Salesforce Sales Cloud Process Approvals API

Process approval operations

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salesforce-sales-cloud-process-approvals-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce Analytics REST Change Events Process Approvals API
  description: Access Salesforce reports, dashboards, and analytics data programmatically. Enables embedding analytics into custom applications, automating report generation, running reports synchronously or asynchronously, and managing dashboard components and filters.
  version: 59.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
  license:
    name: Salesforce Master Subscription Agreement
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/analytics
  description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Process Approvals
  description: Process approval operations
paths:
  /process/approvals:
    get:
      operationId: getProcessApprovals
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get pending process approvals
      description: Returns a list of all approval processes and their current state. Available in API version 30.0 and later.
      tags:
      - Process Approvals
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved process approvals
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  approvals:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: submitProcessApproval
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Submit a process approval request
      description: Submits a particular record for approval, approves or rejects an approval request, or processes bulk approval requests.
      tags:
      - Process Approvals
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                requests:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      actionType:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - Submit
                        - Approve
                        - Reject
                      contextActorId:
                        type: string
                      contextId:
                        type: string
                      comments:
                        type: string
                      nextApproverIds:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Approval request processed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    actorIds:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
                    entityId:
                      type: string
                    instanceId:
                      type: string
                    instanceStatus:
                      type: string
                    success:
                      type: boolean
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request - malformed query, missing required fields, or validation error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed - invalid, expired, or missing access token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      description: Standard Salesforce REST API error response
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      description: An API error message
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: string
          description: The error status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
        fields:
          type: array
          description: Fields related to the error
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
      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
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
externalDocs:
  description: Salesforce Reports and Dashboards REST API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_analytics.meta/api_analytics/sforce_analytics_rest_api_intro.htm