Salesforce Automation SOQL API

Salesforce Object Query Language queries

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/
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Authentication
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/intro_oauth_and_connected_apps.htm
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GettingStarted
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/quickstart.htm
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APIReference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_list.htm
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RateLimits
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_limits.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/asynch_api_quickstart.htm
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Authentication
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/authentication.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_streaming.meta/api_streaming/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_streaming.meta/api_streaming/quick_start.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.platform_events.meta/platform_events/
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/intro_what_is_chatter_connect.htm
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GettingStarted
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/quickstart.htm
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APIReference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resources_overview.htm
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RateLimits
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/intro_rate_limits.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.change_data_capture.meta/change_data_capture
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_composite_composite.htm
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Documentation
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_rest.htm
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GettingStarted
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_rest_intro.htm
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APIReference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_restrequest.htm

Specifications

Schemas & Data

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/salesforce-automation/refs/heads/main/json-ld/salesforce-automation-context.jsonld
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ChangeLog
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/rest_rns.htm
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PostmanCollection
https://www.postman.com/salesforce-developers/workspace/salesforce-developers/overview
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Best Practices
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/asynch_api_best_practices.htm
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Developer Guide
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.platform_events.meta/platform_events/platform_events_intro.htm
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Flow Object Reference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_flow.htm
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Examples
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/quickreference.htm
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Developer Guide
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.change_data_capture.meta/change_data_capture/cdc_what.htm
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Trailhead
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/change-data-capture/understand-change-data-capture
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Standard Actions Reference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable_standard.htm
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Custom Actions Reference
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_actions_invocable_custom.htm
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Flow Actions
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_action.meta/api_action/actions_obj_flow.htm
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Launch a Flow from REST API
https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.flow_distribute_system_rest.htm&language=en_US&type=5
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Developer Guide
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/using_composite_resources.htm
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Composite Batch
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_composite_batch.htm
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Composite Graph
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/using_resources_composite_graph.htm
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Code Samples
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_rest_code_samples.htm

OpenAPI Specification

salesforce-automation-soql-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Analytics (CRM Analytics) REST Actions SOQL API
  description: REST API for accessing and managing CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM / Einstein Analytics) resources including datasets, lenses, dashboards, and dataflows. Enables programmatic access to analytics metadata, query execution, and dashboard management. Uses the Wave API resource at /services/data/vXX.0/wave.
  version: '63.0'
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/support
    email: developer@salesforce.com
  license:
    name: Salesforce API Terms of Use
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v63.0/wave
  description: Salesforce production or developer instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: SOQL
  description: Salesforce Object Query Language queries
paths:
  /query:
    get:
      operationId: query
      summary: Execute a SOQL query
      description: Executes a SOQL query that returns records matching the query criteria. Results are returned in batches; use the nextRecordsUrl to retrieve additional batches if totalSize exceeds the batch size (default 2000 records).
      tags:
      - SOQL
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The SOQL query string (e.g., SELECT Id, Name FROM Account WHERE Industry = 'Technology')
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
  /queryAll:
    get:
      operationId: queryAll
      summary: Execute a SOQL query including deleted and archived records
      description: Executes a SOQL query that includes soft-deleted records (IsDeleted = true) and archived records in the results. Otherwise identical to the /query endpoint.
      tags:
      - SOQL
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The SOQL query string
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query results including deleted and archived records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
  /query/{queryLocator}:
    get:
      operationId: queryMore
      summary: Retrieve additional query results
      description: Retrieves the next batch of records for a query that has more results than the batch size. Use the nextRecordsUrl value from the previous response.
      tags:
      - SOQL
      parameters:
      - name: queryLocator
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The query locator from the nextRecordsUrl of a previous query response
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Next batch of query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
components:
  schemas:
    SObjectRecord:
      type: object
      description: A Salesforce SObject record with attributes metadata and dynamic fields
      properties:
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: The API name of the SObject type
            url:
              type: string
              description: The relative REST API URL for this record
          required:
          - type
        Id:
          type: string
          description: The 18-character Salesforce record ID
      additionalProperties: true
    QueryResult:
      type: object
      description: Results from a SOQL query, including records and pagination information
      properties:
        totalSize:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of records matching the query
        done:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether all results have been returned. If false, use nextRecordsUrl to retrieve more.
        nextRecordsUrl:
          type: string
          description: The URL to retrieve the next batch of results. Only present when done is false.
        records:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SObjectRecord'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the error
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: The Salesforce error code (e.g., INVALID_FIELD, MALFORMED_QUERY, NOT_FOUND)
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Fields that caused the error, if applicable
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request could not be processed due to invalid syntax, missing required fields, or business rule violations
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            api: Access and manage your Salesforce data
            wave_api: Access CRM Analytics REST API resources
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer