# Salesforce Tooling API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-tooling-api/  
**Provider:** Salesforce — https://apis.io/providers/salesforce/  
**Base URL:** https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v{version}/tooling  
**Documentation:** https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/

Salesforce Tooling API is one of 294 APIs that [Salesforce](https://apis.io/providers/salesforce/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include APEX, CRM, Development, IDE, and Tooling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

The Salesforce Tooling API provides SOAP and REST interfaces for building developer tools for Force.com applications. It exposes fine-grained access to Apex code, Visualforce pages, and other metadata for IDE integration, code coverage, and debugging workflows.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_list.htm
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_resources.htm
- **Authentication** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_overview.htm

## Other Salesforce APIs (12)

- [Salesforce REST API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-rest-api/)
- [Salesforce SOAP API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-soap-api/)
- [Salesforce Bulk API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-bulk-api/)
- [Salesforce Streaming API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-streaming-api/)
- [Salesforce Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-metadata-api/)
- [Salesforce Connect API (Chatter)](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-connect-api/)
- [Salesforce Analytics REST API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-analytics-rest-api/)
- [Salesforce Reports and Dashboards REST API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-reports-and-dashboards-rest-api/)
- [Salesforce Einstein Platform Services API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-einstein-platform-services-api/)
- [Salesforce Einstein Prediction Service API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-einstein-prediction-service-api/)
- [Salesforce GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-graphql-api/)
- [Salesforce Pub/Sub API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce/salesforce-pub-sub-api/)

## Tags

APEX, CRM, Development, IDE, Tooling

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