Showing posts with label Post Request From Salesforce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Post Request From Salesforce. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2016

How to make a post or get request to some other server from apex class

1. Go to "setup/Develop/Apex Class"
2. Click "new"
3. Write code as following:


public class ApexClass_1 {
    @Future(callout=true)
    public static void c1(String Account_ID) {
        String name = '';
        try {
            HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
            req.setEndpoint('http://www.yahoo.com');
            req.setMethod('POST');
            req.setBody('Account_ID='+EncodingUtil.urlEncode(Account_ID, 'UTF-8')+'&other_param='+EncodingUtil.urlEncode('OTHER PARAM VALUE', 'UTF-8'));
            req.setCompressed(true);

            /* If you want to send basic authentication */
            String username = 'myname';
            String password = 'mypwd';
            Blob headerValue = Blob.valueOf(username + ':' + password);
            String authorizationHeader = 'BASIC ' + EncodingUtil.base64Encode(headerValue);
            req.setHeader('Authorization', authorizationHeader);

            Http http = new Http();
            HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
            name = 'Status_Code=' + res.getStatusCode();
            String responseBody = res.getBody();
        }
        catch(System.CalloutException e) {
            System.debug('Callout error: '+ e);
            name = ('Error=' + e.getMessage()).substring(0, 20);
        }

        /* Reading account object */
        Account account = [SELECT Id FROM Account WHERE Id = :Account_ID];
        account.Name = name;
        update op;
    }
}


4. Go to "setup/Security Controls/Remote Site Settings"
5. Click "New remote site" & enter the URL that you want to invoke from apex class.
6. Invoke method "ApexClass_1.c1" from wherever you want.

7. An example of invoke url in salesforce from apex sObjects trigger options
8. Go to "setup/Customize/Accounts/Triggers"
9. Click "new"
10. Write the following code:

trigger TriggerActionName on Account (before insert, after insert, after delete) {
    if (Trigger.isInsert) {
        if (Trigger.isAfter) {
            for (Account a : Trigger.New) {
                ApexClass_1.c1(a.Id);
            }
        }
    }
}


11. Once you create a new account the url would be invoked in a short time (Also you could write code for update & delete)
12. Apex trigger documentation: https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead/en/apex_triggers/apex_triggers_intro