Salesforce provides Rest API which can be used to connect external services with Salesforce without human intervention. in this tutorial I will explain how to test Salesforce Rest API using Advance Rest API client.

  1. Create Connected app in salesforce from Setup->Create-> Apps

How to test salesforce Rest API

How to test salesforce Rest API

 

  1. After successful completion of previous step you will get consumer key and consumer secret as shown below.

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  1. Open Advance rest client (Chrome extension) and input setup as shown below

 

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  1. Copy access token and instance url for next step.

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  1. Connect to Salesforce Rest api using access token and instance url

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