Chilkat Online Tools

C++ / Salesforce Platform APIs / SObject Rows by External ID

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;
    bool success;

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:FIELD_NAME/:FIELD_VALUE",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response status code = " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << sbResponseBody.getAsString() << "\r\n";
    }

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:FIELD_NAME/:FIELD_VALUE

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "SObject Rows by External ID",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:FIELD_NAME/:FIELD_VALUE",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "sobjects",
        ":SOBJECT_API_NAME",
        ":FIELD_NAME",
        ":FIELD_VALUE"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "SOBJECT_API_NAME",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "key": "FIELD_NAME",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "key": "FIELD_VALUE",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates new records or updates existing records (upserts records) based on the value of a specified external ID field.\n\nIf the specified value doesn't exist, a new record is created.\nIf a record does exist with that value, the field values specified in the request body are updated.\nIf the value is not unique, the REST API returns a 300 response with the list of matching records.\n\nHEAD, GET, PATCH, DELETE, POST"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}