Salesforce Api Developer Cheatsheet
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Powered by AIUtility calls like 'sendEmail()' and 'resetPassword()' significantly enhance user interaction by providing immediate communication capabilities and account security management, respectively. 'sendEmail()' allows the API to dispatch emails instantly to users, facilitating notifications and alerts. 'resetPassword()' ensures account security by allowing for system-generated password changes, thus safeguarding user accounts against unauthorized access .
Session management in the Force.com API is handled primarily through the 'login()', 'logout()', and 'invalidateSessions()' functions. 'login()' initiates a client session, 'logout()' terminates the session of the logged-in user, and 'invalidateSessions()' ends one or more sessions, ensuring control over session lifecycle and security .
Security and error management in API operations are strengthened through specific fault elements. 'InvalidIdFault' ensures data integrity and security by throwing errors when invalid IDs are encountered in operations like setting or resetting passwords. 'UnexpectedErrorFault' addresses unforeseen errors, allowing developers to handle exceptions not covered by specific faults, thus providing a mechanism to ensure application stability and error tracking .
Primitive data types such as 'boolean', 'date', 'dateTime', and 'string' ensure standardized data representation and manipulation. Field types like 'currency', 'email', 'ID', and 'multipicklist' allow for customized data handling, facilitating operations on diverse data types with specific properties. The polymorphic 'anyType' and sensitive data handling types, like 'encryptedstring', add flexibility and security, respectively, enhancing the robustness and precision of data operations .
'convertLead' function optimizes the sales process by transforming a lead into an account, contact, or opportunity, avoiding redundancy and streamlining customer relationship management. The 'merge' function addresses data consistency by consolidating records of the same object type, thereby eliminating duplicate records and maintaining data integrity. Together, these functions enhance data management by aligning data flow with business processes and maintaining a clean dataset .
The 'describeGlobal()' function retrieves a list of available objects in an organization’s data, providing an overview of accessible data types. 'describeSObjects()' offers detailed metadata, including field lists and object properties for specified object types, enabling dynamic adjustments based on object properties. 'describeTabs()' describes configured apps and tabs for the user, aiding in UI customization and navigation setup within an organization's Salesforce environment .
The Enterprise WSDL is a strongly typed representation of an organization's data, making it ideal for applications where the data structure is known and will not change. In contrast, the Partner WSDL is a loosely typed representation, designed for writing generic clients that work across different organizations, accommodating changes in data structure .
The Force.com Web Services API enables data manipulation from external systems by supporting SOAP-based web services, which enables integration with various client applications such as Java, .NET, or PHP. Key functionalities of the API include creating, retrieving, updating, or deleting records. It offers over 20 different calls for operations such as maintaining passwords, searching, retrieving metadata, or converting leads. Specifically, functions like 'create()', 'delete()', 'update()', and 'upsert()' allow for precise data management, while 'query()' and 'queryAll()' retrieve data meeting specific criteria, including deleted and archived items .
'query()' executes searches against specified objects to fetch records that meet defined criteria, facilitating targeted data retrieval. 'queryAll()' extends this by including deleted and archived records, ensuring comprehensive data access. 'queryMore()' helps in pagination by retrieving additional records in batches when the result set exceeds the initial query limits, ensuring efficient data handling in large datasets .
The Force.com API defines various fault elements to manage errors during API operations effectively. For example, 'ApiQueryFault' identifies the specific row and column where a problem occurred during a query. 'LoginFault', 'InvalidFieldFault', and 'MalformedQueryFault' handle errors during login, invalid field references, and malformed query strings respectively. These detailed fault mechanisms allow precise identification and troubleshooting of errors, enhancing robustness and operability of the API .
