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Tom SimmonsTom Simmons 

Need help with API

All, I want to pull and send real time data from external third party API system. (For example, if Account is created or update, some custom fields on the account should get updated from external data). How can i acheive this? Can someone pls share a sample REST/SOAP code (with authentication) which I can refer to? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8
Please check below post for some information
1) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com/search/label/Rest%20API
2) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com/2016/04/rest-api-in-salesforce-execute-rest-api.html

Create REST Apex class 
@RestResource(urlMapping='/api/Account/*')
global with sharing class MyFirstRestAPIClass
{
    @HttpGet
    global static Account doGet() 
    {
        RestRequest req = RestContext.request;
        RestResponse res = RestContext.response;
        String AccNumber = req.requestURI.substring(req.requestURI.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
        Account result = [SELECT Id, Name, Phone, Website FROM Account WHERE AccountNumber = :AccNumber ];
        return result;
    }

    @HttpDelete
    global static void doDelete() 
    {
        RestRequest req = RestContext.request;
        RestResponse res = RestContext.response;
        String AccNumber = req.requestURI.substring(req.requestURI.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
        Account result = [SELECT Id, Name, Phone, Website FROM Account WHERE AccountNumber = :AccNumber ];
        delete result;
    }

    @HttpPost
    global static String doPost(String name,String phone,String AccountNumber ) 
    {
        Account acc = new Account();
        acc.name= name;
        acc.phone=phone;
        acc.AccountNumber =AccountNumber ;
        insert acc;
        
        return acc.id;
    }

}