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Kris Hankins Requesting data from a website and have it feed into a custom object in salesforce
I have been given the task of (possibly) creating a custom object for our customers to track their machines through an interface in salesforce cusotmer portal. The manufacturer has provided a website with the data feed I need as well as the log in information, field names, data types, etc. My problem is that I haven't done too much Apex coding. I'm presuming this would require a callout of some sort to establish a connection to the website. I can manipulate the data once it gets there, the problem is instantiating that connection. I have checked the forums but haven't found anything like what I need. I guess the best way to compare it would be like having a stock ticker on your website. I have done that using .NET, but that was a couple years ago. Any reference material out there I can read up on to get some tests going in the IDE?
Did you get a chance to go through the following:
https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Integrating_Force.com_with_Microsoft_.NET