How to integrate Salesforce with any REST API without writing a line of code

We cover how to use an external weather API using salesforce external services
#salesforce #api #openapi #rest #nocode #externalservices
Weather API
www.weatherapi.com
openapi schema - generator
inspector.swagger.io/builder#
Salesforce External Service
help.salesforce.com/s/article...
Joel Kaufman is a salesforce architect at firstlygroup.com
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[@chaimfurst3616]

Great stuff Joel!

[@cathym9803]

Thanks so much. Great content ❤

[@salesforcegems]

Glad it was helpful!

[@devakijois9308]

Very helpful Video. Thank you

[@salesforcegems]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pariplabpal26]

Awesome Tutorial... Thanks

[@salesforcegems]

Glad you liked it!

[@user-xc2ey6yd3d]

Thank you!!

[@salesforcegems]

You're welcome!

[@Liss991]

Hey! I loved the video, I already learned a lot.
Can someone help on what the problem could be if the type External Service doesn't appear in my Flow options for Actions?

[@user-yi4hf4ly8h]

hey joel, great video. I am struggling with my example though because it seems I cannot have access to the named credentials I just created

[@chrisbayer6151]

Hi Joel, thanks for the video. I'm having a problem with the merged fields for the output. I'm only seeing default and external options. Any ideas?

[@FreerideTaurus]

Hi Joel. Great video. Can you pull in the ZIP code from the account billing address?

[@salesforcegems]

Yes, absolutely, use the recordId variable together with the record update flow module

[@Andy-vc8ir]

What does setting input value in the Action element look like for nested JSON objects? What does this look like in the External Service OpenAPI Schema? Great video btw, thanks.

[@salesforcegems]

Nested object at input is the same as the API output
Flow will provide a dynamic object type, which will be used as the flow action input
To create the open API definition just use the mentioned online tool and provide a json body as input, and it will create the proper open API format

[@Hikermacho-nu5wc]

Hi I had a trouble in the swager hub what I can do.

[@sainadh6094]

Hey Hi, Great Stuff,
Can u help me how to integrate salesforce to 3rd party apps by rest api by codingless

[@salesforcegems]

What is codingless?

[@wolfgangfurtado9769]

Hi, when i use a post method i am not able to set the body params in the flow action. Please help

[@megheshshenoy]

Please recheck your API definition

[@neilhohmann10]

At this time, the HTTP Callout Action in Flow is currently in beta and only handles GET methods (not POST). For this reason, the title of this video (any REST API) is misleading. You will need code to handle a POST method.

[@salesforcegems]

Flow supports http POST with a json body, just make sure the open API schema format is correct

[@neilhohmann10]

@@salesforcegems Ok, thank you for the clarification. I thought you were working with the new HTTP Callout Action element. This is obviously different -- but super interesting. Thank you for the video!

[@seckinceylan7319]

Does it work with also not open Api?

[@megheshshenoy]

As of now External services only support Open API specification as it is a industry wide followed practice

[@jabeenakkalkot7709]

How to write open api for any salesforce standard/custom object ?

[@salesforcegems]

Not sure about the question

[@kinocelotl]

Does it work in case the json is encrypted?

[@salesforcegems]

Not sure what you mean by encrypted Json
If you mean https yes it's supports https

[@gredenko]

Having some trouble with this tutorial. Please check your email! Thanks