Post a Message to Chatter Feed with Salesforce API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Post a Message to Chatter Feed with the Salesforce API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Post a Message to Chatter Feed action
1. Connect your Salesforce account
2. Select a SObject Type
3. Select a Record ID
4. Configure Message segments
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.

Post a Message to Chatter Feed on Salesforce

Description:Post a feed item in Chatter. [See the documentation](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/quickreference_post_feed_item.htm)

Version:0.1.0

Key:salesforce_rest_api-post-feed-to-chatter

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Code#

import salesforce from "../../salesforce_rest_api.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "salesforce_rest_api-post-feed-to-chatter",
  name: "Post a Message to Chatter Feed",
  description:
    "Post a feed item in Chatter. [See the documentation](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/quickreference_post_feed_item.htm)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    salesforce,
    sobjectType: {
      propDefinition: [
        salesforce,
        "objectType",
      ],
      description: "The type of object to select a record from.",
    },
    subjectId: {
      propDefinition: [
        salesforce,
        "recordId",
        (c) => ({
          objType: c.sobjectType,
        }),
      ],
      description: "The record that will parent the feed item.",
    },
    messageSegments: {
      label: "Message segments",
      description:
        "Each message segment can be a text string, which will be treated as a segment of `type: Text`, or a [message segment object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_requests_message_body_input.htm) such as `{ \"type\": \"Mention\", \"username\": \"john\" }`",
      type: "string[]",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = {
      subjectId: this.subjectId,
      feedElementType: "FeedItem",
      body: {
        messageSegments: this.messageSegments.map((segment) => {
          if (typeof segment === "string") {
            try {
              return JSON.parse(segment);
            } catch (err) {
              return {
                type: "Text",
                text: segment,
              };
            }
          }

          return segment;
        }),
      },
    };
    const response = await this.salesforce.postFeed({
      $,
      data,
    });
    response && $.export("$summary", "Successfully posted feed item");
    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	`salesforce`	`app`	This component uses the Salesforce app.
SObject Type	`sobjectType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Record ID	`subjectId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Message segments	`messageSegments`	`string[]`	Each message segment can be a text string, which will be treated as a segment of `type: Text`, or a message segment object such as `{ "type": "Mention", "username": "john" }`

Authentication#

Salesforce uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Salesforce account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Salesforce 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 API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account: