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Salesforce Post API

The Post API from Salesforce — 7 operation(s) for post.

Salesforce Post API is one of 294 APIs that Salesforce publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 54 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v63.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v{version}/jobs.

7 operations 7 paths 54 schemas 7 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v63.0
Base URL
https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Salesforce Post API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained from the Salesforce OAuth 2.0 token endpoint. Include this token in the Authorization header as "Bearer {accesstoken}".

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Post 7
POST
/data/v64.0/chatter/feed-elements
Salesforce Feed Elements, Post and Search
FeedElements,PostandSearch 3 params → 201
POST
/data/v64.0/chatter/feed-elements/batch
Salesforce Feed Elements, Batch Post
FeedElements,BatchPost body → 200
POST
/data/v64.0/chatter/groups
Salesforce List of Groups - Post
ListofGroups-POST 8 params → 201
POST
/data/v64.0/chatter/groups/{GROUP_ID}/members/requests
Salesforce Group Members—private - Post
GroupMembers—Private-POST 1 param → 201
POST
/data/v64.0/chatter/users/{USER_ID}/following
Salesforce Following - Post
Following-POST 2 params → 201
POST
/apexrest/{NAMESPACE}/v1/integrationprocedure/{TYPE_SUBTYPE}
Salesforce Integration Procedure Invocation Using Post
IntegrationProcedureInvocationUsingPOST 2 params → 200
POST
/data/v64.0/tooling/sobjects/{SOBJECT_API_NAME}
Salesforce Post Tooling Sobject
PostToolingSObject 1 param body → 200

Schemas 54

The contract defines 54 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SuccessfulListofGroups-POST (25 properties), SuccessfulFeedElementsPostandSearch (21 properties), Result2 (21 properties), Parent2 (20 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Parent
object
7 properties 7 required
Edit
object
6 properties 6 required
Header
object
3 properties 3 required
Input
object
1 property 1 required
Result2
object
21 properties
Photo15
object
7 properties 7 required
Motif
object
5 properties 5 required
GroupMembersPrivate-POST
object
8 properties 8 required
Actor
object
19 properties 19 required
Information
object
2 properties 2 required
UpDownVote
object
3 properties 3 required
ReadBy
object
3 properties 3 required
Result1
object
2 properties 2 required
Capabilities
object
12 properties 12 required
MessageSegment5
object
4 properties 2 required
Photo
object
7 properties 7 required
Bookmarks
object
1 property 1 required
RichInput
object
4 properties 3 required
Item
object
1 property 1 required
Owner
object
19 properties 19 required
FeedElementsBatchPostRequest
object
1 property 1 required
Topics2
object
2 properties 2 required
ChatterLikes
object
4 properties 4 required
ClientInfo
object
2 properties 2 required
SuccessfulFeedElementsPostandSearch
object
21 properties 21 required
Parent2
object
20 properties 6 required
Subscriber
object
19 properties 19 required
AssociatedActions
object
1 property 1 required
MySubscription
object
2 properties 2 required
Close
object
2 properties 2 required
User3
object
19 properties 19 required
Body4
object
3 properties 3 required
RequestedGroup
object
2 properties 2 required
Page
object
8 properties 8 required
BannerPhoto
object
3 properties 3 required
Mute
object
1 property 1 required
OutOfOffice
object
1 property 1 required
Reference
object
2 properties 2 required
Files
object
1 property 1 required
PostToolingSObjectRequest
object
1 property 1 required
Interactions
object
1 property 1 required
MessageSegment
object
2 properties 2 required
EntityLabel
object
2 properties 2 required
Capabilities1
object
1 property 1 required
MessageSegment1
object
4 properties 4 required
Comments
object
1 property 1 required
SuccessfulFeedElementsBatchPost
object
2 properties 2 required
SuccessfulFollowing-POST
object
5 properties 5 required
SuccessfulListofGroups-POST
object
25 properties 25 required
Subject
object
7 properties 7 required
Status1
object
2 properties 2 required
Body7
object
1 property 1 required
Page1
object
8 properties 8 required
Result21
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

salesforce-post-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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