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Which API Do I Use?

API Name Protocol Data Format Communication
REST API REST JSON, XML Synchronous
SOAP API SOAP (WSDL) XML Synchronous
Connect REST API REST JSON, XML Synchronous (photos are processed asynch ...
User Interface API REST JSON Synchronous
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API stands for Application Program Interface. Salesforce APIs are a way for other applications (or code in other applications) to programmatically access data within your Salesforce org, in a simple and secure manner.Sep 21, 2015

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Why we are using SOAP API in Salesforce?

Use SOAP API

  • Learning Objectives. Generate a WSDL file for your org. ...
  • Enterprise and Partner WSDLs. ...
  • Create a SOAP Project with SoapUI. ...
  • Log In to Your Trailhead Playground. ...
  • My Domain Is Already On in Your Trailhead Playground. ...
  • Resources. ...

How do I create an API integration user in Salesforce?

Create user with ‘API Only’ profile. In the User Profiles list, click New. Click New User. Scroll down and click Save. Now you can use this newly created integration user account – under the API Only profile – to initialize the connection between InsideView Apex and Salesforce.

How to call a Salesforce API?

API calls issued by certain Salesforce connected apps (for example, the Salesforce mobile app) don’t count. To determine which APIs affect the allocation, see Monitoring Your API Usage. Calls that include DebuggingHeader have a separate allocation limit of 1,000 calls per 24-hour period.

How do I pull data from Salesforce API?

how do I pull data from Salesforce API? Open the Data Loader. Click Export. Enter your Salesforce username and password, and click Log in. When you're logged in, click Next. Choose an object. Select the CSV file to export the data to. Click Next. Create a SOQL query for the data export.

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What is platform event in Salesforce?

Use platform events to connect business processes in Salesforce and external apps through the exchange of real-time event data.

When was Composite Graph API launched?

Integrate large numbers of related sObject records with the new Composite Graph API launched in Winter '21. September 14, 2020

What services does Apex use?

Apex allows you to integrate with external SOAP and REST Web services using callouts. You can use utilities for JSON, XML, data security, and encoding.

Is Salesforce Postman open source?

In this episode, Sébastien discusses the Salesforce Postman collection containing 230+ request templates for Salesforce APIs. The project is open-source and available through GitHub. He also shares what he is doing to make integration and testing more accessible for developers. 10 min

What is Apex REST API?

Apex REST API:This API is useful build your own REST API in APEX. This API exposes Apex Classes as RESTful web services.

What is tooling API?

Tooling API:This API is useful to build custom development tools for force.com applications.

What is bulk API?

Bulk API:This API is useful to work with large number of records ( Load or delete large number of records).

How long does Salesforce support API?

Salesforce is committed to supporting each API version for a minimum of three years from the date of first release. In order to mature and improve the quality and performance of the API, versions that are more than three years old might cease to be supported.

What is Salesforce prebuilt?

The Salesforce prebuilt applications provide powerful CRM functionality. In addition, Salesforce provides the ability to customize the prebuilt applications to fit your organization. However, your organization may have complex business processes that are unsupported by the existing functionality.

What is developer sandbox?

Developer Sandbox is an exact replica of your Salesforce deployment, including all customization and data. For more information, see Deploy Enhancements from Sandboxes.

What is Salesforce Education Services?

Salesforce Education Services offers a suite of training courses to enable developers to design, create, integrate, and extend applications built on the Lightning platform. Be sure to visit http://www.salesforce.com/training to learn more.

What is metadata API?

Use Metadata API to retrieve, deploy, create, update, or delete customizations for your org. The most common use is to migrate changes from a sandbox or testing org to your production environment. Metadata API is intended for managing customizations and for building tools that can manage the metadata model, not the data itself.

When will SOAP API be deprecated?

Versions 21.0 through 30.0 of SOAP API will be deprecated in the Summer ’22 release. For more information, see this Knowledge Article: Salesforce Platform API Versions 21.0 through 30.0 Retirement.

What is the purpose of using SOAP API?

Use SOAP API to create, retrieve, update or delete records, such as accounts, leads, and custom objects . With more than 20 different calls, SOAP API also allows you to maintain passwords, perform searches, and much more. Use SOAP API in any language that supports web services.

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