Salesforce Rest API create account
We are using the Salesforce Rest API to integrate our external website with Salesforce Sales Cloud. When a user registers on our website, we create a contact record in Salesforce. The response to the initial insert request includes the Contact ID. Is there a way we can have the initial request return more fields? On the SF side, we have a formula field that generates the 18 digits long contact ID and we need that returned to us for interacting with the Marketing Cloud. We can make another call to get this long contact ID but we are trying to avoid this extra call. Is what we are trying to do achievable?
apex rest-api api bulk-api website-integration
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We are using the Salesforce Rest API to integrate our external website with Salesforce Sales Cloud. When a user registers on our website, we create a contact record in Salesforce. The response to the initial insert request includes the Contact ID. Is there a way we can have the initial request return more fields? On the SF side, we have a formula field that generates the 18 digits long contact ID and we need that returned to us for interacting with the Marketing Cloud. We can make another call to get this long contact ID but we are trying to avoid this extra call. Is what we are trying to do achievable?
apex rest-api api bulk-api website-integration
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
add a comment |
We are using the Salesforce Rest API to integrate our external website with Salesforce Sales Cloud. When a user registers on our website, we create a contact record in Salesforce. The response to the initial insert request includes the Contact ID. Is there a way we can have the initial request return more fields? On the SF side, we have a formula field that generates the 18 digits long contact ID and we need that returned to us for interacting with the Marketing Cloud. We can make another call to get this long contact ID but we are trying to avoid this extra call. Is what we are trying to do achievable?
apex rest-api api bulk-api website-integration
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
We are using the Salesforce Rest API to integrate our external website with Salesforce Sales Cloud. When a user registers on our website, we create a contact record in Salesforce. The response to the initial insert request includes the Contact ID. Is there a way we can have the initial request return more fields? On the SF side, we have a formula field that generates the 18 digits long contact ID and we need that returned to us for interacting with the Marketing Cloud. We can make another call to get this long contact ID but we are trying to avoid this extra call. Is what we are trying to do achievable?
apex rest-api api bulk-api website-integration
apex rest-api api bulk-api website-integration
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
edited Jan 23 at 8:42
Oleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
10.2k32238
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
asked Jan 23 at 8:02
degmodegmo
325
325
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yes, it is possible by means of creating custom rest resource in salesforce and inserting contact via this endpoint.
you want to add one more additional step before returning newly created contact. This step is to query this 18 digits long contact ID field. for example:
@RestResource(urlMapping='/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/*')
global with sharing class MyRestResource {
@HttpPost
global static String doPost(String lastName) {
Contact cont = new Contact(
LastName = lastName
);
insert cont;
cont = [
select Id, LongContactId__c // query all needed fields to be returned on insert call
from Contact
where Id = :cont.Id
limit 1
];
return cont;
}
}
in this case endpoint is https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/
answered Jan 23 at 8:11
Oleksandr BerehovskyiOleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
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yes, it is possible by means of creating custom rest resource in salesforce and inserting contact via this endpoint.
you want to add one more additional step before returning newly created contact. This step is to query this 18 digits long contact ID field. for example:
@RestResource(urlMapping='/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/*')
global with sharing class MyRestResource {
@HttpPost
global static String doPost(String lastName) {
Contact cont = new Contact(
LastName = lastName
);
insert cont;
cont = [
select Id, LongContactId__c // query all needed fields to be returned on insert call
from Contact
where Id = :cont.Id
limit 1
];
return cont;
}
}
in this case endpoint is https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/
answered Jan 23 at 8:11
Oleksandr BerehovskyiOleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
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yes, it is possible by means of creating custom rest resource in salesforce and inserting contact via this endpoint.
you want to add one more additional step before returning newly created contact. This step is to query this 18 digits long contact ID field. for example:
@RestResource(urlMapping='/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/*')
global with sharing class MyRestResource {
@HttpPost
global static String doPost(String lastName) {
Contact cont = new Contact(
LastName = lastName
);
insert cont;
cont = [
select Id, LongContactId__c // query all needed fields to be returned on insert call
from Contact
where Id = :cont.Id
limit 1
];
return cont;
}
}
in this case endpoint is https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/
answered Jan 23 at 8:11
Oleksandr BerehovskyiOleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
add a comment |
yes, it is possible by means of creating custom rest resource in salesforce and inserting contact via this endpoint.
you want to add one more additional step before returning newly created contact. This step is to query this 18 digits long contact ID field. for example:
@RestResource(urlMapping='/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/*')
global with sharing class MyRestResource {
@HttpPost
global static String doPost(String lastName) {
Contact cont = new Contact(
LastName = lastName
);
insert cont;
cont = [
select Id, LongContactId__c // query all needed fields to be returned on insert call
from Contact
where Id = :cont.Id
limit 1
];
return cont;
}
}
in this case endpoint is https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/
answered Jan 23 at 8:11
Oleksandr BerehovskyiOleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
yes, it is possible by means of creating custom rest resource in salesforce and inserting contact via this endpoint.
you want to add one more additional step before returning newly created contact. This step is to query this 18 digits long contact ID field. for example:
@RestResource(urlMapping='/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/*')
global with sharing class MyRestResource {
@HttpPost
global static String doPost(String lastName) {
Contact cont = new Contact(
LastName = lastName
);
insert cont;
cont = [
select Id, LongContactId__c // query all needed fields to be returned on insert call
from Contact
where Id = :cont.Id
limit 1
];
return cont;
}
}
in this case endpoint is https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/ContactInsertWithReturnedFields/
answered Jan 23 at 8:11
Oleksandr BerehovskyiOleksandr Berehovskyi
10.2k32238
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Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
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Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
– degmo
Jan 24 at 17:53
Thanks Oleksandr, I was able to solve this via the APEX Rest API as you suggested. Much appreciated.
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