoint Studio projects such as:

Salesforce Connector Examples in Exchange

Anypoint Exchange examples enable you to create complete Anypoint Studio projects such as:

Next

After you have met the prerequisites and experimented with templates and examples, you are ready to create an app with Design Center or Anypoint Studio.

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