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Learn Rest API & Integration Basics | Salesforce Development
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Learn Rest API & Integration Basics | Salesforce Development

Learn How to create API in Salesforce and how to call out APIs from an external system (Postman)
Created byShrey Sharma
Last updated 5/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • Salesforce API Integration
  • Salesforce Developers

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 58m total length

  • API Introduction13:48

    Explore how a rest api enables two systems to communicate through an interface, with bank api examples for live currency exchange rates and practical app integrations.

  • API Example12:12

    Explore how Salesforce APIs enable external systems to interact with your data through request-response calls, using Apex callouts and external APIs to automate currency conversions and opportunities.

  • How to make Apex Callout10:24

    Learn how to make an Apex callout by building an HTTP request to an external API, setting the endpoint and method, and parsing the JSON response for euro conversion.

  • External API Callout6:27

    Create a global rest resource in Salesforce to accept external system calls, parse incoming JSON via rest context, map data, post leads, and return a verifiable response.

  • Create Connected App15:28

    Create a connected app to enable an external system to access Salesforce, and obtain an authorization token for rest API calls that create leads.

Requirements

  • Should know basic programming skills

Description

In this course, you will learn the basics of what is API and Integration and how to use it in Salesforce development from scratch.

API stands for Application Program Interface which helps two systems to communicate with each other. There are different types of APIs in Salesforce: REST API, SOAP API, Bulk API, and Streaming API. You will be learning about REST API in this course. This course is designed and curated by Shrey Sharma for beginners to give them an in-depth knowledge of what are Salesforce APIs and how to use them from scratch. So, even if you don't know what APIs are, you do not need to worry because you can easily create them after learning this course.


After learning this course you will be able to answer the following questions:

1. What exactly is API & Integration in Salesforce?

2. What is the use of API & Integrations?

3. What is REST API and where to use it in Salesforce?

4. What is the difference between the Apex API and Apex callouts?

5. How to create an Apex API?

6. How to call out an API from an external system(in our case it will be through Postman)?


So sit back and enjoy learning the easiest way of creating APIs in Salesforce with Shrey Sharma .

You can check out our other courses as well on the instructor's page to gain a deep understanding of the Salesforce admin and development part.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner Salesforce Developers

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