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Created August 25, 2014 16:36
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Insert new account and attachment thru salesforce.com REST API
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gistfile1.txt
# REPLACE THE FOLLOWING VALUES
USERNAME=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
PASSWORD=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
# LOGIN
curl https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/31.0 -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8" -H "SOAPAction: login" -d "<Envelope xmlns=\""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\""><Header/><Body><login xmlns=\""urn:partner.soap.sforce.com\""><username>$USERNAME</username><password>$PASSWORD</password></login></Body></Envelope>"
# INSPECT RESPONSE AND SET FOLLOWING VALUES
# DOMAIN SHOULD BE na1, acme.my, etc
DOMAIN=na1
# MAKE SURE TOKEN HAS SINGLE QUOTES AROUND IT
TOKEN='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
# CREATE NEW ACCOUNT
curl "https://$DOMAIN.salesforce.com/services/data/v31.0/sobjects/Account/" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"Name" : "ABC 123 Account"}'
# INSPECT RESPONSE, REPLACE FOLLOWING WITH NEW ID
ACCOUNT_ID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
# CREATE ACCOUNT ATTACHMENT, FILE IS TEXT abc123
curl "https://$DOMAIN.salesforce.com/services/data/v31.0/sobjects/Attachment/" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\""ParentId\"":\""$ACCOUNT_ID\"",\""Name\"":\""abc123.txt\"",\""Body\"":\""YWJjMTIz\""}"
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