Create Attachment with Salesforce (REST API) API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Attachment with the Salesforce (REST API) API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Attachment action
1. Connect your Salesforce (REST API) account
2. Configure Body
3. Configure Name
4. Configure Parent ID
5. Select one or more Field Selector
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Attachment on Salesforce (REST API)

Description:Creates an attachment, which represents a file that a User has uploaded and attached to a parent object. See [Attachment SObject](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_attachment.htm) and [Create Record](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm)

Version:0.3.3

Key:salesforce_rest_api-create-attachment

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Code#

import salesforce from "../../salesforce_rest_api.app.mjs";
import attachment from "../../common/sobjects/attachment.mjs";
import {
  pickBy, pick,
} from "lodash-es";
import { toSingleLineString } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "salesforce_rest_api-create-attachment",
  name: "Create Attachment",
  description: toSingleLineString(`
    Creates an attachment, which represents a file that a User has uploaded and attached to a parent object.
    See [Attachment SObject](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_attachment.htm)
    and [Create Record](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm)
  `),
  version: "0.3.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    salesforce,
    Body: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Body",
      description: "Encoded file data.",
    },
    Name: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Name",
      description: "Name of the attached file. Maximum size is 255 characters.",
    },
    ParentId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Parent ID",
      description: "ID of the parent object of the attachment. The following objects are supported as parents of attachments:\n* Account\n* Asset\n* Campaign\n* Case\n* Contact\n* Contract\n* Custom objects\n* EmailMessage\n* EmailTemplate\n* Event\n* Lead\n* Opportunity\n* Product2\n* Solution\n* Task",
    },
    selector: {
      propDefinition: [
        salesforce,
        "fieldSelector",
      ],
      description: `${salesforce.propDefinitions.fieldSelector.description} Attachment`,
      options: () => Object.keys(attachment),
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    return this.salesforce.additionalProps(this.selector, attachment);
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = pickBy(pick(this, [
      "Body",
      "Name",
      "ParentId",
      ...this.selector,
    ]));
    const response = await this.salesforce.createAttachment({
      $,
      data,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created attachment "${this.Name}"`);
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Salesforce (REST API)	`salesforce`	`app`	This component uses the Salesforce (REST API) app.
Body	`Body`	`string`	Encoded file data.
Name	`Name`	`string`	Name of the attached file. Maximum size is 255 characters.
Parent ID	`ParentId`	`string`	ID of the parent object of the attachment. The following objects are supported as parents of attachments: Account Asset Campaign Case Contact Contract Custom objects EmailMessage EmailTemplate Event Lead Opportunity Product2 Solution Task
Field Selector	`selector`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Salesforce (REST API) uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Salesforce (REST API) account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Salesforce (REST API) and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Salesforce (REST API) API.

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