Overview of Salesforce Apex REST and SOAP APIs:
Salesforce provides two primary mechanisms for integrating with external systems: REST (Representational State Transfer) and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) APIs. Both REST and SOAP APIs allow you to interact with Salesforce data and metadata programmatically, including querying, creating, updating, and deleting records. Here's an overview of Salesforce Apex REST and SOAP APIs: Apex REST (RESTful Web Services): Description: Apex REST allows you to expose custom RESTful web services within Salesforce. You can define custom REST endpoints using Apex classes and methods, which can then be invoked by external systems using HTTP requests. Usage: Apex REST is well-suited for building lightweight, stateless APIs that adhere to RESTful principles. It's commonly used for integrating with mobile applications, external web services, and other systems that communicate over HTTP. Authentication: Apex REST supports various authentication mechanisms, including OAuth 2.0, Session ID, and ...