Salesforce ACTION
Get Knowledge Data Category Groups
List the Knowledge data category groups visible to the current user. Call this before Get Knowledge Articles to discover the valid category group and category names to filter by. Returns only categories the authenticated user can see, so results vary per user. See the documentation
- Action
- Read only
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Salesforce account once, then configure and run Get Knowledge Data Category Groups from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "salesforce_rest_api-get-knowledge-data-category-groups",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
salesforce_rest_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
language: "Language",
topCategoriesOnly: true,
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "salesforce_rest_api-get-knowledge-data-category-groups",
"configured_props": {
"salesforce_rest_api": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"language": "Language",
"topCategoriesOnly": true
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "salesforce_rest_api",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "salesforce_rest_api-get-knowledge-data-category-groups",
arguments: {
language: "Language",
topCategoriesOnly: true,
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
language Language | string | The language code. Defaults to en-US. Optional |
topCategoriesOnly Top Categories Only | boolean | Return only top-level categories if true, entire tree if false. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- salesforce_rest_api-get-knowledge-data-category-groups
- Version
- 0.0.6
- App
- Salesforce
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗