Salesforce Utils

This is a utility library for consuming the salesforce lightning API

Supported Endpoints

• sobjects (object CRUD)
• query (SOQL queries)

Usage Example

Instantiate a new instance using NewSalesforceUtils(). Configuration can be provided as environment variables, or in code.

package main  
  
import salesforce_utils "github.com/catalystcommunity/salesforce-utils"
  
func main() {
	// if authenticate is true then authentication is done as part of instantiation. If authenticate is 	
	// false, you'll need to manually call the Authenticate() method.
	authenticate := true
	// empty config will use environment variables
	config := salesforce_utils.Config{}
  sfUtils, err := salesforce_utils.NewSalesforceUtils(authenticate, config)
  if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("error instantiating salesforce utils: %s", err.Error())
	}
	// create an object
	myJson := `{"some": "stuff"}`
	response, sfErr := sfUtils.CreateObject("my_type_name", []byte(myJson))
	// make a soql query
	myQuery := 'select fields(all) from my_type_name'
	response, sfErr := sfUtils.ExecuteSoqlQuery(myQuery)
}  

Configuration

Configuration is handled by code or environment variables. Code variables take precedence.

Code Example

// if authenticate is true then authentication is done as part of instantiation. If authenticate is false, you'll need to manually call the Authenticate() method.
authenticate := true
config := salesforce_utils.Config{  
  BaseUrl:      "https://mydomain.my.salesforce.com",  
  ApiVersion:   "55.0",  
  ClientId:     "client_id_here",  
  ClientSecret: "client_secret_here",  
  Username:     "username_here",  
  Password:     "password_here",  
  GrantType:    "password",  
}
sfUtils, err := salesforce_utils.NewSalesforceUtils(authenticate, config)

Environment Variables

name	required	purpose	default
SALESFORCE_BASE_URL	yes	Set the salesforce base url, i.e. https://mydomain.my.salesforce.com	""
SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID	yes	Set the connected app client id	""
SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET	yes	Set the connected app client secret	""
SALESFORCE_USERNAME	yes	User to authenticate as	""
SALESFORCE_PASSWORD	yes	Password to authenticate with	""
SALESFORCE_GRANT_TYPE	no	Grant type, we advise not setting this and letting it use the default	"password"
SALESFORCE_API_VERSION	no	Salesforce api version to use	"55.0"