Request to Salesforce
The external App will need to make an HTTP Request with the
following values:
• HTTP method: ‘POST’
• Endpoint URL: [Salesforce login domain] +
‘/services/oauth2/token’
• Body:
o username: [Salesfore user’s
username]
o password: [Salesfore user’s
password]
o client_id: [Salesforce Connected
App’s Consumer Key]
o client_secret: [Salesforce
Connected App’s Consumer Secret]
o grant_type : ‘password’
The Salesforce login domain will be either:
• https://login.salesforce.com - if interacting with the
Production org
• https://test.salesforce.com - if interacting with a
Sandbox org
Connected App for the
Customer Sync
Sending Request for
authentication
1. Enter following
a.
URL
Field :- /services/oauth2/token
b.
Body
Field
:-grant_type=password&client_id=YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY&client_secret=YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET&username=YOUR_USER_NAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD_WITH_SECURITY_TOKEN
c.
Click
on ‘Headers’ button, enter following in headers field:-
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json