Thursday 2 June 2016

Insert | Update | Delete record by Rest API | Workbench | Standard Rest API | Rest Explorer


In this blog we will learn how to insert, update or delete a record by Rest API without any code.

1) Create a record

Method :- Post
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/
Request Body :- 

1{
  "Name" : "Account from Rest API",
  "phone" : "1111111111",
  "website" : "www.salesforce1.com",
  "numberOfEmployees" : "100",
  "industry" : "Banking"
}



Response 
1{ "id" : "0019000001hE8apAAC", "success" : true, "errors" : [ ] }



2) Update a record

Method :- Patch
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/0019000001hE8apAAC
Request Body :- 

1{
  "Name" : "Account from Rest API",
  "phone" : "222222"
}



Response :-
 1HTTP/1.1 204 No Content







3) Delete a record

Method :- Delete
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/0019000001hE8apAAC

Response 
 1HTTP/1.1 204 No Content



4) Retrieve a record

Method :- Get
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/0019000001hE8af
Response 
 1{ "attributes" : { "type" : "Account", "url" : "/services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/0019000001hE8afAAC" }, "Id" : "0019000001hE8afAAC", "IsDeleted" : false, "MasterRecordId" : null, "Name" : "Express Logistics and Transport", "Type" : null, "ParentId" : null, "BillingStreet" : null, "BillingCity" : null, "BillingState" : null, "BillingPostalCode" : null, "BillingCountry" : null, "BillingLatitude" : null, "BillingLongitude" : null, "BillingGeocodeAccuracy" : null, "BillingAddress" : null, "ShippingStreet" : null, "ShippingCity" : null, "ShippingState" : null, "ShippingPostalCode" : null, "ShippingCountry" : null, "ShippingLatitude" : null, "ShippingLongitude" : null, "ShippingGeocodeAccuracy" : null, "ShippingAddress" : null, "Phone" : "1111111111", "Fax" : null, "AccountNumber" : null, "Website" : "www.salesforce1.com", "PhotoUrl" : "/services/images/photo/0019000001hE8afAAC", "Sic" : null, "Industry" : "Banking", "AnnualRevenue" : null, "NumberOfEmployees" : 100, "Ownership" : null, "TickerSymbol" : null, "Description" : null, "Rating" : null, "Site" : null, "OwnerId" : "00590000003XIfkAAG", "CreatedDate" : "2016-06-02T13:04:35.000+0000", "CreatedById" : "00590000003XIfkAAG", "LastModifiedDate" : "2016-06-02T13:04:35.000+0000", "LastModifiedById" : "00590000003XIfkAAG", "SystemModstamp" : "2016-06-02T13:04:35.000+0000", "LastActivityDate" : null, "LastViewedDate" : "2016-06-02T13:14:38.000+0000", "LastReferencedDate" : "2016-06-02T13:14:38.000+0000", "IsPartner" : false, "IsCustomerPortal" : false, "Jigsaw" : null, "JigsawCompanyId" : null, "CleanStatus" : "Pending", "AccountSource" : null, "DunsNumber" : null, "Tradestyle" : null, "NaicsCode" : null, "NaicsDesc" : null, "YearStarted" : null, "SicDesc" : null, "DandbCompanyId" : null, "CustomerPriority__c" : null, "SLA__c" : null, "Active__c" : null, "NumberofLocations__c" : null, "UpsellOpportunity__c" : null, "SLASerialNumber__c" : null, "SLAExpirationDate__c" : null, "Accountant__c" : null, "First_Level_Approval__c" : false, "Final_Approval__c" : false, "Old_Account_ID__c" : null, "Demo__c" : null, "SumOfOppAmount__c" : null }



5) Create multiple record

Method :- post
URL:- /services/data/v34.0/composite/tree/Account/
Request Body :- 

1{
"records" :[{
    "attributes" : {"type" : "Account", "referenceId" : "ref1"},
    "name" : "SampleAccount1",
    "phone" : "1111111111",
    "website" : "www.salesforce1.com",
    "numberOfEmployees" : "100",
    "industry" : "Banking"  
    },{
    "attributes" : {"type" : "Account", "referenceId" : "ref2"},
    "name" : "SampleAccount2",
    "phone" : "2222222222",
    "website" : "www.salesforce2.com",
    "numberOfEmployees" : "250",
    "industry" : "Banking"
    },{
    "attributes" : {"type" : "Account", "referenceId" : "ref3"},
    "name" : "SampleAccount3",
    "phone" : "3333333333",
    "website" : "www.salesforce3.com",
    "numberOfEmployees" : "52000",
    "industry" : "Banking"
    },{
    "attributes" : {"type" : "Account", "referenceId" : "ref4"},
    "name" : "SampleAccount4",
    "phone" : "4444444444",
    "website" : "www.salesforce4.com",
    "numberOfEmployees" : "2500",
    "industry" : "Banking"
    }]
}



Response :-
 1{ "hasErrors" : false, "results" : [ { "referenceId" : "ref1", "id" : "0019000001hE8gOAAS" }, { "referenceId" : "ref2", "id" : "0019000001hE8gPAAS" }, { "referenceId" : "ref3", "id" : "0019000001hE8gQAAS" }, { "referenceId" : "ref4", "id" : "0019000001hE8gRAAS" } ] }



6) Update multiple record.
Method :- post
URL:- /services/data/v34.0/composite/batch
Request Body :- 

1{
"batchRequests" : [
    {
        "method" : "PATCH",
        "url" : "v34.0/sobjects/account/0019000001hE8gOAAS",
        "richInput" : { "name" : "SampleAccount1",
                        "phone" : "1111111117",
                        "website" : "www.salesforce1.com",
                        "numberOfEmployees" : "100",
                        "industry" : "Banking"
                        }
    },
   
    {
        "method" : "PATCH",
        "url" : "v34.0/sobjects/account/0019000001hE8gPAAS",
        "richInput" : { "name" : "SampleAccount2",
                        "phone" : "2222222227",
                        "website" : "www.salesforce1.com",
                        "numberOfEmployees" : "100",
                        "industry" : "Banking"
                        }
    }
    ]
}



Response :-
 1{ "hasErrors" : false, "results" : [ { "statusCode" : 204, "result" : null }, { "statusCode" : 204, "result" : null } ] }



NOTE:- Please replace id in URL according to your org

Please check below post for more information
1) https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/intro_what_is_rest_api.htm



Let us know if this will help you

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Thanks
Amit Chaudhary

6 comments:

  1. Thank you so much sir.... Its very helpful for us.

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  2. getting error
    message: Cannot deserialize instance of datetime from VALUE_STRING value 2015-12-01 02:45 PM or request may be missing a required field at [line:1, column:25]
    errorCode: JSON_PARSER_ERROR

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    1. Date Time field should be in the "yyyy-mm-ddTmm:ss:sssz" format.

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