Salesforce provided Enterprise & Partner WSDL

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Salesforce Partner WSDLs

The API provides two WSDLs to choose from:

Enterprise Web Services WSDL—Used by enterprise developers to build client applications for a single Salesforce organization. The enterprise WSDL is strongly typed, which means that it contains objects and fields with specific data types, such as int and string. Customers who use the enterprise WSDL document must download and re-consume it when changes are made to the custom objects or fields in their org or when they want to use a different version of the API. 

To access the current WSDL for your organization, log in to your Salesforce organization and from Setup, enter API in the Quick Find box. Then, on the API page, select Generate Enterprise WSDL.

Partner Web Services WSDL—Used for client applications that are metadata-driven and dynamic in nature. It is particularly—but not exclusively—useful to Salesforce partners who are building client applications for multiple organizations. As a loosely typed representation of the Salesforce data model that works with name-value pairs of field names and values instead of specific data types, it can be used to access data within any organization. This WSDL is most appropriate for developers of clients that can issue a query call to get information about an object before the client acts on the object. The partner WSDL document needs to be downloaded and consumed only once per version of the API. 

To access the current WSDL for your organization, log in to your Salesforce organization and from Setup, enter API in the Quick Find box. Then, on the API page, select Generate Partner WSDL.

Differences between Salesforce-provided WSDL files

Both Partner WSDL and Enterprise WSDL are used for integration purposes.

Partner WSDL:

Purpose: The Partner WSDL is designed for building loosely coupled integrations with Salesforce. It is intended for use cases where the integration needs to be flexible and work across different Salesforce organizations, such as when developing a managed package for the Salesforce AppExchange.

Capabilities:

Provides access to a common set of standard objects and operations that are available across different Salesforce editions and organizations.

Supports dynamic creation, deletion, updating, and querying of metadata objects and data objects.

Offers generic methods for interacting with Salesforce objects, such as create(), update(), delete(), and query().

b: The Partner WSDL is suitable for building integrations that need to be deployed across multiple Salesforce orgs or need to interact with a wide range of Salesforce editions and configurations.

Enterprise WSDL:

Purpose: The Enterprise WSDL is designed for building tightly coupled integrations with a specific Salesforce organization. It provides access to the specific objects and fields configured in that organization, offering a more direct and efficient integration approach.

Capabilities:

Provides access to the complete schema of objects and fields available in the Salesforce organization.

Offers strongly typed classes for interacting with Salesforce objects, making it easier to work with the data model and perform operations on objects.

Includes custom objects and fields defined in the Salesforce organization, allowing for seamless integration with customizations.

Usage: The Enterprise WSDL is suitable for building integrations that are tightly coupled with a specific Salesforce organization and need access to the full range of objects and fields available in that organization.



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