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how to get current session id in salesforce

by Kristina Reilly Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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We can find a salesforce session-id by going to the contact page inside of Salesforce and looking at the URL at the top of the page. Everything to the right of “salesforce.com/” is your ID number. It will be 15 digits. In Apex you can find session id by using this: String MySessionID = UserInfo.getSessionID ();

By using the UserInfo Classes getSessionId() method we can also get the session Id in our apex code. The session ID for the current session is returned and it works both synchronously and asynchronously. In Asynchronous Apex getSessionId() only returns the session ID when the code is run by a valid active user.Oct 8, 2021

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What is a Salesforce session ID?

A Salesforce Session ID is what refers to each Record in the back end of the program. Essentially, it is what Salesforce uses to track all of your records.

How do I get the session ID of a user?

String MySessionID = UserInfo.getSessionID (); A string is a line of text. This line of text can be empty, contain multiples of only one character, or a whole array of characters, or even the contents of this article. By saying “String MySessionID”, we create a non-rigid name “MySessionID” which represents an unspecified text value.

How do I Find my Salesforce ID number?

You can find an ID by going to the contact page inside of Salesforce and looking at the URL at the top of the page. Everything to the right of “salesforce.com/” is your ID number. It will be a 15 digits.

How to login to Apex code from Salesforce?

Your only option will be to login with username / password from within your static webservice code. One way would be to use the api of salesforce because there is a login method. When searching for a login method in apex code, I found this thread that seems to be exactly what you are looking for

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How do I get my session ID?

How to retrieve the valueHit F12 - This should open the developer console.In the console window, click the Cache menu and select view cookie information.This will open a new page with the cookies listed.Find the item with the name PHPSESSID.Copy the value next to VALUE - this is your session id.

How do I find my session ID in Salesforce Chrome?

Use this Chrome Extension to get the Salesforce Session Id:Clone this repo to your PC or download the source zip file.If you downloaded the zip file, extract it.From the Chrome Browser navigate to extensions.Enable developer mode (checkbox)Click load unpackaged extension.More items...•

Is session ID and access token same in Salesforce?

Session ID values are valid across all APIs, including SOAP and REST endpoints. Access Tokens are used by Connected Apps and other OAuth-enabled apps (such as Chatter Mobile). These tokens also have a similar life span, but can also be refreshed with a Refresh Token if granted permission.

How can I get session token?

You can get the session token from the cookie of the browser. You can, find the cookie settings->advanced settings->privacy->content settings->allcookie and site data then search www.google.com and select sid and copy the content .

How do I view sessions in inspect element?

# View sessionStorage keys and values Click the Application tab to open the Application panel. Expand the Session Storage menu. Click a domain to view its key-value pairs. Click a row of the table to view the value in the viewer below the table.

What is the difference between a session and a session token?

The main difference is session-based authentication of the connection stores the authentication details. The session method makes the server store most of the details, while in the case of the token-based one the client stores them.

What is session ID and Token?

The session token, also known as a sessionID, is an encrypted, unique string that identifies the specific session instance. If the session token is known to a protected resource such as an application, the application can access the session and all user information contained in it.

Is JWT better than session?

Since userId is got by decrypting the JWT token, no DB call is required to get userId, so somewhat faster that session approach. Servers can be scaled separately, without the need share sessionDB. This makes the JWT approach a great option for micro-services architecture.

Rajiv Bhatt Follow

By now you would have realized that since Summer '17 the SessionId is no longer returned in Debug logs. Instead in its place, SESSION_ID_REMOVED is returned.

Kat Harrison

TL;DR: #2 Works! Longer Version: Good info, even 4 years later. #1 The first one worked to generate the ID but it didn't copy it to the clipboard. I think chrome has updated security to disallow clipboard related interactivity in the interim, so unless someone has a "patch" for the bookmarklet, that's no longer working as shown.

Kat Harrison

Just want to add some addl posterity for anyone who's landing on this for info, on my setup, #2 actually works only in certain conditions. I found it worked when I logged in through the link in production, but not when logging into the sandbox directly. Kind of odd.

Tomasz Piechota

Is it possible to generate Session Id (in apex) not for the current user but for "a user" so I can embed it into the url that user receives ie: in the sms?

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